In the old days, gooseberry jam was more common than it is now. But these berries contain reserves of vitamins B9, P and C. Modern man strives for something new and unusual, exploring new technologies and recipes. This is how ripe gooseberry and banana jam appeared. Its unusual taste is complemented by the same exotic aroma, which will appeal to the most demanding gourmets, as well as children.
The gooseberries are pre-washed, the tails are torn off and placed in a colander. Some recipes recommend removing the seeds. The procedure is carried out using a regular stationery pin or the tip of a knife. If the jam is prepared without cooking, then the fruits must be dried.
Gooseberry jam is always prepared with sugar. Its quantity depends on the chosen recipe, the components included and the method of preparation. Interestingly, raw products require more granulated sugar than those that undergo heat treatment.
How to choose gooseberries and bananas
Gooseberries of any variety and type are suitable for making jam. They must be ripe. It is advisable to choose dense fruits, but it does not matter if they are overripe. In this case, you will need to add gelatin to the jam. Very beautiful jam is made from berries that are black or dark red, as well as amber-green.
Bananas are selected that are well-ripened, aromatic, but without signs of spoilage.
Simple recipe
Making delicious and aromatic gooseberry jam with the addition of bananas is not difficult. And if the garden has an abundant harvest of its own berries, then the delicacy will not cost much. To cook it, you will need the following ingredients:
- granulated sugar - 500 g;
- ripe large banana - 1 pc.;
- 1 cinnamon stick;
- 2 cloves.
Preparation
The berries should be washed well, sorted, remove the stems and tails, then pour into a suitable container and mash as thoroughly as possible. Peel the banana and cut into thin slices. Mix the grated gooseberries, banana and sugar and let it brew for a couple of hours. After this, add the cloves and cinnamon, put on the fire and cook for 7 minutes after the start of boiling. Next, remove the cloves and cinnamon and remove the jam from the heat. The finished delicacy is poured into prepared jars and rolled up.
Classic raw jam recipe
- 1 kg of ripe gooseberries;
- 3 large ripe bananas;
- 600 g sugar.
Preparation
Wash the gooseberries thoroughly, sort them, pick off the stems and dry them. Peel the bananas. Mix berries with banana, add sugar and grind until mushy using a special machine, blender or meat grinder. The sugar should completely dissolve in the resulting puree.
Pre-sterilize the jars, put the jam in them, cover and put in the refrigerator.
Gooseberry jelly with banana
An equally tasty and interesting dessert is gooseberry jelly with banana. To prepare it you will need:
- ripe gooseberries - 500 g;
- large bananas - 2 pcs.;
- granulated sugar - 700 g;
- dissolved gelatin - 0.5 cups;
- mint - to taste.
Preparation
Wash the gooseberries well, remove the stems, sort and mash. Add granulated sugar and gelatin, and add a sprig of mint if desired. Leave the resulting mass to infuse overnight. In the morning, peel the bananas, cut into thin slices and mix with gooseberries. Leave the mixture for another hour, then put on the fire, bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes. Place the finished jelly into the prepared container and roll it up, then turn the jars upside down.
Features of jam storage
If the preparations are made in advance, for the coming winter, then the jars of gooseberry jam need to be cooled after sealing. Next, they are sent for storage in a cool, dark place (refrigerator, basement, pantry). There, preservation is preserved for several years without loss of taste and beneficial properties. Uncorked jars of berry dessert can be stored in the refrigerator for a month.
Gooseberry jam prepared without cooking for the winter is stored only in the refrigerator. This delicacy will be a worthy treat even at the holiday table. Thanks to its rich chemical composition, this berry jam with the addition of exotic fruit is used to boost immunity in winter and to fight colds. Young children especially like this preparation.
Banana jam can become a “trick” in the skillful hands of the housewife. After tasty but familiar dishes, serving it for dessert means increasing your “qualification”.
It will take plenty of time to prepare. But then it will be cozy on a winter evening to drink tea with banana jam with your loved ones.
A simple recipe for the winter
The fruits are cut into even rings approximately 2 cm thick. Water is placed on the stove. As soon as it boils, reduce the heat and add sugar.
Stir until the syrup thickens, add lemon juice or acid. After boiling, wait another minute and remove from heat.
Pour banana mugs with this syrup and leave for two or three hours to soak. After the specified time, put the mixture on low heat and let it simmer for about fifteen minutes.
Place the jam in sterilized jars and roll up the lids.
You can use a machine, you can use screw caps.
Banana and gooseberry jam
From the school curriculum, everyone remembers the hero of A.P. Chekhov’s story “Gooseberry”. The ultimate dream of his was to enjoy the taste of berries grown with his own hands. In the story, the gooseberries are sour and unripe, but for them there is nothing tastier in the world.
If we leave Chekhov's idea, gooseberries are truly a unique berry, with many useful microelements.
Therefore, it is necessary to prepare gooseberry jam without losing its beneficial properties.
Gooseberries and bananas combine favorably. Spices such as cinnamon and cloves are added to this jam.
What do you need to make jam for the winter? 
- Bananas, peeled – 1 kg;
- Half a kilogram of gooseberries;
- Granulated sugar – 500 grams;
- Two carnations;
- One stick or teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
Cooking time takes three and a half hours, calorie content is 2600 kcal.
Take ripe gooseberries, wash the berries, remove the stems and dry them in a colander. Then the gooseberries are placed in an enamel bowl and crushed well with a masher to release the juice.
The banana is also peeled and cut into circles or squares, as you like. Banana and berries are mixed, covered with granulated sugar and left for two to three hours.
After this time, the sugar will dissolve into the fruit and berry mixture, then cloves and cinnamon are added. Bring the mixture to a boil over low heat. After boiling, the mixture is stirred with a wooden spoon and removed from the heat after five minutes. The cloves and cinnamon can be removed; they have served their purpose.
If you pour gooseberry and banana jam hot into sterilized jars for the winter, roll it up, turn it over and wrap it, then it can be kept even at room temperature for several months.
Opened jam is best stored in the refrigerator.
Delicious treat with kiwi
For people who remember Soviet times, banana and kiwi were exotic fruits. Nowadays not a single feast is complete without them. Beautifully sliced fruits are served on special plates.
Fruit salad lovers finely chop kiwi, banana and other fruits, place them in bowls and serve them to guests.
It turns out that you can also make kiwi jam with banana for the winter.
- One banana;
- 4–5 kiwis;
- 150 grams of sugar;
- 1.5 tablespoons lemon juice.
Cooking time will take 1 hour 20 minutes, calorie content is 1308 kcal.
Kiwi should be ripe, but not very soft.
It must be cleaned, beautifully cut first into circles, and then these circles into four more parts.
A ripe banana is cut in the same way. Mix banana and kiwi carefully so as not to damage the fruit, add sugar and leave for about thirty minutes to release the juice.
After half an hour, add gelatin and lemon juice to the mixture. Place everything on low heat and bring to a boil. Stir occasionally with a wooden spoon.
As soon as it boils, cook for another five minutes and remove from heat. An hour later the procedure is repeated.
The cooled kiwi and banana jam is transferred to a glass container. This exotic jelly should be stored in the refrigerator.
Cook with red currants
Red currants contain pectin, which binds some substances to others, resulting in a natural jelly.
Therefore, red currant juice is used more often, and other fruits or berries are added to prevent it from being too sour.
To prepare red currant jam with banana for the winter you will need:
- Currant juice – 1 liter;
- Granulated sugar – 600 g;
- Bananas – 4 pieces.
The cooking time will take one hour, the calorie content of the dish will be 2213 kcal.
First, currant juice is prepared. Take a blender and break up the currant berries, previously peeled from the stalks. The resulting juice is passed through a sieve or gauze folded in half. It is not necessary to do this, but in this case the mass will be homogeneous and tender.
Bananas are pureed using a blender.
The ingredients are combined and placed on low heat to boil. As soon as the mixture boils, the heat is reduced and everything is cooked for another forty minutes.
The jam for the winter is almost ready. All that remains is to pour everything into sterilized jars and roll up.
Gooseberry jam with oranges and bananas
Even in ancient times, jam was made from gooseberries. This process was so labor-intensive that it was handled by cooks serving the king himself.
Each berry was thoroughly washed, dried and the seeds were removed. A nut was placed there, and then this jam was cooked under the open sky over low heat, adding spices and cherry leaves.
Modern housewives are unlikely to bother themselves to such an extent, but everyone can make jam from gooseberries, oranges and bananas.
- Gooseberries – 500 grams;
- One medium orange;
- One banana;
- Granulated sugar – 500 grams;
- Cloves – 5 pieces;
- Ground cinnamon - half a teaspoon.
It takes about three hours to prepare, and the calorie content is 2569 kcal.
Wash the gooseberries, cut off the stems, place in an enamel bowl and chop using a masher, or better yet, a blender.
Peel the orange, cut it, and grind it in a blender. Peel the banana and preferably slice it nicely.
Mix bananas with the fruit and berry mixture, add granulated sugar and leave at room temperature for two hours so that the sugar is partially dissolved and the products produce more juice.
After two hours, cinnamon and cloves are added to the mixture and everything is put on the fire to bring to a boil. As soon as it boils, cook for another five minutes and remove from heat. And you can immediately roll it into sterilized jars.
If desired, you can remove the cloves from the jam; it has done its job. It is better to store in the refrigerator for the winter.
Gooseberry jam is very rare. You can hardly find it on the shelves of supermarkets and grocery stores. Therefore, in the summer you should cook it yourself and enjoy the tasty and healthy dessert all winter long. And there are more than enough benefits in such jam, because gooseberries contain vitamins P and C, carotene, iron and many other essential microelements in their pulp. Scientists say that regular consumption of gooseberries can significantly rejuvenate and improve the health of the human body.
Compotes, jams, wine are made from gooseberries, and frozen in the freezer.
Gooseberry jam with bananas
It so happened that gooseberry jam is most often cooked with the addition of some other fruits or berries, although in its pure form the jam is also very tasty. Today we will prepare gooseberry jam with banana, which has a unique sweet and sour taste with spicy notes of spices.
Ingredients:
- banana - 1 pc.;
- gooseberries - 0.5 kg;
- granulated sugar - 0.5 kg;
- cloves - 2 buds;
- cinnamon - 1 stick.
Preparation:
For cooking, you need to choose ripe sweet gooseberries so that they can be easily mashed. We sort the berries, discarding spoiled ones, tear off the tails and wash them thoroughly.
Place the dried berries in a convenient enamel bowl and crush them thoroughly with a wooden spoon.
We also select bananas that are ripe and sweet. We clean it and cut it into thin slices. We combine gooseberries with bananas and cover it all with granulated sugar. Stir the fruit mixture and leave for a couple of hours to release enough juice for cooking.
After the specified time, add spices (cloves and cinnamon) to the future jam. Place the bowl with the jam on the fire, after boiling, boil it, stirring with a wooden spoon for 5 minutes, and remove the clove buds and cinnamon stick, as they will have given off their aromas by then.
At this point the jam can be considered ready. If it is intended for long-term storage, then place it hot in sterile jars and roll up the lids. Let it cool by turning it upside down and wrapping it in a warm towel. You can store it either at room temperature or in a basement or cellar.
And if you can’t wait to try it, then after it has cooled, you can eat this jam by spreading it on bread or a bun. An open jar of jam should be stored in the refrigerator. Bon appetit everyone!
Gooseberry jam, regardless of how it is prepared, is very healthy, because it retains, perhaps not all, but still a significant proportion of vitamins and other useful substances. From this point of view, the absolute favorite is gooseberries with banana without cooking, since the preparation of such a delicacy does not require heat treatment, which means it contains a maximum of vitamins.
The benefits of gooseberry preparations
Gooseberries contain many substances beneficial to the human body. These are vitamins, organic acids, and provitamins. Therefore, it is very important to be able to prepare this product correctly.
By consuming such preparations in the autumn-winter, you can not only help your immune system resist various ailments, but also reduce menstrual and menopausal bleeding, speed up metabolism, cope with hypertension and solve the problem of constant fatigue associated with the development of anemia.
Recipes
You can make several varieties of delicious jam from gooseberries, bananas and other fruits. Of course, from the point of view of the benefits of the finished treat for the body, it is best to give preference to recipes that do not involve heating the fruit and berry mixture. But in this case, gooseberry and banana preparations will be stored for only a few months, and boiled jam does not lose its quality for at least a year or even two.Banana-gooseberry confiture with mint
A very aromatic, bright dessert with a spicy taste can be prepared from:
- 0.5 kg gooseberries;
- 7.5 tbsp. l. dissolved gelatin;
- 2 sprigs of mint;
- 0.25 kg bananas;
- 0.75 kg sugar;
- 4 tbsp. l. cognac or mint liqueur.
To prepare a treat, it is better to choose berries of the same variety and color.
Wash the berries, remove stems and mash. Mint leaves, gelatin and sugar are added to the resulting mass. The mixture is placed in the refrigerator overnight. They continue in the morning. To do this, cut the bananas into thin slices, which are added to the mass obtained the day before. The mixture is placed back in the refrigerator.
After an hour, the mass is heated to a boil and simmered over low heat for 4 minutes. At the end of the process, cognac or liqueur is added, the delicacy is packaged in sterile jars and rolled up.
Jam without cooking
To prepare gooseberries and bananas without cooking, you will need:
- 1 kg gooseberries;
- 2–3 bananas;
- 0.6 kg sugar.
The fruits are thoroughly washed and cleared of stems and peels. Place the gooseberries in a colander and allow them to dry thoroughly. After this, the banana and berries are covered with sugar and mashed into a puree. The resulting mass is mixed well to ensure complete dissolution of the sugar crystals, packaged in sterile jars and hidden in the refrigerator.
Attention! Sweeter jam is made from black or deep red berries.
Five-minute jam
Gooseberries and bananas can be stored for the winter using short-term heat treatment. This will have an insignificant effect on the vitamin content, but will significantly extend the shelf life of the product.
Wash 3 cups of gooseberries thoroughly, remove the stems and leave to drain in a colander. 2 ripe bananas cut into slices.
Important: you can add a cinnamon stick to the mixture to give the jam an original taste. But you should not replace it with powder, as the workpiece may acquire an unpleasant bitterness.
From 2 glasses of granulated sugar and 2 tbsp. l. syrup is boiled in water and the gooseberries are dipped into it. The mixture is kept on fire for 3–4 minutes. During this time, the mass has time to boil. As soon as this happens, add chopped banana, wait 2 minutes, stirring gently, and turn off the stove. As soon as the jam has cooled, it is carefully packaged into jars so as not to break the banana slices and sealed.
Attention! When cooking jam, be sure to skim off the foam.
The prepared preparations can not only be consumed simply with tea, but they will also become an excellent filling for various pies
Spicy banana-gooseberry jam
To prepare this dish you will need:
- 0.5 kg gooseberries;
- 2 pcs. carnations;
- 1 ripe banana;
- 0.5 kg sugar;
- 1 cinnamon stick.
The berries are sorted, thoroughly washed and dried. Then they are kneaded with a spoon or passed through a meat grinder. The banana is peeled and cut into thick slices. Add sugar to the fruit and berry mixture, mix gently and leave to infuse.
After 2 hours, add cinnamon and cloves to the mass, and then put it on the fire. As soon as the mixture boils, set aside for 5 minutes, take out the spices, pack the jam into hot, sterilized jars and roll up.
The same jam can be made in a slow cooker. To do this, you need to mash the gooseberries, washed and peeled from the stems, with a spoon, add chopped bananas and sugar. Place the mixture in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. After that, it is transferred to the multicooker bowl, spices are added and the device is turned on in the “Baking” mode for 5 minutes. Upon completion of the process, it is necessary to remove the foam from the jam and roll it into sterile jars.
Tip: it is better not to close the lid of the device to avoid foam leakage.
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Gooseberry jam is a delicacy with a thousand flavors.
Whatever they add to the sweet preparation!
Berries, fruits, nuts, spices.
The list can be endless, but is it worth it?
Maybe it's better to cook it and try it?
Gooseberry jam for the winter - general principles of preparation
Gooseberries are washed and placed in a colander. If the workpiece is not heat treated, then it needs to be dried well on a diaper. It is often necessary to remove seeds from gooseberries. This is done with a knife, the back of a spoon or a pin.
Jam is always prepared with sugar. The amount of sand depends on the recipe. If the product is raw, then more sugar is required. Since gooseberries themselves are dry, the recipe may contain water or juice. A syrup is prepared from them, into which the berries are immersed for further cooking. For the winter, the jam is sealed in sterile jars.
Gooseberries: jam for the winter “Emerald” with cherry leaves
A famous jam recipe for which only green gooseberry varieties are used. It is advisable to take slightly unripe berries. The aroma of the preparation is given by cherry leaves.
Ingredients
1 kg gooseberries;
1.4 kg sugar;
500 ml water;
15 cherry leaves.
Preparation
1. Wash the berries, then use a sharp knife to make an incision in each and remove the seeds. We won't need them. Place the gooseberries in a clean bowl and let them wait in the wings.
2. Combine water and cherry leaves, boil for five minutes, add half the sugar, keep on fire until the grains dissolve.
3. Pour the hot syrup over the gooseberries and cover. We stand for about five hours. After cooling, you can put it in the refrigerator overnight.
4. Take out the gooseberries, drain the syrup, throw away the cherry leaves. Place the liquid on the stove, add the rest of the sugar and dissolve all the grains again.
5. After the syrup boils, add the gooseberries and boil for fifteen minutes.
6. Place the hot jam into a sterile container. We pack it hermetically and wait for winter!
Gooseberries: jam for the winter with orange
An interesting option for preparing gooseberries, winter jam with orange turns out incredibly aromatic and very interesting in taste. We choose good, juicy and ripe citrus fruits. The variety and color of the gooseberry do not matter.
Ingredients
Gooseberries 1.4 kg;
Oranges 0.6 kg;
1400 grams of sugar;
One cinnamon stick.
Preparation
1. Tear off the tails of the washed gooseberries and throw them away. Rinse the berries.
2. Take a needle or toothpick, pierce each berry in two places, and throw it into a bowl.
3. Add sugar and leave for five hours. Stir occasionally.
4. Wash the oranges with hot water, it is better to brush the zest.
5. Take a fine grater and grate the zest around the citrus fruit. You can immediately send it to the gooseberry.
6. Peel the oranges from films and peels and separate them into slices. Citrus seeds must be removed.
7. Grind the prepared citruses through a meat grinder or simply cut them with a knife, but not coarsely.
8. Send the oranges to the gooseberries with zest, stir and let the jam cook.
9. Boil for five minutes, skim off the foam, and cool.
10. After two hours, boil again for 5 minutes, but add a cinnamon stick to the preparation, then cool.
11. Boil for the last time, remove the cinnamon, put the jam in dry jars. The safety of the delicacy directly depends on this.
Gooseberries: jam for the winter “Tsarskoe”
A variant of a truly royal gooseberry preparation, winter jam is prepared with walnuts. But they are added in a special way.
Ingredients
A kilogram of gooseberries;
Half a liter of water;
Half a glass of nuts;
1.5 kg of sugar.
Preparation
1. Chop the nuts into pieces the size of the cavity of the berries, lightly fry in a regular frying pan.
2. Rinse the gooseberries and remove the seeds from them using a pin or spoon.
3. Place a piece of nut in each berry. Transfer to a saucepan.
4. In another saucepan, cook syrup from prescription sugar and water. Heat over low heat until all the grains dissolve before boiling.
5. Pour boiling syrup over the stuffed berries. Stir carefully so as not to damage and prevent the nuts from spilling out.
6. Cover and leave for a day.
7. Take out the jam, cook for ten minutes, cool.
8. Let it cook again, but this time we boil the preparation for a quarter of an hour. Place in containers.
Gooseberries: jam for the winter with currants
A version of amazing winter jam made from gooseberries and red currants. Although the preparation will be no less tasty with black berries, this recipe will also work for it.
Ingredients
700 grams of gooseberries;
1400 grams of sugar;
700 grams of currants;
Water 450 ml.
Preparation
1. Immediately set the syrup to prepare. To do this, simply combine sugar and the recipe amount of liquid and put it on the stove.
2. Wash the red or black currants, free them from twigs, leaves, and spoiled specimens.
3. Cut the gooseberries in half. If desired, the seeds can be removed, but in this case you need to increase the amount of gooseberries by 200 grams.
4. Transfer the gooseberries to the currants, pour in the bubbling syrup, cover without stirring, and leave for about four hours.
5. Place on the fire and cook for twenty minutes. The foam that will form on the surface must be caught and removed.
6. Pour into jars, seal tightly, and send to a cool place.
Gooseberries: jam for the winter without cooking
A variant of vitamin preparation that is not subjected to heat treatment and retains all vitamins. This dessert should be stored in the refrigerator.
Ingredients
A kilogram of gooseberries;
One large lemon;
1.3 kg sugar.
Preparation
1. Free the gooseberries from everything unnecessary, wash them, sort them. Then lay the berries on a towel and be sure to let them dry.
2. Wash the lemon and pour boiling water over it. Use a grater to remove the yellow zest. We peel and discard the white skin, cut the pulp, and also get rid of the seeds.
3. We twist everything together or beat it in a food processor.
4. Combine with sugar.
5. After three hours, when there is a lot of liquid in the container, warm up the future jam a little. Let's leave it for a while longer.
6. It is advisable to repeat the heating procedure a couple more times to better dissolve the sugar.
7. Place in jars; you can close them with a nylon lid.
Gooseberries: jam for the winter with raspberries
A version of gooseberry jam with raspberries for the winter, which helps lower the temperature, cope with colds and fill the body with vitamin C.
Ingredients
A kilogram of gooseberries;
300 grams of raspberries;
Sugar 600 grams.
Preparation
1. Sort through, wash the raspberries, add sugar and put on low heat. Let the grains dissolve. If the berry is not very juicy, then you can add half a glass of water.
2. Free the gooseberries from the tails, wash them and send them to the raspberries. If large varieties are used, you can cut the berries in half.
3. After boiling, cook the jam for exactly eight minutes.
4. Pour into prepared containers and screw on the lids. We store it in the pantry or basement.
Spicy gooseberries: jam for the winter in 5 minutes
A variant of very aromatic jam that is prepared in 5 minutes. Aromatic spices are added to the delicacy with a warming effect, which will not be superfluous in winter.
Ingredients
A kilogram of gooseberries;
Sugar 800 grams;
2 carnation stars;
Ginger 0.3 tsp;
1 cinnamon stick.
Preparation
1. Wash the gooseberries and cut them in half. The seeds do not need to be removed.
2. Place the saucepan, add sugar and place on low heat.
3. As soon as syrup begins to appear, you can increase the temperature.
4. Add cloves, cinnamon, and dry ginger into the jam. If you are using a fresh root, you can just throw in a piece, not chop it.
5. After boiling, cook the gooseberries for five minutes.
6. Take sterile jars and pour them. As the process progresses, you need to remove the stars of the cloves. You can leave the cinnamon.
7. We seal it and put it in storage.
Gooseberries: winter jam with banana
A variant of delicate jam for the winter, which is prepared with bananas. The seeds from the berries will need to be removed. Choose a banana that is ripe but not soft. It definitely has to smell.
Ingredients
0.5 kg gooseberries;
0.5 kg sugar;
0.3 cinnamon sticks.
Preparation
1. Cut the washed gooseberries in half and remove the seeds. Immediately throw the halves into the pan.
2. Add banana cut into thin slices.
3. Pour in 100 ml of water and add sugar, which is according to the recipe.
4. Cook everything together for about five minutes after boiling.
5. Cut the cinnamon into small pieces and add to the jam. Keep it on the fire for another minute.
6. We bottle it and send it for storage. Or cool and serve.
Gooseberries: twisted jam for the winter
A variant of thick gooseberry jam, which is crushed through a meat grinder. Seeds can be removed as desired.
Ingredients
1 kg gooseberries;
0.7 kg sugar;
1 tsp. lemon zest.
Preparation
1. We wash the berries; you can remove the seeds from the inside. Twist through a meat grinder.
2. Add peso sugar and zest.
3. Stir for a few minutes, cover and let stand for half an hour to release the juices.
4. Place on the stove and slowly bring to a boil.
5. Boil for a quarter of an hour
6. Send the workpiece into jars and seal them with lids.
Gooseberries: jam for the winter with nuts “Lazy”
A lazy version of royal gooseberry jam. There is no need to remove the seeds and fill the nuts with berries. Everything is much simpler, but it turns out no less tasty.
Ingredients
1 kg gooseberries;
150 grams of nuts;
0.8 kg sugar;
5 cherry leaves;
0.35 liters of water.
Preparation
1. Pour water into a saucepan, boil the cherry leaves for a few minutes, then remove and throw away.
2. Add sugar to the broth, turn on the stove and start heating.
3. Wash the gooseberries and cut them in half. You can also use whole berries, but in this case the cooking time will need to be increased by ten minutes.
4. Place the berries in the syrup and cook for five minutes.
5. While the gooseberries are cooking, quickly chop the nuts and fry them in a frying pan for a minute.
6. Transfer to a saucepan.
7. Prepare the jam for about ten more minutes, turn it off, put it in jars or just use it.
Cherry leaves are frequent companions of gooseberry jam. They give the product a pleasant aroma. But few people know that instead of them you can use garden currant leaves, but only black and fragrant ones.
No lemons or oranges? Only zest can be added to jam. It is she who gives that very aroma and zest to the winter delicacy.
Often the gooseberry does not want to part with its tails and holds them tightly. Preparing the berries can take a long time. To avoid this, you can use nail scissors and simply cut off all excess.