How to make jam from cherries with pits

If you are going to do homework, start with homemade jam. It is useful for a long winter's tea parties or will be a great addition to casseroles, pancakes and cheesecakes. Try to cook delicious cherry jam with seeds, characterized by delicate aroma and pleasant sour-sweet taste.

You will need

• • 1 kg of cherries;
  • 1.5 cups of water;
  • 1.2 kg of sugar.

Instruction

1. To cherry jam does not spoil during storage, and the berries were smooth and beautiful, while cooking heat should be alternated with prolonged infusion. The longer infused jam, the more elegant you will get the fruit.
2. Sort of cherry. Do not use wrinkled and beginning to sour berries. Wash them thoroughly in several waters, tear off the tails. Drain the cherries, spilling it on a clean towel.
3. Cook syrup from sugar and water. Prick the cherries with a toothpick - this will facilitate the penetration of sugar in the berries. Very solid cherry, you can omit them for a minute in boiling water. Put the fruits in a pan or basin and pour over them the hot syrup. Capacity with the future remove jam in a cool place - the berries should stand for 10-12 hours to soak up the sugar and extract the juice.
4. After enduring the allotted time, place the pot on the stove and heat to boiling. Keep the jam is not burnt and the berries don't stick to the bottom of the pan - gently stir it with a wooden spoon or shake the pot in circular movements.
5. With a skimmer or spoon to remove the foam that will be collected on the surface of the jam. Cook the cherries 8-10 minutes, then remove the pan from the heat and leave to infuse for 6 hours. Return the pan on the stove, heat until boiling and simmer another 10 minutes. Again get cherries for infusion for 4 hours. Put the jam on the heat and cook for another 10 minutes.