Cherry jam five minutes

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   To make cherry jam, you will need only two ingredients. These are cherries and sugar. Cherry berries choose the most ripe, but without damage and dents. Sort the cherry by removing the twigs and leaves from it. wash the berries well. Remove the seeds from the cherry. This can be done manually, with a hairpin or with a special device for removing bones.

2. Step 2:

   

   Transfer the pitted cherries to the saucepan in which you will cook the jam. It can be an enameled saucepan or a glass one. Just do not use aluminum dishes, so that there is no oxidation reaction from berry juice. Fill the berries with sugar and shake a little so that the sugar is distributed among the berries.Do not add all the sugar at once.When cooking, try the jam and add more if necessary.If the cherries are sweet, then you may need less sugar

3. Step 3:

   

   Cover the pot with berries and leave it to stand for a few hours so that the berries let the juice. Then put the pan on the fire and, stirring, bring to a boil. When boiling, foam will form - it must be removed. Boil the boiling jam over low heat for 5 minutes. During cooking, the berries will decrease slightly in size.

4. Step 4:

   

   Wash and rinse the jars well. Then sterilize it in a way that is convenient for you. This can be done in the microwave, in the oven or over boiling water. Just pour boiling water over the lids.

6. Step 5:

   

   Pour the boiling jam into the prepared jars and close the lids.

7. Step 6:

   

   Turn the jam jars over and check for tightness. Caution! The cans are very hot! Inverted, wrap the jars with a warm blanket and cool completely. Then wrap it in a blanket? This is necessary in order for the jam to cool down as slowly as possible. At the same time, it will still reach.

8. Step 7:

   

   Put the cooled jars of jam in a cool place for storage. Have a nice winter treat!