Grapes are a heat-loving plant, so its most delicious, dessert varieties can be successfully grown only in the southern regions of Russia. However, with the skillful selection of the most hardy, winter-hardy hybrid varieties and good care, you can get good yields even in the middle lane. Grapes are very tasty and healthy in fresh form. Gardeners make it juice or good home-made wine. But you can still make a magnificent grape jam, which will bring real pleasure to everyone who tastes it.
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To make jam, you will need light grape varieties with fairly small pitted berries (for example, "Kishmish"), sugar and water. For 1 kilogram of berries, depending on your taste, you need from 0.7 to 1 kilogram of granulated sugar and about 1 cup (200 milliliters) of cold water.
Carefully wash the selected clusters of ripe grapes, dry them, separate the berries from the brushes and put them in an enameled basin. Then pour granulated sugar (0.7 kilograms if you like not very sweet jam, 1 kilogram if you prefer sweet), gently shake the bowl so that the sugar mixes with the berries and leave until the next day.
When the grapes give juice, put the basin on a low heat, add water, bring to a boil. The first cooking should last about 10 minutes. Remove foam periodically. Then turn off the heat and let the jam cool. After about 6 hours, bring it to a boil again, let it boil for the same 10 minutes, removing the foam. After another 6 hours, bring it to a boil again and cook, removing the foam, until the liquid has the desired consistency, because someone likes thick jam, and someone more liquid. Take the sample.
If you want the jam to have a more acidic taste, you can squeeze the lemon juice in it or add some citric acid powder. If you prefer the taste to be more spicy - you can add a clove bud or a pinch of ground cinnamon. As they say, it tastes good.
Ready jam should be amber-golden in color, resembling honey in appearance. Pour it hot into sterilized glass jars and roll it with metal lids scalded with boiling water. You can close the cans with plastic caps. This jam will decorate your table, it can be used as a separate treat, and as an additive to pancakes, pancakes, oatmeal.