Raspberry and blackcurrant jam

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make raspberry and blackcurrant jam? Prepare the necessary ingredients. You can take a little more raspberries or vice versa, currants, the proportions of berries can be different, depending on your preferences and the presence of one or another berry.

2. Step 2:

   

   Free the currants from twigs and leaves, rinse under running water and dry on a paper towel. Raspberries can not be washed, especially if they are from their own dacha, so as not to lose their shape. I have raspberries bought at the market, I carefully washed them in a bowl of cold water and dried them.

3. Step 3:

   

   Dry clean berries cover with sugar, dividing the total amount of sugar into two parts. Leave the berries for a while so that they let the juice.

4. Step 4:

   

   Periodically stir the berries with a silicone spatula or spoon. It is advisable to do this very carefully so that the berries do not lose their shape.

5. Step 5:

   

   When the berries are well let juice (it took me 5-6 hours), you can start making jam. Jam is prepared very quickly, so pre-sterilize the jars in any way convenient for you, boil the lids.

7. Step 6:

   

   Place the currant together with the juice in a suitable container and put it on a slow fire. If you plan to prepare a lot of jam, an enameled basin or a wide saucepan with low sides will do well. I have enough berries for one jar, so I took an enameled ladle. When the mass boils, continue to cook it over moderate heat for 5 minutes, periodically removing the foam. It is important that the jam does not boil during cooking, it is also not necessary to mix it.

8. Step 7:

   

   Next, add the raspberries along with the juice that has been released from it. Do not mix. Let it boil. After boiling, cook over moderate heat for no more than 5 minutes.

9. Step 8:

   

   It is not necessary to boil the jam until it is thick. Put the boiling jam in the prepared jar, twist it well or roll up the lid. Turn it over and wrap it up with a blanket. Leave it like this until it cools down completely, and then put it in a cool storage place.

10. Step 9:

    

    From the specified number of ingredients, I got one jar of jam for 350 ml and there was still some left for pancakes, toast and tea. Successful preparations!