Gooseberries, popularly called the "royal berry", although it causes a lot of trouble in harvesting and subsequent processing, is well-respected in home canning. For example, fragrant gooseberry jam with orange is not only an amazingly delicious dessert, but also a wonderful tool for the prevention of respiratory diseases.
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Gooseberries belong to the rare type of berries that can be preserved at any degree of maturity: from small, unripe fruits, beautiful and tasty compotes are obtained; fully ripened berries are well suited for preserves, marmalades, juices, aromatic liquors and wines, and from ripe gooseberries, jams and jam are usually boiled.
In order to preserve as many useful qualities of these wonderful berries as possible during preservation, gooseberry jam with orange is prepared either in a "raw" way or with minimal heat treatment.
How to make jam according to a traditional recipe
To prepare this simple but very healthy dessert, you will need only three ingredients: gooseberries, oranges and sugar, taken in a ratio of 3: 1: 1.5. Depending on the selected variety of berries, you can get emerald jam or saturated amber color. So, a beautiful green tint is given to the delicacy varieties "Malachite", "Beryl", "Ural Emerald". Golden jam is obtained from the varieties "Russian yellow", "Amber", "Honey".
Preliminary preparation of all components is reduced to the fact that the gooseberries are washed, cut with small scissors or with a sharp knife of the stalk. If very large fruits are used for preservation and it is necessary to preserve their shape, then it is advisable to chop each berry with a toothpick or make a small incision and remove the seeds.
Oranges are also thoroughly washed, cut into pieces and removed grains, which can give the finished product a bitter taste.
Using a blender, an electric or mechanical meat grinder, the prepared products are turned into a homogeneous mass, transferred to dishes with a thick bottom and covered with sugar. Stirring, gooseberries with oranges are kept on low heat for 4-5 minutes, after which they are removed from the stove and allowed to cool slightly. The same procedure is repeated another 1-2 times. The finished gooseberry jam with oranges is cooled, laid out on sterilized jars and covered with lids.