Gooseberry jam with walnuts: a simple recipe for the winter with photos and videos

Gooseberries are one of the most popular fruit and berry crops among Russian gardeners, growing most often in temperate climates. Gooseberry jam with different nuts is no worse in taste than strawberry or raspberry jam. It is easy to prepare, you just need to follow the instructions. To make jam, slightly unripe berries are harvested and ripe peeled nuts are added.

Subtleties of cooking

Gooseberry berry jam with nuts has always been highly appreciated, because its preparation has long been considered too troublesome. To get a tasty and he althy product, you need to follow the rules:

1. Collect the fruits of the bush. You can choose any variety of gooseberries. Emerald jam requires unripe berries.
2. Take 1 kg of fruits and 100 g of granulated sugar, 200 g of nuts, half a glass of water for 1 kg of fruit. The number and type of nuts can be changed.
3. Stuff the berries with nuts, thanks to this the jam will turn out much tastier.

Preparing the main ingredients

Walnut kernels are cooked first, they are crushed to the size of berries. But it is not recommended to make them too small, they need to protrude a little from the gooseberries.

Then the berries are cleaned and stuffed tightly with nuts. They can be taken in any color: both red and green. The tip of each of them is cut off and the flesh is removed with a hairpin. You can not squeeze it out, so the green unripe fruits burst from pressure. The removed inner parts are folded into a saucepan.

Royal gooseberry jam with nuts

For cooking you will need:

1. Gooseberries - 1 kg.
2. Sugar - 1 kg.
3. Peanut - 150-200 g.
4. Vodka - 50 ml.
5. Cherry leaves - 100g
6. Lemon.
7. Vanilla.

Gooseberries are cleaned from pulp and seeds, then washed. After they dry, a toasted nut is placed inside each of them. Fruits with peanuts are placed in a jar in layers, between which lemon slices and cherry leaves are placed.

A container with a berry is poured with boiling water and left to infuse. After 6 hours, the liquid is drained into the pan, vanilla and vodka are added there. A sweet syrup is brewed from the resulting mixture.Then berries with nuts are laid out in it, lemon and cherry leaves are separated from them. After 10 minutes, leaves are added to the pot with jam, after which it is cooked for another 3 minutes.

Ready-made royal jam should turn out with transparent berries. It is poured into jars, and lemon slices and cherry leaves are stacked on top.

Gooseberry jam with walnuts and cardamom

For cooking you will need:

1. Green unripe gooseberries.
2. Walnuts - 30-50g
3. Sugar - 1.5 kg for sour berries, 1 kg for sweet ones.
4. Water - half a liter.
5. Ground cardamom.

Nuts are split, peeled, broken into small pieces. The berries are washed, on both sides they are freed from tails, it is important not to violate their integrity.The pulp is removed manually, for this, hairpins, paper clips, pins are used. Hollow berries are recommended to be washed under running water using a colander. This is necessary so that the seeds remaining inside do not get into the jam.

The insides of the berries are put into a saucepan and poured with 3 glasses of water, after which they are put on a small fire and boiled for half an hour.

While the pulp decoction is being prepared, gooseberries are stuffed tightly with walnuts so that they do not fall out during cooking. If the berry is large enough, you can put a quarter of the nut kernel into it.

After 30 minutes, the broth is filtered and half of 1 liter is left, this is the amount needed to make jam according to the recipe. Sugar is added to the broth in a saucepan, which is brought to a boil. The syrup is first boiled over high heat with frequent stirring, then 2-3 minutes - over low heat.

Stuffed berries are poured with cooled syrup and left overnight. In the morning, jam with added cardamom is brought to a boil and boiled for five minutes over low heat. To make the jam thick, boil it for 5 minutes 3-4 times in 5-6 hours.

Jam expiration date

Subject to the rules of preparation and preservation for the winter, the product retains its qualities for 3 years. During this period, the amount of trace elements and vitamins in the jam decreases every year, and the taste changes slightly.

If you use jam that has been stored for 5 or more years, then it will not harm your he alth, but you should not expect any benefit from it.

How long to store jam

Jars of jam are stored at a temperature of 10-15 degrees Celsius. They should not be exposed to sunlight. It is optimal to place them in dark basements that are not flooded with water.

When sending jars to be stored for the winter, it is very important to protect them from strong temperature changes, because of this the product will become sugary or covered with mold.

If the indoor humidity level is high, the metal jar lids will rust. As a result, the jam will not be eaten.

Gooseberry jam with nuts is a delicious and very he althy product, the use of which can protect against colds in the fall. Royal is considered the most delicious, but even boiled berries with nuts in sweet syrup do not lose their benefits. To eat jam all year round, you need to follow the above recipes and store jars properly.

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