This appetizing currant is notable for its unusual sour taste, unlike other berries. It makes excellent blanks with and without sugar. Today we want to share with you 20 of the best recipes for red currant jam!
1. Classic jam with red currants
This jam is thick and not sugary at all.
You will need: 1 kg of red currant, 500 g of sugar.
Preparation: Fill the currants with sugar, mix a little and leave for half an hour. Bring to a boil, turn off the heat and leave the jam for a couple of hours. Bring it to a boil again, boil it for 5-7 minutes and roll it up.
2. Red currant jelly jam
The one that many know from childhood!
You will need: 1 kg of red currant, 1.2 kg of sugar.
Preparation: Grind the currants in a blender, grind through a pitted sieve and mix with half the sugar. Bring the mixture to a boil, add the remaining sugar and boil for another 2 minutes. Pour the jam into jars immediately.
3. Jam from grated red currant
It couldn't be easier! Moreover, the jam is rolled up just like that, raw.
You will need: 1 kg of red currant, 600 g of sugar.
Preparation: Chop the currants with a blender and mix with sugar until smooth. Leave the raw jam to brew for a couple of hours, stir again and roll up.
4. Red currant jam without sugar
A good preparation for compotes and desserts.
You will need: 1 kg of red currant.
Preparation: Carefully place the currants in the jars to avoid crushing them. Place them in a large pot on a piece of cloth, put water in the pot and sterilize the piece for about 10 minutes. When the berry settles, compact it and roll up the jars.
5. Red currant jam with honey
If there are not many currants, any saucepan or skillet will do.
You will need: 800 g red currant, 4 tbsp. honey.
Preparation: Heat honey over low heat, add red currants and boil everything together for about 3 minutes. Stir and roll the jam into sterilized jars.
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6. Jam with red and black currants
Change the proportions according to your tastes and wishes.
You will need: 2 kg of red currant, 2 kg of black currant, 4 kg of sugar.
Preparation: Chop the currants with a blender or meat grinder, add sugar and stir. Leave the jam for a couple of hours to infuse, stirring occasionally, and roll up.
7. Red currant and gooseberry jam
Perfect summer taste in the middle of winter!
You will need: 1.5 kg of red currants, 2 kg of gooseberries, 2 kg of sugar.
Preparation: Chop the gooseberries with a pusher, and do the same with the currants separately. Grind the currants through a sieve to remove the seeds and skin, and mix the remaining juice with sugar. Bring to a boil, add the gooseberries, boil again and boil for 20 minutes over low heat. Roll up the jam.
8. Red currant jam with lemon
Lemon adds even more acidity and reveals the berry flavor of the jam.
You will need: 1 kg of red currant, 1 lemon, 1 kg of sugar.
Preparation: Rinse the currants, cover with lemon juice, add sugar and leave for 3 hours. Bring the jam to a boil, boil for 10 minutes, leave overnight and boil again, and then immediately pour into the jars.
9. Red currant jam with orange
When ordinary jam is tired and you want something more original.
You will need: 1 kg of red currants, 1 kg of oranges, 1 kg of sugar.
Preparation: Pass the currants and oranges along with the peel through a meat grinder. Add sugar, stir and leave the mixture for an hour. Pass it through the meat grinder again, bring it to a boil and roll it up.
10. Jam with red currants and mint
It is impossible to resist such an unusual aroma!
You will need: 1 kg of red currants, 1 bunch of mint, 1 kg of sugar.
Preparation: Grind the red currants through a colander, add sugar to the juice and bring to a boil. After that, add chopped mint, boil the jam for 10 minutes, strain and roll.
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11. Red currant jam with watermelon
We bet it will be something new!
You will need: 300 g red currants, 300 g watermelon, 100 g sugar, 1 tsp. starch, 30 ml of water.
Preparation: Fill the currants with sugar, put them on the stove and boil a little. When the sugar has melted, pour in the watermelon juice and boil the mixture for another 5 minutes. Dice a part of the watermelon at random and add at the very end. Lastly, pour in the starch diluted in water, mix the jam again and roll up.
12. Red currant and apple jam
For all their simplicity and affordability, these ingredients are not often found together.
You will need: 1.5 kg of currants, 1.1 kg of sugar, 3 kg of apples.
Preparation: Pour sugar over the currants and leave for an hour, and during this time, finely chop the apples. Bring the berry to a boil, add the apples and boil for another 5-7 minutes. Let the jam cool, and boil it again - and so on twice more, and then roll it up.
13. Jam with red currants and banana
Ideal to complement pancakes, pancakes or waffles.
You will need: 1 kg of red currants, 600 g of sugar, 4 bananas.
Preparation: Grind the currants through a sieve to make juice. Mash a banana with a fork or chop with a blender, mix with a berry and add sugar. Bring the jam to a boil, boil for 40 minutes over low heat and roll up.
14. Red currant and raspberry jam
A familiar, but a win-win combination.
You will need: 1 kg of red currants, 1 kg of raspberries, 1.5 kg of sugar.
Preparation: Separately grind currants and raspberries with a blender, and mix each berry with half the sugar. Bring the currants to a boil, add the raspberries, boil for 5 minutes and put in jars.
15. Red currant and strawberry jam
Another classic combination you can't go wrong with!
You will need: 300 g red currants, 300 g strawberries, 300 g sugar.
Preparation: Grind strawberries and currants with a blender, bring to a boil and add sugar. Mix the jam well and cook over low heat for 35 minutes. Leave it to infuse overnight, boil it for another 10 minutes and roll it up.
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16. Jam with red currants and cherries
Not the fastest recipe, but worth it!
You will need: 700 g of red currants, 1 kg of cherries, 900 g of sugar.
Preparation: Pass the currants through a meat grinder, add 100 ml of water and boil until thickened. Do the same with the cherries, then add sugar to it and boil for another 15 minutes. Combine both masses, cook together for 10 minutes and roll up.
17. Red currant and blueberry jam
No other combination will give such a rich color to jam.
You will need: 1.5 kg of red currants, 2 kg of blueberries, 1 glass of water, 2.5 kg of sugar.
Preparation: Mix red currants and blueberries, cover with water and bring to a boil, and then grind through a sieve. Add sugar to this juice, reduce the heat, boil for another half hour and put the jam in the jars.
18. Red currant and blueberry jam
Both berries have a very expressive and special taste, so an interesting play of contrasts is obtained.
You will need: 1 kg of red currants, 1 kg of blueberries, 1.5 kg of sugar.
Preparation: Pass all the currants and blueberries through a meat grinder, mix with sugar and leave for 20 minutes. Bring the jam to a boil, boil for 15 minutes and roll up.
19. Jam from red and white currants
Great thick jam without gelatin or agar.
You will need: 500 g of red currants, 500 g of white currants, 1 kg of sugar, 2 glasses of water.
Preparation: Dissolve a glass of sugar in water, heat and put currants in the syrup. Bring to a boil and simmer for about an hour over the lowest heat. Add the remaining sugar and cook for another 40 minutes, then roll up.
20. Red currant jam with whole berries
To prevent the berries from falling apart, they must be firm and firm.
You will need: 600 g of red currants, 400 ml of water, 400 g of sugar, a pinch of ginger.
Preparation: Mix water with sugar and ginger and boil the syrup for about 20 minutes. Send currants into it and cook for another half hour on low heat, without interfering. Pour the jam gently into the jars.