It is unlikely that there will be a garden plot where raspberries will not be grown, or rather not "grown", but grow, because this is the most unpretentious berry bush (more precisely, a semi-shrub). All raspberry care can be minimized to one operation: in the spring, cut out last year's dry shoots. Care for blackberries is not at all more difficult, and the question is which of these sisters is more useful. But for some reason, blackberries are planted much less often, maybe due to the fact that blackberry bushes are very prickly.
However, there is one more small minus, berries are very fond of wasps, which hardly anyone loves and is not afraid of their bites.
In my garden, there is a small plot (a couple of square meters) of blackberries, bringing every year from 5 kg of wonderful berries. We eat a couple of kilos "alive", the rest I process for the winter.
First of all, I freeze, both with whole berries, and in the form of mashed potatoes without sugar or with a little addition of it.

If the year is fruitful and you managed to collect more than a bucket of this wonderful berry, you can prepare pureed blackberries without boiling and without seeds.

Several variations of the recipe for mashed blackberries:

How to prepare mashed blackberries for the winter:

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Wash the berries. Even blackberries picked with clean hands from your own garden can be dirty. Dust, wasps, flies...
It would be nice to dry, or at least let the water drain. Pour half the sugar, mash a little, put in a dark place (ultraviolet destroys vitamins).
After half an hour, grind with a submersible blender - this is the fastest and easiest way, crushed in this way, the berries are rubbed well.

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You can even rub it through a small kitchen sieve with a not very fine mesh. The photo shows what happened in 5 minutes of rubbing 1 kg of ripe blackberries. Whole blackberry pits are only 120 grams (i.e. 12%). In addition, they can be used, for example, to cook a very tasty blackberry jelly.

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Add the remaining sugar.
The next step depends on how much granulated sugar is put in:
If 0.6 kg: heat to a boil, put in sterile jars, roll up.

If 1 kg - cover, put in a dark place, often take it out and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved. We transfer it to sterile dry jars, close it with ordinary lids, send it for storage in a refrigerator or a good cool cellar.
If sugar is 1.5 kg, we proceed in the same way as in the previous case, but such a pureed berry will also be stored at room temperature.
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Blackberry is rich in B vitamins and is the leader in the content of nicotinic acid, it also contains many other vitamins and other elements useful for the body. Blackberries mashed with sugar are very popular - for the winter it is harvested in this way most often because in this case it does not require heat treatment and, therefore, retains all its benefits.

Cooking features

To prepare blackberries mashed with sugar, as well as other blanks from it, you must follow some rules.

• Blackberries, unlike a number of other berries and fruits, do not ripen at home if picked ahead of time. For this reason, blackberries should be harvested when they are fully ripe.
• When harvesting blackberries, care must be taken not to squeeze the berry, tearing it off the branch. The fact is that her skin is very thin and fragile, much more tender than that of raspberries, and it is easy to damage it.
• If a large number of insects are found on a blackberry bush, in particular, the so-called "stink bugs", it is better to skip this bush.
• Before washing the blackberry, it should be sorted out, removing forest debris, adhering leaves, insects and spoiled berries.
• It is best to wash blackberries in the shower, as a jet of water from the tap can damage the fragile berry.
• A mandatory step in preparing blackberries for conservation is the removal of the stalks. "Tails" need to be pulled out, twisting them out of the berry. In this case, the berry itself should not be strongly squeezed.
• The prepared and washed berry must be dried before preparing “cold jam” from it.
• It is possible to lay out ready-made blackberries, wiped with sugar, only in sterilized jars, the lids for which should also be sterilized.

How to store finished blackberries mashed with sugar depends on the recipe chosen.

Classic recipe for blackberries mashed with sugar

Composition (per 2.5 l):

• blackberries (peeled) - 1 kg;
• sugar - 1.75 kg.

Cooking method:

• Prepared, that is, sorted out, cleaned of "tails" and washed blackberries, dried, put in an enameled bowl. The bowl can also be made of a material other than aluminum, which, when oxidized, releases toxic substances.
• Pour the berry with 1.5 kg of sugar.
• Place the container with the berry in a cool place for 2 hours.
• After the specified time, mix the berries with sugar and leave for another hour.
• After this time, rub the blackberries with sugar through a sieve, armed with a wooden pestle. You can just carefully knead them with a berry.
• Stir the resulting delicacy, arrange in sterilized jars, pouring a large spoonful of sugar into the bottom of each jar.
• Top each jar with another spoonful of granulated sugar.
• Close the jars with any lids (even plastic ones will do), after boiling them and drying them. Store in a cool place.

Ideally, blackberries mashed with sugar, if prepared according to the classic recipe, should be in the refrigerator in winter. It will not deteriorate in the cellar, where the temperature is low. At room temperature, "cold jam" made without sterilization cannot be stored.

Blackberries mashed with sugar - a recipe with sterilization

Composition (per 3 l):

• blackberries (peeled) - 2 kg;
• sugar - 1 kg.

Cooking method:

• Sort the berries, rinse, peel off the “tails” and measure out the required amount.
• Strain the blackberries through a sieve using a masher or stainless steel spoon.
• Pour the berry puree with sugar and put it in a "water bath" for better separation of the juice and dissolution of sugar.
• Mix thoroughly and arrange in sterilized jars, cover with clean lids.
• Place a kitchen towel in the bottom of a large saucepan. Put jars of blackberries on it. Pour water into the pot so that it reaches about the middle of the jars.
• Put the pan on a quiet fire and wait until the pan begins to boil. After this point, sterilize half-liter jars for 20 minutes. If the jars are 0.25 liters each, it takes 10 minutes to sterilize them, and for liter jars it takes more time - half an hour.
• Carefully remove the jars from the pan and roll tightly. When they have cooled, put them in the pantry for the winter.

The advantages of blackberries mashed with sugar according to this recipe include economy (less sugar is needed) and the possibility of further storage at normal temperature. The disadvantage is that not all vitamins are preserved, since vitamin C, for example, is destroyed by heating.

Preserving jam from various fruits and berries has always been and remains a favorite pastime of real hostesses. Blackberry jam is a very tasty and mouth-watering dessert that will not leave anyone indifferent due to its amazing aroma. In addition, they can be enjoyed not only in the fruiting period. To do this, it is worth making blackberry jam for the winter - there are a wide variety of recipes for this. About them and about the benefits of goodies in more detail.

About the benefits of jam

By itself, blackberries have a number due to the high content of vitamins, minerals and organic acids in their composition.

The benefits of jam are somewhat abstract, since they depend on the correctness of the cooking process. That is, the longer it is treated with high temperatures, the less useful substances become.

Properly prepared blackberry jam includes the following beneficial properties:

• anti-inflammatory effect due to the presence of phenolic compounds;
• strengthening the walls of blood vessels;
• protective effect due to the presence of malic acid, nitrogenous, tannic and mineral compounds.

It has long been known that such winter harvesting is able to cope with diseases such as SARS and pneumonia.

Preserving jam, as a rule, always takes a lot of time. But this is always compensated, because in winter it is nice to open a jar of delicious and fragrant dessert, reminiscent of summer.

Blackberry jam jam without cooking

This simple recipe calls for the following ingredients:

• fresh blackberries - ½ kg;
• sugar - ½ kg.

Cooking details:

1. For cooking, it is necessary to select only whole, not damaged berries.
2. Glass jars and lids for tight twisting must be sterilized beforehand.
3. Selected berries should be thoroughly washed in cold water, if necessary, it is also important to remove all tails.
4. Crush the berries in a mortar, turning them into a homogeneous porridge, then add sugar, mix thoroughly and set aside for 2 hours. During this period, it is necessary to periodically mix the composition.
5. After the specified time has elapsed, it is necessary to decompose the mass into prepared containers and sprinkle with sugar on top (at least 1 tablespoon).
6. Tightly close the jam containers with lids and place in the refrigerator.

Important! In order for the jam to be preserved until the winter period, it is necessary to carefully select the berries on which there must be no damage, otherwise even sugar is not able to preserve the jam.

Jam "5 minutes"

Five-minute jam will also not be too difficult in the process. For him, you must first prepare:

• ripened fresh blackberries - 1000 g;
• sugar - 1000 g.

How to make jam 5 minutes:

1. Prepared blackberries should be washed well and left for a while in a colander to drain water.
2. Put in a prepared container for cooking jam, cover with sugar and cover with a kitchen towel. Leave for 5 hours. During this period, good blackberry juice should form in large volume.
3. Carefully drain the resulting juice, put on the stove and bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes.
4. Put the berries in this syrup and again bring the composition on the stove to a boil, boil for 5 minutes.
5. After decomposing the resulting delicacy into pre-sterilized containers.
6. Close them tightly with special lids, cover the containers with a warm cloth and leave it like that until it cools completely.

frozen blackberries

For some reason, in the summer there may not be enough time to preserve the berries, so you can freeze them, and then make jam. Frozen blackberry jam is no less tasty and healthy.

It will require the following components:

• frozen blackberries - ½ kg;
• sugar - 1 kg;
• lemon juice - 2 tbsp. l.

How to prepare a delicious dessert:

1. Put the frozen berries in a prepared container and cover with sugar. Leave for 3 hours.
2. As a result, the berries will begin to melt, and a lot of juice will form. It is necessary to immediately select 1/3 cup of juice.
3. Lemon juice must be added to the mass.
4. Put a container with berries on the stove, make a fire of minimal intensity. Bring to a boil and increase the intensity of the fire. Boil for 5 minutes.
5. Remove from the stove, leave to cool, and then decompose into prepared containers and seal tightly.

Attention! In order to cook such a jam, it is necessary to use a container with high sides, since when boiling on a high-intensity fire, the mass will begin to rise.

Each, no matter how simple it may seem, the preparation of blackberry jam requires a lot of diligence and attention, so do not relax, but show all your skills, which will be rewarded with a tasty and healthy dessert.

Jam with citrus

Recipes with lemon allow you to get delicious blackberry jam with an amazing aroma and unforgettable sourness. To prepare one of these options you will need:

• sugar - 1000 g;
• whole fresh lemon - 1 pc.

Step-by-step recipe for preparing jam:

1. Put the prepared blackberries into a container for cooking jam and knead it well with a potato masher.
2. Remove the zest and juice from the lemon, and add these ingredients to the mashed berries.
3. Add the prepared amount of berries there and place the container with all the contents on the stove.
4. Heat the composition over a medium-intensity fire, while constantly stirring it until the added sugar is completely dissolved.
5. Then increase the intensity of the fire to the maximum. Boil the boiling composition for 10 minutes.
6. Pour immediately into pre-sterilized jars and seal tightly.
7. Pour water into a large container, place the jars there and sterilize the jam at the boiling temperature.

Note! In the event that the berries are too small and dry, it is worth grinding them with a fine sieve. Then return half of the separated seeds to the ground pitted berries, and discard the second part.

Blackberry and orange

Jam with orange also turns out to be very unusual and tasty. In order to prepare it you will need:

• fresh blackberries - 1000 g;
• oranges - 400 g;
• sugar - 1000 g;
• lemon - 1 pc.

How to cook and how much to cook jam:

1. Peel the skin off the prepared oranges. Squeeze out all the juice into a separate container. Do the same procedure with the prepared lemon.
2. Add sugar to the learned juice and heat the composition on the stove until it is completely dissolved. Leave to cool.
3. Grind all the blackberries with a fine sieve and add the resulting mass to the orange-lemon juice. Leave for 2 hours.
4. Then place on the stove and cook, constantly stirring the composition, for half an hour.
5. Remove from stove and leave to cool.
6. Arrange in pre-sterilized jars and seal tightly.

Recipe with raspberries

It is impossible not to note the amazing combination of blackberry and raspberry jam. The color of the resulting dessert turns out to be saturated purple, and the aroma will amaze no less than the taste. For dessert, you will need a set of the following products:

• fresh blackberries - 1000 g;
• fresh raspberries - 1000 g;
• sugar - 2000

How to make jam:

1. Put the raspberries in a container and cover with half of the prepared sugar. Stir very gently and leave overnight in a place with a cool temperature.
2. Do the same with blackberries. During this time, the berries will give juice.
3. Drain the resulting juice from the berries into a container and put on the stove to heat. Bring to a boil, sugar should be completely dissolved.
4. Then put the berries in the berry syrup and cook for five minutes on a fire of minimum intensity, constantly removing the newly formed foam.
5. Remove from stove and leave to cool completely.
6. Then again send the container with jam to the stove and cook for another 5 minutes.
7. Treat glass containers with boiling water and spread the jam in them and close it tightly with lids. Use refrigerator for storage.

Note! According to this recipe, jam with whole berries is obtained, which allows you to feel the aroma and taste of summer even in winter cold.

Recipe with apples

Blackberries also pair very well with apples. In order to make jam from apples and blackberries you will need:

• fresh blackberries - 400 g;
• fresh apples - 400 g;
• dried lavender - 1 tbsp. l.;
• sugar - 250 g.

How to cook a fragrant treat:

1. Berries should be thoroughly and carefully rinsed under running water. Place in a colander and leave to drain excess liquid.
2. During this time, you can sterilize jars and lids.
3. Apples also need to be washed, peeled off and cut out the cotyledons. Cut into small pieces.
4. In a joint bowl, mix blackberries and chopped apples, sprinkle with sugar. Send this container to the stove with a fire of maximum intensity. Once the mixture reaches boiling point, lower the heat to medium.
5. Boil for 3 minutes, add dried lavender and cook for another 5 minutes.
6. Immediately spread the jam in prepared containers and seal tightly with lids.

Important! The secret to storing cooked treats is that you only need to use a darkened cool room for this, but not more than for 1 year.

How to make jam

Blackberry jam prepared according to this recipe turns out to be a stunning pomegranate color and dense in composition. It will require:

• fresh blackberries - 1000 g;
• fresh apples - 200 g;
• purified water - 300 ml;
• sugar - 1000 g.

Dessert recipe:

1. Rinse and peel the berries, and then warm them in hot water for 3 minutes.
2. Then grind the berries with a fine sieve in order to remove all the seeds.
3. Wash and peel apples, remove seeds and cut into thin slices.
4. Pour blackberry puree into a saucepan and add apples with water. Put on the stove and boil for 5 minutes.
5. Add sugar and cook for 1 hour.
6. When hot, pour the jam into sterilized jars, leave to cool, and then tightly close the lids.

Interesting! Apples must be added to jam to obtain a well-gelled mass, which is very important for such a dessert.

Jam in a slow cooker

To simplify the task, it is worth preparing blackberry jam in a slow cooker. This process will take a little time, but the result is a delicious thick jam that can be consumed in its pure form, or can be used as a filling for pies. For preparation you will need:

• fresh blackberries - ½ kg;
• sugar - ½ kg.

Step by step about cooking goodies in a slow cooker:

1. Sort the blackberries, separating the spoiled specimens and ponytails, wash them in a container and put in a colander to remove the accumulated liquid.
2. Then put them in a multicooker bowl along with sugar. Cover the bowl with a kitchen towel and leave overnight.
3. In the morning, put the device into the "Extinguishing" mode and set the time - 60 minutes.
4. After the mixture reaches the boiling point, it will be necessary to remove the resulting foam.
5. Also, during the cooking process, it is necessary to mix the composition from time to time.
6. Turn off the multicooker and leave the mass there for 12 hours.
7. Then again, in the same mode, bring the composition to the boiling point.
8. Arrange the resulting hot jam in pre-sterilized containers and close hermetically with sterilized lids.

To store the prepared jam, you should use a dry, darkened room with a low temperature.

All the proposed recipes for making blackberry jam for the winter allow you to get a tasty, fragrant and healthy product that will appeal not only to adults, but also to children. Therefore, do not be lazy and be sure to pick up delicious berries in the summer.

Cooking time: 30 minutes + 2-3 hours for aging with sugar and breaks between boils

Yield -1.3 kg

Calorie content - 204 kcal

There are various ways to make blackberry jam. Blackberry jam is traditionally brewed with or without pits. There are also updated recipes. So, modern housewives cook,,. But if you are preparing jam for the winter and want it to turn out "berry to berry", it is preferable to choose the classic option - thick blackberry jam with whole berries. It is called thick because it is cooked without adding water and tends to gel when cooled.

Below is a recipe for thick blackberry jam with whole berries with a photo step by step. On cold winter days, the blackberry jam you prepared according to this recipe will remind everyone who tries it of summer.

How to make thick blackberry jam with whole berries at home

If you pay attention not only to taste, but also want to get the most useful product, it is preferable to use not garden, but forest berries, despite the fact that they are smaller and less juicy. When cooking blackberry berry jam with stones, it is important to maintain the integrity of the berries. At the same time, numerous seeds in blackberries do not spoil its taste. Jam from garden blackberries with stones is cooked in the same way as from wild berries. Pitted wild blackberry jam is more fragrant and thicker. The best jam is obtained from freshly picked berries.

If you buy berries, keep in mind: in order for the berries to remain intact and the jam to turn out delicious, the original product must consist of ripe and intact berries. Berries should look dry. If the berries are wet, it means that among them there are many damaged ones. Such blackberries turn sour very quickly and lose their nutritional value.

First of all, you need to sort through the berries in order to remove all unnecessary - accidentally fallen leaves, twigs, tails of berries, damaged berries. Then the blackberries must be washed and allowed to drain. You can make a delicious compote from crushed blackberries, or grind them with sugar.

For cooking blackberry jam, nickel-plated or enameled dishes without chips and damage are well suited - a basin or a wide saucepan.

Having shifted the prepared berries into a bowl in which the jam will be cooked, they must be covered with sugar and left for 1-2 hours so that the berries release juice.

When the granulated sugar takes on a pinkish-purple hue, the dishes with the future blackberry jam must be put on low heat until the sugar is completely dissolved. In this case, it is necessary to ensure that the granulated sugar at the bottom of the dish does not burn. To do this, periodically lightly shake the dishes with a mixture of blackberries and sugar. If you want the blackberry jam to be not very thick, then before putting the dishes with the mixture on the fire, you can add 50 g (a quarter cup) of water there. This whole process will take about 10 minutes.

After the granulated sugar is completely dissolved in the blackberry juice, the dishes are removed from the heat and allowed to cool. This may take no more than an hour. But if you are busy, you can start further cooking blackberry jam and a little later.

Next, the preparation of blackberry jam should be put on a strong fire for 15-20 minutes. This allows you to get blackberry jam with a bright, saturated color. But at the same time, it is important to ensure that it does not burn and the blackberries remain intact and do not fall apart. To do this, the jam must be periodically stirred lightly, so that the berries are evenly distributed in the bowl. Abundantly formed foam during the cooking process can not be removed. By the end of cooking, its amount will greatly decrease. By lightly shaking the dish with jam, the remaining foam will collect on the surface of the jam in the middle, then it can be easily removed with a slotted spoon.

You can determine the readiness of blackberry jam with whole berries in the following way: you need to drop the syrup on a plate and wait for the drop to cool. If the jam is ready, the drop on the plate does not spread.

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If the drop spreads when the plate is slightly tilted, then the jam is not yet ready.

How to sterilize blackberry jam jars

While the jam is being cooked, or in advance, it is necessary to prepare jars for its storage. The easiest way to sterilize jars can be done with a regular kitchen kettle. We carefully process the inside of well-washed cans with hot steam coming from the spout of a boiling kettle. Fill jar lids with boiling water and keep on fire for 10 minutes. After sterilization, the jars and lids are laid upside down on a dry towel.

The finished jam is poured into prepared, sterilized warm jars hot. Jars of jam are quickly and tightly closed with a lid.

As it cools, the jam should thicken. To enhance the tightness of the lid, which is important when storing jam until winter, the neck of the jar along the edge of the lid can be additionally wrapped with a tape of ordinary stationery tape. After cooling, blackberry jam is placed in a cool place.

Thick blackberry jam with whole berries is ready for storage for the winter, bon appetit!

What are the ways to make thick blackberry jam

Blackberry jam with whole berries with gelfix

Pour the prepared blackberries and sugar mixed with the contents of one pack of gelfix (1: 1) into the saucepan, cover with a lid and let stand until the berries release juice. On high heat, the mixture is brought to a boil and boiled for 3-5 minutes, after which it is poured hot into jars.

Blackberry jam with whole berries and lemon

To prevent blackberry jam from being candied and having a light citrus aroma, at the final stage of its cooking, squeezed juice of half a lemon can be added to the jam.

Blackberry jam with whole berries and spices

If you like the taste and aroma of crushed cardamom, you can add it to blackberry jam with whole berries at the last stage of its preparation.