Blackberry jam, recipe for gourmands with only three ingredients

Now do the blackberry jam in your kitchen is simple and exciting! With this recipe you will bring a real delight to the table. There blackberry jam it’s a great way to start the day sweetly. A recipe with only three ingredients and easy to make. In short, a dessert handed down for generations, an all-natural preserves, without the use of pectin. The blackberry jam can be enjoyed spread on a slice of toasted bread or on rusks, excellent for filling cakes or for tasty tarts. The blackberries they can be found at the edge of the woods in full ripeness in the months of August and September. Blackberries are considered berries, such as raspberries, strawberries, currants or blueberries. With the ingredients of this recipe it is made a jar of jam of about 300 grams.

Ingredients for 4

  • Blackberries: 1 Kg
  • Granulated sugar: 500 g
  • Lemon juice: 1 tbsp
  • Preparation: 7 minutes
  • Cooking: 15 minutes
  • Total: 22 minutes
  • Calories: 252kcal / 100g

Preparation

1

Get some nice big blackberries.

2

Clean the blackberries by removing any remaining petioles or thorns. Wash them under running water for a few minutes then drain them for a while in a colander.

3

Put the blackberries in a large saucepan, then add the sugar and a few drops of lemon

4

Finally, mix the jam with a wooden spoon.

5

Turn on the heat and bring to a boil. Keep stirring must reach the right consistency.

6

Let it boil for about 20/25 minutes

7

At the end of cooking, pass with an immersion blender for one minute.

8

At the end check the consistency by putting half a teaspoon of blackberry jam in a saucer, tilt the plate, when it is ready, it will cool down it will struggle to slide on the inclined plate.

9

Put the still-boiling wild blackberry jam into the sterilized glass jars up to half an inch from the edge.

10

Stop and turn over to promote vacuum. Keep in a cool and dry place, away from light. When they are cold, check that the vacuum has occurred by pressing the center of the cap, you will NOT hear the classic click-clack.

Accessories

  • Colander
  • Large saucepan
  • Wooden spoon
  • Immersion mixer
  • Saucer
  • Glass jar with lid

Advice and conservation

The jars used they must be well sterilized if you intend to stock up on jam for the winter, the jar can be used several times while the lid is always new.

To understand if the vacuum has been successful, check that the cap does not make the classic click-clack. Molds appear, in the form of patches, on the surface and are easily identifiable with the naked eye, in this case the product is to be thrown away!

Blackberry jam can be kept for six months in a cool, dry place. If you open the jar, the jam will be placed in the refrigerator and will last 4 days.

It is possible to decrease or increase the amount of sugar to your liking, if you decrease it the cooking will be longer and vice versa.

Ingredients for 4

  • Blackberries: 1 Kg
  • Granulated sugar: 500 g
  • Lemon juice: 1 tbsp
  • Preparation: 7 minutes
  • Cooking: 15 minutes
  • Total: 22 minutes
  • Calories: 252kcal / 100g
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