Blackberries are considered one of the most amazing berries. It is used by many confectioners and culinary specialists all over the world to make sweets. In its shape, the blackberry resembles raspberries, but differs from it in color and brightness of taste. The pronounced taste is balanced by a small note of sourness, and therefore it is not surprising that the cooking from this product turns out so delicious.

In particular, young children like blackberry jam, because it can be consumed with any porridge, spread on bread, put in tea or just eat with a spoon. It is especially pleasant and useful to enjoy such a treat in the winter, when there is a deficiency of vitamins.

Blackberry jam is often used in restaurants. for making muffins, cheesecakes or soufflé. At home, this treat is served with porridge or pancakes.

Blackberry has not only a wonderful taste, but also a lot of useful properties, from which we can distinguish:

• strengthening the walls of blood vessels;
• temperature reduction in acute respiratory infections;
• increase immunity;
• help in the fight against colds;
• treatment of cystitis and kidney disease;
• relief from inflammatory processes or pneumonia.

8 blackberry recipes

For many decades, a huge number of recipes for making blackberry jam at home has appeared. Many of them differ in the composition of the ingredients, obtaining a unique taste or maintaining beneficial properties. Among the diversity distinguish:

Classic Blackberry Jam

For making classic jam  from blackberry use ingredients such as:

• 1100 g of blackberry;
• 1100 g of sugar.

Before you start making jam, you need to pre-cook the berry. First, the spoiled blackberry is sorted, and the remaining berry is washed under cold water. Next, you need to give time to the excess water in the glass and only then place the product in a basin or pan with a wide and flat bottom. In this state, the blackberry is cooked for one hour, with the constant addition of sugar. In the end, you can see how the juice begins to stand out. Boil the blackberry several timesstirring gently so as not to damage the berries. At the end of cooking, the jam is hot distributed on clean and dry jars and well corked with lids.

Recipe "Five Minute"

Blackberries are sorted out, removing spoiled berries, twigs and stalks are removed. To glass water after washing use plain paper. As soon as the berries dry, they are placed in a basin, but unlike the classic recipe, here the berries are stacked in layers with sugar. In this state, the berries must be kept for 5-6 hours in order for the juice to stand out. In the end, you can get a product that is enough boil for 5 minutes until cooked.

A few minutes before the end of cooking, stir in the jam and add a few grams of citric acid. Spread the resulting sweetness in clean and dry glass jars, but you can’t cover the jam with lids. Instead of lids, a plastic bag is used, and the jam itself is stored in the cold.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of blackberry;
• 820 g of sugar;
• 3-4 g of citric acid.

Blackberry and raspberry jam

Ingredients:

• blackberries 1 kg;
• raspberries 1 kg;
• sugar 2 kg.

To begin with, raspberries and blackberries are sorted, the stalks are removed and distributed in different containers. At the first stage, the berries are boiled separately. The approximate mass ratio of sugar and berries is 1 to 1. During cooking, the liquid is stirred, but so as not to damage the product itself. After boiling, raspberries and blackberries are placed in a cool place for 11-13 hours  in order to stand out juice. Then the juice is poured into a separate pan and boiled, constantly adding sugar, and stirred. Berries fall asleep half an hour before cooking. The boil is boiled for about 6 minutes, after which it is allowed to cool completely, again heated to a boil for 5 minutes and distributed hot in glass jars.

Blackberry jam with apples

Ingredients:

First, apples and berries are sorted and washed. The apples peel, peel and cut into small pieces. Then cut pieces of apples pour water and bring to a boil for 10 minutes. Fruits should eventually soften and only then pre-squeezed lemon juice is poured. The mixture should stand in a state of boiling for a few more minutes, and then cool.

After a few hours, the jam is again brought to a boil, the berries and sugar are poured. When heating, you need to make sure that no foam forms on the surface. As soon as the foam ceases to appear on the surface, cardamom and liquor are poured into the pan. In this state, the jam is boiled for 3-4 minutes, and then distributed to the banks. One of the subtleties of this recipe is that parchment paper is placed between the lid and the jar.

Making blackberries with lemon, bananas or oranges

Essentially, making jam with lemons, oranges, or bananas - these are three different recipes. The cooking process itself does not change, but various ingredients are used. For example, ingredients such as:

• 1 kg of blackberry;
• 980 g of sugar;
• 140 g of lemon, 400 g of orange or 1 kg of bananas.

You can use only one of the three ingredients, as their combination can interrupt the taste of blackberries.

Berries are pre-sorted and washed. The lemon is washed and rubbed with yellow peel. After that, berries, lemon zest are added to the pan and mixed while heating the ingredients to separate the juice. After boiling into the pan, evenly begin add sugar and lemon juice. It is important to constantly mix the brew so as not to damage the berries. At the last stage, you should get a thick liquid that can be placed in jars. For sterilization, jars are placed in boiling water for several minutes.

Together with lemon, you can use an orange or banana in the above proportions. In some cases, a small amount of lemon juice is added along with the orange.

Seedless Blackberry Jam Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1050 g of sugar;
• 1050 g of blackberries;
• 500 ml of water.

In fact, the procedure itself is similar to a classic recipe. The peculiarity of this recipe is that the berries are ground after cooking  and thereby remove all bones. The disadvantage of this cooking method is that there are no whole berries left in the jam, and the product itself in the end resembles mashed potatoes, but the taste itself does not change.

There is nothing difficult in making blackberry jam. Even a beginner of cooking can cope with this business, especially when there are step-by-step recipes at hand. True, during cooking, you must follow some nuances, which will help not only get a delicious sweetness, but also preserve all the beneficial properties of berries.

Conclusion

Excellent taste, unique healing properties, a beautiful view, these are all qualities that a blackberry has. Jam from it is obtained very rich and enjoyable not only for adults, but also for children. You can cook this sweet at home, even without basic skills. The main thing is to follow the step-by-step instructions for recipes and follow the necessary recommendations.

Products
  Blackberry - 1 kilogram
  Oranges - 2 pieces
  Sugar - 1 kilogram
  Lemon - 1 piece

How to make blackberry jam with oranges
  1. Wash and peel the oranges, cut the zest with noodles.
  2. Squeeze orange juice in a pan for cooking jam; do not use oilcake for jam.
  3. Add the zest and orange to the orange juice, mix well and put on a low heat.
  4. Bring the jam to a boil and cool at room temperature.
  5. Sort the blackberries, wash, put in cold syrup, leave for 2 hours.
  6. Put the jam on the fire, cook for half an hour on a quiet fire, stirring occasionally.
  7. 5 minutes before the end of cooking pour in squeezed lemon juice, then cool the jam and pour into jars.

Fun Facts

  - Blackberries are rich in a whole range of vitamins: vitamin A helps to improve vision, C and E strengthen immunity, PP - is responsible for the work of the heart and blood circulation, regulates cholesterol in the blood. The blackberry contains all the vitamins of group B, which play a large role in the metabolism of the body. In addition to vitamins, blackberries contain a number of useful minerals: potassium, iron, phosphorus, copper, manganese, magnesium. For such a rich composition, the berry is considered medicinal. Blackberry will help to quickly deal with acute respiratory disease, reduce fever. It is recommended to regularly use it for the prevention of cancer and vascular diseases. Fresh blackberry juice will help with insomnia.

Blackberries are recommended to eat to normalize bowel function. The berries contain organic acids - citric, malic, salicylic, which stimulate the secretion of water in the gastrointestinal tract and improve digestion. But it is worth knowing that ripe berries can weaken the stool a little, and immature berries can fix it.

Blackberries can be included in the diet, as it has a low calorie content of 36 kcal / 100 grams. Due to the large number of pectin substances - good sorbents, blackberries remove salts, heavy metals and radionuclides from the body.

Blackberry jam can be cooked without stones. To do this, you must first hold the berries in hot water at a temperature of 80-90 degrees, without boiling, for 3 minutes. Rub the softened berries through a metal sieve - the seeds will remain in the sieve, and boil the blackberry puree with sugar.

In order to keep the berries intact when cooking jam from blackberry, do not wash them before cooking, and stir gently with a large wooden spoon during the preparation of the jam. Better yet - cook the jam in a wide bowl and instead of stirring with a spoon, shake the bowl in a circle.

To make the jam thicker and more aromatic, at the beginning of cooking, you can add juice and ground zest of lemon or orange to it.

Few of the hostesses harvest blackberry jam for the winter. And not because there are few recipes in the cookbook, but because this berry is very tender, does not tolerate fuss and speed in processing.

But you should be patient, work hard and you will get excellent blackberry jam without boiling or blackberry jam for the winter. Forest beauty blackberry is a real storehouse of health. Blackberry preserves all vitamins: A, C, D, B, PP, K, carotenes and many other useful trace elements.

Colds, fever and cough torment, lack of vitamins or weakened body immunity - blackberry jam, the recipe of which is very affordable, must be at home! You can grind the berry with sugar, boil or freeze blackberries on compotes, make boils and fruit drinks - the benefits of a tasty medicine are obvious!

Cooked, sign, already know how to do and? So, it's time to take on more complex desserts: or blackberry jam - such sweets will bring joy to your family and bring a lot of benefit.

Blackberry jam without boiling

So, blackberry jam without boiling, recipe:

• 1 kg of berries;
• 1 kg of sugar.

To have enough sugar, try the berry: sour - add more sweets, normal and sweet - take granulated sugar at the rate “measure by measure”. Making blackberry jam without boiling is simple, but you need to know a few secrets:

1) Berry is harvested only in the period of full ripeness, it does not ripen in the house, like a gooseberry;

2) Tearing the blackberry from the bush, be very careful - the skin of the berry is much softer than raspberry, and it is easy to get just a crumpled fruit that you have to throw out;

3) When collecting berries in the forest, pay attention to the purity of the bush: if a stink bug is found, it is better to bypass this bush, it is likely that these insects will also be in the berries;

4) To clean the blackberry is quite difficult: tearing off the ponytails, you can easily damage the berry. To avoid this, first rinse the berry in ice water - so the tails are removed much easier. And to pull them out (tails), it is necessary in a circular motion so as not to damage the fetus;

5) Wash the blackberry - a must! This is not raspberry that draws water. After washing, the berry needs to be very well dried on towels. From time to time, gently shake a towel with berries so that all the liquid flows out from inside the fruit.

Blackberry jam recipe without cooking:

1) Cover the washed and dried berries with sugar. You need to take the berry at a time of full maturity so that it gives as much juice as possible;

2) Grind with a wooden cracker so that the berries are all crumpled;

3) Stir with a spoon and leave the blackberry jam unbroken for the winter in a cool place for 8-12 hours.

After settling, mix the jam again (sugar should completely dissolve), put in jars, close with nylon covers and store in the refrigerator.

Blackberry Jam with Lemon

To cook blackberry jam with lemon you will need:

• 1 kg of ripe berries;
• 1/2 lemon
• 1 kg of sugar;
• 1 cup boiled water or any sweet natural juice.

Blackberry jam recipes are diverse, but in order not to boil all the nutrients and get good vitamin support in the winter, cook blackberry jam with lemon for five minutes! It turns out an excellent dessert, suitable not only for eating in its pure form, but also for impregnating cakes, additives in various desserts and making fruit drinks. How to cook blackberry jam with lemon:

1) Rinse the berry, peel and leave to dry on towels;

2) Rinse the lemon thoroughly, remove the zest from half the lemon, remove the seeds and set aside for now;

3) Cook syrup from water (juice) and sugar: put the dishes on the fire, stirring constantly, bring the syrup to a boil and boil for at least 4-5 minutes;

4) Pour lemon zest chopped into small pieces into boiling syrup (only the yellow part, without a white shell!) And cook for another 10 minutes on low heat;

5) In the boiled syrup with zest, quickly lower the dried blackberries, boil for 2 minutes and add the flesh of half a lemon cut into pieces;

6) Cook for no more than 5 minutes with a low boiling point.

Remove the blackberry jam with lemon from the fire, let it cool slightly and roll it in jars with sealed lids. Turn the cans over the lids, cover with a blanket, allow to cool completely and store in a cool dark place.

Blackberry and raspberry jam

You can cook blackberry and raspberry jam on the principle of five minutes, but if there is still room in the refrigerator, try blackberry jam recipes with raspberries without cooking. What is needed for this:

• 1 kg of raspberries;
• 1 kg of blackberry;
• 1.5 kg of granulated sugar.

How to make blackberry and raspberry jam:

1) Peel the blackberries, rinse and put to dry on a towel;

2) DO NOT WASH Raspberry Berries, but just sort through, remove leaves, twigs and berries with insects or heavily rumpled fruits;

3) Mix dried blackberries and raspberries in a bowl;

4) Pour sugar into the jam and mix, slightly crushing the berries;

5) Leave the jam in the refrigerator overnight;

6) In the morning, mix the jam well again and put it in jars.

Such blackberry and raspberry jam not only turns out to be very tasty, but also has all the useful substances, helps from many diseases and will cheer you up even on the coldest and cloudiest day! But if you want to cook jam from blackberries and raspberries, then after settling in the refrigerator, you need to put a bowl of berries on a small fire. Do not worry, with constant stirring, the berries will not boil over - there is enough juice there. You need to cook dessert no more than 5-7 minutes after boiling and only on low heat! After - cool, put in jars and hermetically seal. Jam for the winter is ready!

Want to get a great boost of vigor and survive the winter without coughing - there is nothing left to do but make blackberry jam! Without pills, injections and drugs to endure the cold, cheer up the immune system and just cope with all the troubles - a blackberry can do everything!

Enjoy your preparations and be healthy!

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There are several options for making blackberry jam - berries are harvested whole or mashed, fruits and even citruses are added. The cooled blackberry jam resembles jelly and turns purple. Roll a vitamin treat into jars and enjoy jam in the winter cold.

According to this recipe, jam is prepared without water, which is why it is called thick. The blackberry remains whole and the treat looks appetizing. Berries should be ripe and resilient, without soft and spoiled.

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Ingredients:

• two kg of berries;
• two kg of sugar.

Cooking:

1. Sprinkle the berries with sugar, let them let the juice.
2. After two hours, put on a small fire to cook, so that the sugar crystals dissolve.
3. Set the jam to cool again, cook for 20 minutes, the fire should be strong. Stir the berries so that they are not burnt.
4. When the drop on the plate does not spread, the delicacy is ready.
5. Roll blackberry jam with whole berries in jars.

Five-minute blackberry jam

According to this recipe, the jam is prepared quickly and does not take much time.

Cooking time - 6 minutes.

Ingredients:

• 3 gr. lemon. acids;
• 900 gr. Sahara;
• 900 gr. blackberries.

Cooking:

1. Lay the berries in a wide bowl in layers, sprinkle each with sugar.
2. After 6 hours, when the berries let the juice, start cooking jam until it boils.
3. After five minutes, add acid; after 1 minute, remove from heat.

Five-minute jam of blackberries is stored in a cold place, they are closed with plastic lids.

Blackberry Jam with Bananas

This original recipe combines bananas and blackberries.

Cooking time - 40 minutes.

Ingredients:

• 0.5 kg of bananas;
• 450 gr berries;
• 0.5 kg of sugar.

Cooking:

1. Sprinkle blackberries with sugar in layers and leave overnight.
2. Cut the peeled bananas into small cubes.
3. Boil the jam until it boils, then cook another 30 minutes, add the bananas and boil for six minutes.
4. Pour the delicacy into jars while still hot.

Ingredients:

• water - 320 ml;
• liquor - 120 ml;
• drain. oil - one tbsp. a spoon;
• lemon;
• cardamom;
• sour apples - 900 gr.;
• one and a half kg of sugar;
• blackberry - 900 gr.

Cooking:

1. Cut the peeled apples into slices, fill with water and cook for 10 minutes, add lemon juice.
2. Put the berries to the fruit and cook for ten minutes, stirring and removing the froth.
3. Put the cardamom with liquor, keep on the stove for another three minutes, add oil and mix.
4. Roll the blackberry jam for the winter in jars.

Blackberry jam with oranges

In this recipe, blackberries are combined with citrus fruits.

Cooking time - 2.5 hours.

Ingredients:

• two lemons;
• 4 oranges;
• two kg of sugar;
• 1.8 kg of berries.

Cooking:

1. Grind the citrus zest, squeeze the juice into a large container.
2. Pour sugar, put zest, cook until it boils, do not forget to stir.
3. Add the berries to the cooled syrup, leave for two hours.
4. Boil the jam for half an hour, add the lemon juice 5 minutes before cooking.

The finished treat is thick with a citrus aroma and is suitable for a delicious tea party or breakfast.

For this jam, raw fresh berries are mashed in puree.

Cooking time - 90 minutes.

Ingredients:

• berries - 900 gr;
• 0.5 l water;
• sugar - 900 gr.

Cooking:

1. Soak the berries for 3 minutes in hot water 90 ° C.
2. Drain and grind the blackberries using a sieve.
3. Mix the mashed potatoes with sugar and cook until thick, over low heat in a non-stick cookware.

August and September are truly a generous season. Indeed, in these months a famous relative of raspberries is ripening, the black and purple berries of which conceal an entire pharmacy. Surprisingly tasty blackberry is good not only in treatment, but also in culinary experiments. Berries are added to goodies, sauces and meat dishes, baked and made drinks. Mistresses try to have time to stock up on blackberries for the future, making jams, compotes and preserves out of it; just freeze or twist with sugar. Blackberry blanks made at home, please with the simplicity of preparation and a storehouse of vitamins. Making blackberry blanks for the winter is a great opportunity to diversify the menu and restore strength, enjoying the tea party with blackberry jam.

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The last notes

The composition of blackberries contains a full range of nutrients and healing substances. Blackberry puree is very healthy. With its use, sleep is normalized, excitability decreases. It will be useful at high temperature and dysentery. See below how to make a delicious blackberry puree.