Cherry jam: 10 of the best recipes

Cherry is an extremely useful berry, it contains vitamins B1, B6, C and P, which play an important role in strengthening the immune system. In addition, the cherry helps to eliminate toxins from the body and prevents the formation of cancerous tumors. The only negative – during the winter of fresh cherries to find. However, you can use a proven way to prepare delicious cherry jam.

 

Classic cherry jam

This recipe will hardly surprise the experienced cook, but will certainly help novice cooks. Despite its simplicity, traditional cherry jam is the most delicious.

Necessary ingredients:

• 1.5 kg of cherries;
• 1.5 kg of sugar.

Preparation:

My berries separated from the stems and discarded along the way, wrinkled and spoiled fruit. If you are not confused gets in a jam bone, then it is better not to remove, as in the whole berry contains more nutrients. Pour the prepared berries in a container for boiling, fill with sugar and leave overnight. In the morning, when cherry let enough juice, put the saucepan on the fire and bring the mixture to a boil. After boiling, cook the berries for exactly 5 minutes, periodically removing from the surface of white foam.

Remove the pan from the heat and leave the jam to infuse for 10-12 hours. After the specified time again to start cooking jam. First, wait for boiling and tormented for 5 more minutes then turn off the heat and leave the bowl jam for 10-12 hours. Then repeat the cooking process one last time. Ready jam pour in banks, cover with lids and put them in a dark place.

Cherry jam with cranberries

With the addition of cranberries, cherry jam gets a nice acidity and has a more useful properties. Instead of cranberries you can use cranberries.

Necessary ingredients:

• 2 kg of cherries;
• 1 kg cranberries;
• 300 ml of water;
• 2.5 kg of sugar.

Preparation:

Cherries wash, sort out and remove the seeds from them. Cranberries sort, delete perespevshey and unripe fruit, after which pour them into a colander and wash under running water. Take a pot with a capacity of a little more than a colander, pour the water, put on fire and wait for boiling. Colander with cranberries drop it into boiling water and cook the berries for 2 minutes. This step allows the removal of specific bitter taste of cranberries.

All berries put in a saucepan and add sugar. This should be done in layers in the following sequence: cherry – sugar – cranberries - sugar. A container of berries put on a medium heat and cook 30 minutes, stirring occasionally and removing the foam. When you dissolve all the sugar, diminish the fire and tormented for the jam until thick. Ready treat is Packed to the banks and preserve.

Cherry jam with strawberries

The combination of two aromatic berries – cherries and strawberries – a cold winter evening let me remind you of a warm and Sunny summer. Besides cherry-strawberry jam helps to strengthen the immune system and alleviates sickness.

Necessary ingredients:

• 0,5 kg of strawberries;
• 0.5 kg of cherries;
• 1 kg of sugar.

Preparation:

Strawberries and cherries are cleaned from debris, remove the bones and wash thoroughly. All berries pour into a deep pelvis, to fall asleep sugar and lightly stir. When the berries let the juice, put the contents of the basin in a saucepan and put it on a slow fire. Cook the cherry strawberry mixture for 30 minutes, gently stirring occasionally and skimming. Remove the pan from the heat and allow the jam to cool slightly. At this time, sterilize them jars and lids. Ready treat is Packed to the banks and put them in a cool and dark place.

Cherry jam and gooseberry

Cherry jam and gooseberry is a wonderful dessert with a unique aroma and pleasant sour-sweet taste.

Necessary ingredients:

• 500 g of cherries;
• 500 g gooseberries;
• 1 kg of sugar.

Preparation:

Remove the tails from the gooseberries and wash carefully. Washed berries mince or grind in a blender to puree mass. Cherry sort, wash and remove the seeds. Enamel pot, put on medium heat, put in her prepared mashed potatoes, pre-mixed with sugar. When the mass boils, pour in a saucepan the cherries and proverjaem all the contents for about 10 minutes. Ready jam from cherries and gooseberries Packed in a clean jar and seal them tightly.

Cherry jam and cherries

Those wonderful summer berries perfectly combined with each other in a jam that can be eaten as a separate dessert or used to prepare delicious cakes.

Necessary ingredients:

• 500 g of cherries;
• 500 g of cherries;
• 1 kg of sugar;
• 1 lemon.

Preparation:

This recipe is suitable only for ripe and soft berries, fruits with a firm flesh is too soft is bad and can ruin the consistency of jam. My berries, iterate and slightly dry with paper towel. Cherries and cherries are sent into a deep bowl and add 500 g of sugar. A pot filled with water, pour in it the remaining sugar and the juice of one lemon, mix well all the contents, then put the mixture to boil on a slow fire. When the water boils in the throes of the syrup for another 10 minutes, then add the berries and bring to a boil. After boiling, cook the jam for another 15 minutes, stirring constantly. Ready berry dessert Packed up the banks and preserve.

Cherry jam and red currants

This is another unusual and delicious recipe for cherry jam, which will raise the spirits and protect from cold in winter.

Necessary ingredients:

• 1 kg of cherries;
• 1 kg of red currant;
• 1 kg of sugar.

Preparation:

First step is to prepare the berries: wash, dry, iterate through and remove stones from the cherries. Red currants should add it to the pan, crush into a puree, add a half of sugar, put on low heat and cook until boiling plus 15 minutes. The cherries put in another pan and add rest of sugar. Put the pan on the stove and heat the berries until then, until you dissolve all the sugar. Hot cherries put in a pan to the currants, stir, wait a simmer and cook for another 15 minutes. Ready jam pour in banks, sprinkle with sugar, so the surface formed a sweet crust and close the lid.

Cherry jam with cinnamon

Cinnamon used in this recipe gives the cherry jam with a pleasant aftertaste and a distinct aroma. So the dessert became more pronounced flavor, you can add a couple of cloves stuff.

Necessary ingredients:

• 1.5 kg of cherries;
• 1.5 kg of sugar;
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon;
• 30 ml brandy (optional).

Preparation:

Cherry wash, thoroughly clean from the stalks and remove the bones. Processed berries pour into an enamel pan, place sugar and add some water. Remove the pan in the fridge and leave overnight. In the morning, get a bowl of cherries from the fridge, put it on the fire and cook until the sugar is dissolved, then add ground cinnamon. Then increase the fire, bring mixture to a boil and cook for about half an hour. If you wish to jam, you can add a small amount of brandy – it will give the dessert a nice tartness.

To check the readiness of jam, use the following: wet plate pour a small amount of the contents of the pan, if it does not spread, so everything is ready. If necessary, the jam can be left on for 12 hours, and the next day to repeat the procedure of cooking – this will give the cherry dessert more bright and intense ruby color.

Chocolate-cherry jam

This recipe is a real find for the sweet tooth. Chocolate-cherry jam is perfect with hot tea and is also suitable for the decoration of sweet pastries.

Necessary ingredients:

• 1 kg of cherries;
• 200 g of sugar;
• 1 tbsp lemon juice;
• 200 g dark chocolate;
• 100 ml of water.

Preparation:

Cherries wash, sort out and clean from the bones. Pour the prepared berries in a pan, add water and lemon juice, then gently stir so the berries don't fall apart. Included a medium heat and wait for the water to boil. After boiling, remove the pan of jam from the stove, put it pre-broken into pieces chocolate and mix thoroughly. The chocolate-cherry jam bottled in sterilized banks and preserve.

Cherry jam with liqueur

Due to the liqueur, cherry jam is the extraordinary aroma and terrific spicy flavor. Of course, this dessert is for adults only, as it includes alcohol.

Necessary ingredients:

• 1 kg of cherries;
• 500 g of sugar;
• 75 g flaked almonds;
• 2 tbsp. cherry liqueur;
• 1 pack of gelatin.

Preparation:

Cherries wash thoroughly, removing twigs and seeds, then put it in an enamel pan. Granulated sugar mixed with 1 package of gelatin and add them to the berries. Put the pan on low heat and bring mixture to a boil, then cook for another few minutes and remove from heat. In the hot jam pour in the liqueur and pour almond flakes, then carefully stir and pour in the banks.

Cherry jam with walnuts

Very useful and original turns cherry preserves with nuts. Cherry blends well with any varieties – hazelnut, peanut, almond, etc. However, the most piquant taste of cherry jam give walnuts.

Necessary ingredients:

• 1 kg of cherries;
• 1 kg of sugar;
• 300 g of peeled walnuts;
• 1 lemon.

Preparation:

First start treatment cherries: berries are my iterate through and remove all the bones. Shelled walnuts pour into dry pan and fry for 2 minutes to acquire a Golden hue. Each half of the nut cut into several parts so that they can be placed inside the cherry. Then proceed to the longest and laborious stage – filling berries nuts. This should be done very carefully so as not to damage the integrity of the cherry.

Stuffed berries liberally sprinkle with sugar and leave in this form for 5-6 hours. Then cook the cherries over low heat, bring to a boil and tormented for another 7-8 minutes. Remove jam from heat, let cool to room temperature, and then repeat the cooking procedure three more times. During the last boiling add in the cherry jam nut juice of one lemon, mix thoroughly and bring to a boil. The finished dessert is poured into banks and roll.