Cherry or cherries jam: delicious recipe easy to make

We are in full season of cherries, cherry or pineapple, is therefore the best time to taste them, either as fresh fruit or also to prepare them with an exquisite homemade jam, preserve them and taste them at any time of the year.

The presence of these fruits fill our markets and fields, it is a summer fruit and this season also brings us a great variety of delicious fruits, rich in water, vitamins, minerals and beneficial nutritional properties for our body.

Cherries belong to the group of red fruits or fruits of the forest are rich in antioxidants, vitamins of group A, B, C, minerals such as potassium, calcium, iron, magnesium, sulfur, phosphorus.

The benefits of cherries for our organism

Being rich in water and fiber act as a light laxative, they are diuretic, they help us to function properly in the intestinal transit and to release toxins from the body.

Being antioxidants prevent us from aging or oxidation of cells.

In addition to jam, with this small fruit we can also prepare other recipes such as smoothies, ice creams, juices, cherry syrup, cherry liqueur, cherries in syrup or include them also in pastry recipes in cakes or pies.

As we have said before taking advantage of the fact that they are in full season, we provide the recipe to prepare a delicious and homemade recipe to make a cherry jam.

It is very easy to do, although what will be more entertaining is to debone, remove the pipe, for that purpose we will need a ginster or boning machine.

How to make a cherry jam

When buying them we must choose those that are mature, but firm, and that are not bruised or bruised. We wash them well, we remove the tail and the pipes.

Ingredients:

  • A kilo and quarter of cherries, 1,250 grams.
  • One lemon's juice.
  • 750 grams of white sugar

Elaboration:

  1. We wash the cherries well, we remove the rabito and the pipes. We put all the cherries in a cauldron. Add the sugar on top and the lemon juice.
  2. Put the lid on the cauldron and let the cherries rest for an hour and inside the refrigerator.
  3. Next we put the cauldron with the cherries on the fire and we are cooking the jam with low fire without stopping to stir until it starts to boil.
  4. When it boils continue cooking with low heat and without stopping to stir for half an hour or until we notice that thick, that takes the point of jam.
  5. Turn off the heat and let the jam rest for 10 minutes.
  6. Next we are depositing the jam in glass jars and hermetically sealed and that we have previously sterilized so that the jam is kept in optimal conditions.
  7. Keeping the jam well we can store it in the pantry to taste it at any time of the year.
  8. The cherry jam is ideal to enjoy it in breakfasts, snacks, spread on toast, bread, on soft cheese, accompanying a yogurt, to fill cakes, make tarts, in short, an exquisite delicacy.

Do you dare to prepare it and taste it? In case you did not like the jam with the pieces of cherries, you can crush them with the blender and then keep it as we said before. ThemesJam prescriptions

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