Gooseberries have many useful vitamins and other substances that are not lost even during heat treatment, so jam from these berries is not only tasty, but also healthy. It can be added to ice cream or just eat with tea. Especially delicious is the gooseberry jam recipe with walnuts and royal cherry leaves.
Gooseberry variety selection and pre-preparation of ingredients
When preparing a dessert, attention is paid to the method of processing berries, since if heat treatment is performed, then the berries should not be soft and overripe.
The variety can be selected based on what shade of jam you want to get:
- white;
- red;
- yellow;
- green.
Did you know? The famous scientist, breeder Ivan Michurin called gooseberries "northern grapes."
Fruit preparation:
- The first step is to sort them out, remove rotten, soft fruits, as well as those that crumpled during transportation. The berry should be dense.
- Remove the branches on which the berries grew.
- Rinse or leave in cold water for half an hour.
- To dry.
- If desired, the fruits can be pierced with a toothpick, this will help them not to deform during the cooking process.
Cooking recipes
Royal or, as it is also called, emerald jam from gooseberries will be an excellent dessert or act as an addition to ice cream or cottage cheese.
Royal or royal (emerald) jam with walnuts and cherry leaves
2512 hours
dry cherry leaves
2 handfuls
fresh cherry leaves
10 pieces.
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Cherry leaves (dry) pour cold water, boil.
- Pour 5 cups of washed gooseberry berries with a cherry broth. Cool and leave to stand overnight in the refrigerator.
- In the morning put the pot with the workpiece on the fire, bring to a boil, add sugar, boil for 10 minutes.
- Pour boiling water over walnuts. Before cooking, add nuts and fresh cherry leaves to the dessert.
- Royal treat put in jars.
Video recipe
Terms and conditions of storage of blanks
It is advisable to store jam in a dark, cool place with good ventilation. In this case, it can be consumed throughout the year. After opening the can, it should be stored exclusively in the refrigerator in a closed form, and if the delicacy is not stored in the refrigerator, it will quickly deteriorate.
Important! The jam should be constantly stirred during the cooking process: this will make it possible to evenly boil the berries and prevent them from burning in the pan.
Imperial gooseberry jam will not leave anyone indifferent and will even decorate a festive table as a delicious dessert.
