Sweet cherry jam
A pretty, thick jam with a refined flavor! Sweet cherry jam can make any morning feel a little elegant. What could be better than a crisp, fresh roll with soft butter and a spoonful of cherry jam? Sweet cherries taste different from sour ones — deeper and more distinctive — and dishes made with them are especially good, special, and one of a kind. This jam is no exception. The cherry variety matters: jam from dark, late-season cherries is richer and more pronounced in flavor.
MariaS
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Sweet cherry jam
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 11 %
6 g
Fats 0 %
0 g
Carbohydrates 89 %
51 g
204 kcal
GI:
12
/
0
/
88
- To make sweet cherry jam, get ripe fresh cherries, rinse them well, and pick them over. Discard any spoiled or rotten cherries so they don't ruin the flavor of the finished jam. Pit the cherries however is easiest for you — with a cherry pitter, a cocktail straw, a safety pin bent at the end... whatever works, but the cherries do need to be pitted. Put the prepared cherries in the pot you'll cook the jam in, cover them with sugar, and leave them at room temperature for a few hours so the cherries release their juice. Begin heating the cherries and sugar over low heat, gradually turning it up. If not much juice has been released, you can add a little water — just a touch. Bring the cherries to a boil, simmer for a few minutes, and take them off the heat. With an immersion blender, pulse to break up the softened cherries unevenly, so you don't get a smooth, uniform purée like a fruit butter — the jam should have small pieces in it. You can try doing this with a potato masher, but I preferred the blender. Add the citric acid and stir. Simmer the crushed cherries over medium heat until a furrow drawn across the surface holds its shape. Transfer the finished cherry jam, still hot, into a sterile jar; if you're putting it up for the winter, seal the jar tightly with a sterile lid, turn it upside down, wrap it in something warm, and leave it until completely cool.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Granulated sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Cherries - 50 kcal/100g
- Citric acid - 0 kcal/100g
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