Jam can not only serve, but also to give loved ones, decorating cans with fun stickers and other decorative elements. If you want to impress friends, try new and original recipes.

Strawberry jam with Basil and Melissa

Carefully go through pounds of ripe berries. Put mashed fruit and the stalk. Put the strawberries in a copper bowl or saucepan. Remember that jam is not suitable enamelware. Berries pour 800 grams of sugar and leave for 30 minutes. When the berries let the juice, put the container on a slow fire and wait for boiling. Remove the foam and add 20 leaves of lemon balm and lemon Basil. After 15 minutes, remove jam from heat and pour into jars, pre-sterilized.

If you do not have lemon Basil, use regular, but add the zest of one lemon.

Strawberry jam with black pepper

Sort through the berries and place in a bowl. Pour the strawberries 800 g sugar and leave until you stand out juice. Take 10 peas of black pepper and mash in a mortar. Out of half a vanilla bean, remove the seeds and place the strawberries. There also add the chopped pepper and fold pod. Place the container on a medium heat, bring to a boil and wait 10 minutes. Remove the jam from the vanilla pod, and the product pour in sterilized jars.

Strawberry jam with rosemary

Kilogram ripe and prepared strawberries pour 500 grams of sugar. When the berries begin to extract the juice, place the container on fire. Add 3 sprigs of rosemary and bring to a boil. Turn off the heat, cool the jam and store it in a cool place for a couple of hours. Then put the dish on the fire, add 2 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tsp balsamic sauce, 1 tsp pepper and 3 tbsp of tequila. Simmer for 10 minutes, remove the rosemary and pour the jam on the banks.