Jam from berries or fruits is an excellent dessert for breakfast, which is why many housewives in the summer months try to cook as much of this dish as possible. However, to preserve the jam for the winter, pour it into jars is necessary according to the rules.
Pick your recipe
So that the jam is not only tasty and aromatic, but also does not deteriorate in the winter months, it is necessary to cook it, strictly observing the recipe, trying not to digest, in general, follow all the following rules:
- choose fruits and berries of the same ripeness for jam;
- do not use rotten fruits;
- do not save sugar, always put it according to the recipe;
- competently prepare jars for spilling jam.
Now for the spill of jam into jars. Some housewives are convinced that this product needs to be laid out only hot, while others - only cold. In fact, both those and those are right, you can pour food at any temperature, but only that which was cooked according to the classical recipe. That is, approximately the same proportions of sugar and berries were taken, and the dish was boiled to the desired consistency on low heat for 15 to 30 minutes.
Five-minute jam, which has recently become so popular due to the simplicity and speed of cooking, you need to put it in jars only hot. The fact is that a small amount of sugar is used in the recipe for such a dish, therefore, in order to avoid damage to the product during storage, it is important to sterilize jars and lids before spilling, and hot jam is an additional sterilization of cans.
In general, jam can be stored for more than a year. However, if it was cooked or poured in banks incorrectly, for example, poorly washed or poorly dried dishes were used, then the meal will necessarily either ferment, or grow moldy, or become candied.