Many people know about the beneficial properties of hawthorn berries. They have a beneficial effect on the state of the circulatory system (blood vessels, heart), normalize high blood pressure, support the central nervous system at rest and strengthen the body's defenses.

Homemade jam according to the recipes described below has similar properties. The harvest itself is very thick (due to the high content of pectin in the berries) and tasty.

Consider a few detailed step by step instructions cooking berries for the winter.

Traditional option

Dessert according to this recipe is made from whole hawthorn fruits. The product is very thick, fragrant and tasty.

Products:

• hawthorn - 1 kg
• granulated sugar - 500 g.

The order of work is as follows:

1. The berries must be carefully sorted out. Put in an enamel bowl, pour over cold water and mix with your hands. Drain, repeat the procedure 2 more times. Throw the prepared fruits on a sieve, wait until excess moisture is completely drained.
2. Transfer the prepared berries to a large cooking bowl. Sprinkle with granulated sugar, stir. Cover, leave on the counter for 12 hours to release enough berry juice.
3. After the specified time, place the container with the contents on the stove, on slow heating. Remember to stir. Over time, the temperature is allowed to increase slightly. Bring to a boil in this way.
4. Then reduce the heat to a minimum and cook until the mass thickens. Dispense into clean, processed cans. Put to sterilize, after boiling the liquid in a saucepan for 10-15 minutes.
5. Gently take out, close with lids. Turn over, cover with a warm blanket. Leave in this form until it cools completely.

You can store it in a cellar, refrigerator and even at room temperature.

With bones

The workpiece is very fragrant, with a slight tart aftertaste. Berries cooked in syrup resemble candied fruits. Hawthorn jam recipe is obtained with seeds that are very soft. They can be taken internally. They give a characteristic zest to the product itself.

Products:

• hawthorn - 2 kg;
• granulated sugar - 2 kg;
• vanilla sugar - 50 g;
• citric acid - 1 tsp

The procedure is as follows:

1. The berries must be carefully sorted out, rinsed under running water and laid out on a clean towel, dried.
2. Meanwhile, combine granulated sugar and filtered liquid in a separate container. Place on the stove and, with regular stirring, bring to a boil, cook until the sweet component is completely dissolved.
3. Put the berries in the finished syrup, boil. Do not forget to stir so that the mass does not burn to the bottom of the container. Remove from the stove, cover and leave on the kitchen table for 12 hours to infuse.
4. After the indicated time, put back on the stove, add vanilla sugar and citric acid... Stir and bring to a boil, simmer on slow heating for half an hour. Remove from heat, cool completely, pack in sterile containers. Close tightly and store in a cool place.

Seedless Jam

The delicacy turns out to be tender and thick, reminiscent of outward appearance confiture. The dessert will appeal to both adults and children. You can make delicious breakfast sandwiches with it.

Products:

• berries - 1.5 kg;
• filtered liquid - 0.75 ml;
• granulated sugar - 1.5 kg;
• citric acid - 3 g.

1. Sort the hawthorn, remove spoiled fruits and debris. Rinse thoroughly in several waters. Strain through a sieve and put in enamel pot.
2. Pour in the indicated amount of water, put on medium heat, cook until the fruits are completely softened.
3. Strain the broth, and rub the berries through a sieve. The remaining bones must be thrown away, and the broth must be left. It will be required for further preparation.
4. Put the finished puree in an enamel container, add granulated sugar, pour in the broth. Stir until completely dissolved, cook until the mass sticks to the bottom.
5. At the very end, you need to add citric acid, stir and pack the finished jam in sterile jars. Cover with lids and sterilize. By time from the moment of boiling 10 minutes. Gently take out, close tightly, turn over and put in a cold place.

With black currant

This cooking option is considered the most common. Making jam for the winter will not be difficult, since the cooking technology is quite simple. Dessert will perfectly compensate for the lack of nutrients in the body and will effectively help to cope with colds and viral infections.

Products:

• granulated sugar - 700 g;
• hawthorn - 500 g;
• freshly made currant puree - 100 g;
• filtered liquid - 300 ml.

• Sort out the berries, removing rotten fruits and debris. Rinse under water, dry and remove pits. Put the finished ingredient in an enamel container and add 200 g of the sweet component. Cover and leave in a cool place for 24 hours. After the specified time, pour in the required amount of liquid, pour out the remaining granulated sugar.
• Place the prepared mass on the stove, bring to a boil. Then add the currant puree and cook until the berries are completely softened.
• Pack the resulting dessert in sterile jars, close tightly and turn over. Wrap it up with a warm blanket, and after cooling, put it in a cellar or refrigerator.

With apples

The dessert prepared according to this recipe is especially recommended for people with impaired liver and kidney function. In its composition, the delicacy contains the maximum amount of vitamin A and elements - potassium, magnesium, zinc. It is prepared quickly, but it turns out to be very tasty and aromatic.

Products:

• granulated sugar - 750 g;
• hawthorn - 500 g;
• applesauce - 100 g.

1. Sort the berries, rinse and dry on a clean towel. Remove seeds, stalk.
2. Put in a pre-prepared container, add granulated sugar 200 grams and put in a cool place for 24 hours. After the indicated time, pour in 400 ml of the filtered liquid, add the rest of the sweet sand.
3. With regular stirring, put on the stove, bring to a boil and cook for 3 minutes. Add the applesauce, stir and continue cooking for another 5 minutes.
4. Pack the finished jam in sterile jars, close the lids tightly and turn over. Wrap and cool, put in a cool place.

Hawthorn is a thorny brown shrub from the Rosaceae family up to 4 meters high. It blooms with white flowers unpleasant odor, but the bright red fruits are sweetish and mealy.

Leaves, fruits and flowers are used for medicinal purposes. At the beginning of summer, flowers are collected, dried, tinctures and decoctions are prepared. In autumn, ripe fruits turn blood red.

If you want to dry or freeze them, you need to do this immediately after collection. But you can also cook compote, jam, hawthorn jam - this is both healthy and tasty.

By the way, dried fruits, leaves, flowers must be stored in tightly closed bags or containers, where air is not allowed in, there is no dampness. Because they will wear off and get lost beneficial features.

The drying process is also not simple: the berries must be dried in the oven with the door ajar when high temperature stirring them constantly, so as not to burn. The dried fruit then becomes crumbly.

We will tell you a few recipes on how to cook hawthorn jam in our article.

First recipe: hawthorn jam in syrup

Ingredients:

We sort out the berries, wash, peel them of seeds and stalks. We put them in an enamel pot. Pour the berries with boiled sugar syrup from water and sugar.

Cooking method:

• Method 1. We insist eight hours. Add acid, vanillin, cook until thick over low heat. Remember, when the jam cools, it gets thicker.
• Method 2. Alternatively, you can cook for five minutes, after boiling, in three steps every eight hours, removing the foam from the top.

Pour hawthorn jam into sterilized jars, cork. Turn over until it cools down to create a vacuum. Then we transfer to a cold place for the winter.

Second recipe: hawthorn berry jam with seeds

Ingredients:

• a kilogram of berries;
• kilogram of sugar.

Cooking method:

1. Every hostess can prepare useful berries for the winter using this recipe. You don't need to cook them.
2. We wash the berries, peel the stalks, cover them with sugar.
3. We insist this for 6-8 hours or set it overnight.
4. Then we mix, lay out in sterile jars, sprinkle with sugar on top.
5. Let's roll it up.
6. After two months, the berries will start juice. We will make a wonderful hawthorn berry jam with seeds.

Hawthorn jam and its benefits

Since the fruits of the thorny bush have a number of useful properties, they are preserved in jam. For whom and how is hawthorn useful?

1. Cardiovascular diseases are a big problem for all mankind, as they lead to more complex and life-threatening consequences. It is recommended to use hawthorn to improve the performance of the heart and blood vessels.
2. Strengthens the muscles, prevents their degeneration, while accelerating the blood flow process.
3. Relieves fatigue, overwork. Gives strength, improves the general well-being of a person.
4. Replenishes the body with vitamins, helps fight infection, especially in the transitional winter-spring period. For winter, hawthorn jam is a real tasty storehouse of nutrients.
5. Normalizes blood pressure, stabilizes its level. But you can't eat more than a glass of berries at a time, because your blood pressure may drop below normal.

In general, hawthorn is very useful, delicious berry with leathery, sweet flesh, something resembling something between an apple and a pear, as well as hard bones.

Third recipe: hawthorn berry jam for the winter

Ingredients:

• a kilogram of berries;
• 800 grams of sugar;
• 3 grams of citric acid;
• 2 glasses of water.

Cooking method:

1. Boil the berries until soft, drain the broth separately, and grind the berries through a sieve.
2. Mix mashed potatoes with broth, add sugar.
3. Cook, stirring occasionally, until it starts to stick to the bottom.
4. Add acid.
5. Pour into heated jars, then sterilize for five minutes, roll up.

Very healthy berries that fall gives you have excellent taste. A wide variety of dishes are prepared from hawthorn. It is added to tea, tinctures are made, harvested in the form of compote, but Special attention it is the hawthorn jam that deserves. This delicacy is not only tasty, but also healthy.

Hawthorn jam: recipe with and without seeds

In this case, it is not at all necessary to remove bones from them. In this case, the cooking process will be as simple as possible. If you still decide to remove them, then the jam will be much softer and juicier.

How to make seedless hawthorn jam

Undoubtedly, the process of separating the berries from the seeds will take some time. But if you do it all the same, then the result will be a bright, rich, pleasant taste, with a delicate consistency of jam.

Products:

• 1.3 kg of hawthorn berries;
• 0.75 kg of sugar.

Preparation:

1. Rinse the berries, peel and stalks, put in a saucepan.
2. Pour sugar over the berries and insist in this composition for 2 hours.
3. Then boil until the jam becomes thick.
4. Immediately fill the jars with a sweet treat, cover them with lids.

Sterilize all containers for 10 minutes, roll up.

Hawthorn jam with seeds

This is the simplest, fastest recipe. Even beginners in the culinary business can handle it. All actions are reduced to the most minimal. At the same time, the final result will pleasantly surprise and delight. This delicacy turns out to be very tasty, thick and colorful. It can be eaten with a spoon and wrapped around bread.

Products:

• 1.3 kg of hawthorn;
• 1.3 kg of sugar;
• 280 ml of water;
• 12 gr. vanilla sugar;
• 5 gr. citric acid.

Preparation:

1. Sort the hawthorn, rinse, peel all the husks.
2. Put the berries on a towel and pat dry.
3. While they are drying, you need to boil the syrup. To do this, add sugar to the water, boil and cook until all the sugar crystals dissolve.
4. After that, pour the dried fruits into the syrup and bring the liquid to a boil again.
5. Set the container aside and leave for 14 hours.
6. As soon as this time has expired, put the container back on the stove, add vanilla sugar and citric acid to the workpiece.
7. Cook the mixture for 25 minutes.

Pour into jars immediately, roll up.

Hawthorn and apple jam (video)

The benefits of hawthorn berries

On their basis, even a considerable number of pharmaceuticals are produced.

Among the useful properties of these berries, the following can be distinguished:

• constricts blood vessels;
• tones up the muscles of the heart;
• normalizes the heart rhythm;
• increases the strength of the heart;
• relieves fatigue;
• relieves symptoms of arrhythmia and tachycardia;
• normalizes blood clotting indicators;
• lowers cholesterol levels;
• calming effect;
• effective in the fight against insomnia;
• used as an adjunct in the treatment of gastritis;
• effective for diarrhea and constipation;
• eliminates headache;
• eliminates shortness of breath;
• prevents the development of tumors;
• helps to strengthen the immune system;
• stimulates lactation;
• moisturizes the skin.

Making hawthorn syrup at home

It is not at all necessary to purchase it from a pharmacy or a store. In the future, it can be added to various delicacies and used as medicinal product.

Products:

• 0.9 kg of peeled fruits;
• 0.9 l of water;
• 0.8 kg of sugar;
• 6 gr. citric acid.

Preparation:

1. Put the prepared fruits in a saucepan and cover with water.
2. Cook until they are tender.
3. Strain the resulting juice.
4. Pour sugar into the resulting juice and cook until the mass becomes thick.
5. Add citric acid as well.
6. Chill syrup quickly and pour into a suitable container.
7. Sterilize the jars for 10 minutes.

Roll up quickly.

How to make hawthorn berry jam: a step by step recipe

Not everyone likes ordinary jam. Jam is a completely different matter. The berries are ground into a homogeneous mass, which can then be spread on bread rolls, and simply added to tea. It turns out a pleasant and healthy tea drinking.

Products:

• 0.9 kg of berries;
• 0.4 kg of water;
• 0.7 kg of water;
• 0.2 kg lemon.

Preparation:

1. Be sure to sort the berries and put them in a saucepan, washed.
2. Pour in water and cook for 10 minutes.
3. Strain the hawthorn into a separate container.
4. Grate the boiled berries through a sieve.
5. Discard the remaining cake.
6. The broth remaining from boiling berries with the resulting mass, add sugar to it.
7. Boil the mixture until it acquires the consistency of thick sour cream.
8. After that, squeeze into the jam lemon juice, still literally a few seconds to boil.

Pour into jars, roll up.

How to remove seeds from hawthorn berries

Removing the seeds from ripe fruits is a very painstaking process. To do this, you need to cut off both ends of each berry, and then cut them in half. Only then just pry on the bones with a knife and remove them.

There is also an easier way. But it will only work if the fruits are not used as a whole. The process of separation from the bones is carried out as follows:

1. Put the berries in a saucepan, add water and boil for literally 3 minutes after boiling.
2. Stir the fruits periodically so that they evenly warm up.
3. Then cool and put on a sieve.
4. Grind.

The resulting mass is perfect for all kinds of jams, tinctures, syrups and compote. If you still want to get a non-uniform mass, to feel the full taste of these fruits, then it is better to remove the seeds by hand.

Hawthorn and apple jam: a step by step recipe

You can make the jam rich, with a pleasant sourness, using the most ordinary apples. It is with them that the hawthorn acquires an amazing, completely unusual, but very pleasant taste.

Products:

• 0.7 kg of apples;
• 0.7 kg of hawthorn fruit;
• 0.7 kg of sugar.

Preparation:

1. All the berries need to be washed, then sort out, discard the damaged, spoiled ones.
2. Be sure to dry them and remove the bones.
3. Rinse the apples too, remove the middle of them and cut into slices.
4. Pour all prepared foods into a bowl, cover with sugar and leave for 20 minutes.
5. Then put everything in a saucepan.
6. Cook for 5 minutes and set aside.
7. Repeat this procedure 2 more times with an interval of 8 hours.

Transfer the workpiece to cans, quickly roll up.

A step-by-step recipe for making hawthorn jam (video)

Everyone has become familiar pharmacy products based on hawthorn fruits. But not everyone knows that incredibly tasty jam can be made from these berries. In addition to hawthorn, you can add a variety of fruits and citrus fruits to it. This will make the delicacy even tastier and healthier. It will be both a fragrant treat and a cure for many diseases.

Hawthorn bushes and trees grow throughout the territory middle lane Eurasia and North America. The fruit is edible and is used as a medicine for problems with the cardiovascular system.

Tincture, compotes and preserves are prepared from hawthorn.

The benefits of hawthorn jam

Hawthorn jam also has medicinal properties, it increases blood flow and oxygenates cells. It is good to use it to prevent fatigue.

Jam can be prepared with the addition of other fruits and berries. Himself after cooking.

This is a simple recipe that even a novice housewife can handle.

Ingredients:

• hawthorn - 2 kg.;
• granulated sugar - 1 kg.

Preparation:

1. Berries need to be sorted out, bad or damaged berries cannot be used. Rinse and dry the hawthorn.
2. Place it in a cooking container and cover with sugar, stir.
3. Leave to infuse overnight, and in the morning put a saucepan or bowl on low heat.
4. After boiling, remove the foam and cook until thickened, checking the readiness by a drop of syrup on the ceramic surface.
5. Transfer the finished jam to prepared sterile jars.
6. Store in a cool place.

Hawthorn jam with seeds is very thick and has medicinal properties.

Hawthorn jam with vanilla

With this method of preparation, the jam will have a pleasant sourness and an amazing aroma.

Ingredients:

• hawthorn - 1 kg.;
• granulated sugar - 1 kg.;
• citric acid - 2 g.;
• water - 250 ml.;
• vanilla stick.

Preparation:

1. Sort out the berries, remove crumpled and spoiled fruits and stalks with leaves.
2. Rinse the hawthorn and dry the berries.
3. Boil the sugar syrup.
4. Pour the berries with hot syrup, add the contents of the vanilla pod or a bag of vanilla sugar and citric acid.
5. Leave to infuse for a few hours or overnight.
6. Put the container on fire, and after boiling, reduce the heat to the minimum value.
7. Cook until tender, stirring occasionally and skimming off the foam.
8. Pour the prepared jam into prepared jars and seal with lids.

Ingredients:

• hawthorn - 1 kg.;
• granulated sugar - 1 kg.;
• citric acid - 2 g.;
• water - 500 ml.

Preparation:

1. Sort through and rinse the hawthorn berries.
2. Cover them with water and cook until soft.
3. Drain the water into a clean container, and rub the fruits through a sieve.
4. Pour the resulting puree with sugar, add citric acid and the broth in which they were blanched.
5. Cook, stirring often, until very thick.
6. Put the finished jam in prepared jars and seal with lids.
7. Store in a cool place.

Hawthorn jam for the winter, prepared without seeds, resembles tender confiture in structure. It can be served for breakfast, spread over toast.

This homemade jam will appeal to all those with a sweet tooth.

Ingredients:

• hawthorn - 1 kg.;
• granulated sugar - 1 kg.;
• apples (Antonovka) - 500 gr.;
• orange peel.

Preparation:

1. Rinse, sort and dry the hawthorn berries on a paper towel.
2. Wash the apples, remove the cores and chop. The pieces should be about the size of a hawthorn berry.
3. Place the fruit in a suitable container and cover with granulated sugar.
4. Let stand to let the juice flow.
5. Cook, stirring occasionally over low heat for about half an hour.
6. Rinse the orange thoroughly and grate the zest on a fine grater. Add to the jam five minutes before tenderness and stir.
7. If it's sweet, you can add a drop of citric acid.
8. Pour hot into prepared jars and store in a cool place.

Delicious and healthy dessert will last until next harvest.

Hawthorn jam is not only delicious, but also a healthy dessert. Berries rich in vitamins can help promote health. How to prepare a product so wonderful in every respect for the winter? Consider cooking recipes by which you can easily make jam from fruits medicinal plant.

Hawthorn jam with seeds

A good housewife always starts preparations for the winter with jam, because a sweet dessert will come to the place at a family dinner and will decorate festive table. Classic recipe This hawthorn dish is especially popular, allowing you to make a fragrant delicacy without much effort.

To cook a wonderful dessert, prepare:

• Hawthorn fruits in the amount of 2 kg;
• Sugar - 1 kg.

So, the necessary ingredients are collected, consider a step-by-step recipe:

1. The cooking process should begin with thorough washing of the berries: debris caught in the fruits during picking can spoil the taste of the treat. After the hawthorn should dry out: to make this process go faster, you can pour them on a paper towel;
2. Prepared fruits are poured into a container intended for cooking, covered with sugar. The resulting mixture must be left for 8-10 hours. Enterprising housewives make the first preparations in the evening so that the berries are squeezed out during the night;
3. Next, we light a fire and put a container with this mixture on it. Every few minutes, it is necessary to increase the strength of the flame, and after the start of boiling, sharply reduce the intensity of the flame;
4. It is necessary to cook the fruit-sugar mass until it thickens, the readiness is checked by a drop of jam: it should keep its shape if you drop it on a plate;
5. We lay out the resulting jam in banks

A simple recipe will help you add a new flavor to healing berries and keep them for a long time.

Various additives will help to give the hawthorn an unusual taste. As one of them, you can use cranberries. Combination of the two useful ingredients turns out to be delicious!

Start the process by preparing the ingredients:

• Hawthorn -1 kg;
• Cranberries - 0.5 kg;
• Granulated sugar - 1 kg.

Let's start cooking treats for the winter:

1. We put the pan filled in advance with water on the fire and dissolve the sugar in the container.
2. After the sugar syrup boils, pour the berries into it.
3. The mixture should simmer for exactly 10 minutes. Next, remove the pan from heat for 5 minutes. After a lapse of time, we return the jam to the stove. I even have to boil again for 10 minutes.
4. Pour the resulting delicacy into jars and roll up the lids.

The benefits of this product are invaluable: a unique vitamin mix will help support the immune system in the cold season. And it works no worse than a sedative, providing a relaxing effect.

Seedless Jam

Some foodies may not like the pitted hawthorn jam. Especially for them, consider the method of preparation of this delicacy, along with the process of extracting the seeds.

We collect the necessary ingredients:

• Hawthorn fruit - 1 kg;
• Water - 0.5 l;
• Sugar - 1 kg;
• 2 g citric acid.

Prepare seedless hawthorn jam as follows:

1. Washed fruits are poured into a bowl of water, placed on the oven and boiled until softened;
2. The water is poured out, and the berries are ground through a sieve. A simple device helps to easily get rid of the component that spoils, according to some, a delicacy;
3. We put the resulting mass in a cooking container, fill it with water already used once;
4. Add granulated sugar and mix thoroughly;
5. Cook over low heat, stirring up the boiling mass. Jam is considered ready when it starts to stick to the bottom.

Pitted recipes take a little longer than the classic ones. However, delicious jam prepared in this way will satisfy the taste of even the most fastidious guests.

The hawthorn-currant mix continues the series of multi-component jams, the useful properties and taste of which are truly invaluable.

Cooking a masterpiece will require the following ingredients:

• Sugar - 1.5 kg;
• Hawthorn - 1 kg;
• 150 g mashed black currant;
• 600 g of water.

The preparation method includes the following steps:

1. Pre-processed fruits need to be sprinkled with sugar. This procedure will require about 400-500 grams.
2. Put the mixture in a dark place for a day.
3. After 24 hours, pour in water, add sugar.
4. Boil the mixture.
5. Introduce pre-cooked blackcurrant puree.
6. Cook until thick.

The combination of currants and hawthorn, the beneficial properties of which have been known for a long time, will please all guests, from small to large.

Berries in syrup

This jam has patented itself as an excellent remedy for of various kinds tumors and inflammations. It is very easy to prepare a healing dessert. For this you need:

• Berries -1 kg;
• Granulated sugar - 1kg;
• Vanillin packaging;
• Half a teaspoon of citric acid.

So let's get started:

1. Cooking syrup - mix 300 grams of water and sugar.
2. Pour the washed and dried berries with removed stalks with the resulting liquid, leave for about 8 hours.
3. Add citric acid, vanillin to the mixture and put it on the stove. We light a small fire.
4. As soon as the mass becomes thick, the jam is ready!

Winter is the time when vitamins can be obtained only if various supplies of vegetables and fruits are prepared for the winter. Jam is not only a delicious dessert, but also a real pantry of benefits.

It is simple to prepare this jam: you need to mix hawthorn berries, which have been cleaned from garbage in advance, with sugar. Further, using a blender, the resulting mixture is crushed to a state of a homogeneous slurry. That's the whole recipe.

It is not at all necessary to put the jam in a glass container and roll it up. You can simply put it in a container and refrigerate.

Jam additives will help to give your favorite dessert a special taste. Consider how to make hawthorn jam with apples. By the way, such a delicacy will be especially useful for people with impaired liver function.

You'll need:

• 150 g apple puree;
• Hawthorn - 1 kg;
• Sugar - 1.5 kg.

Jam recipe:

1. We wash and dry the berries. Get rid of seeds and stalks;
2. Sprinkle the fruits with sugar and put them in a dark place for 24 hours;
3. After a day, pour water into the basin and pour the remaining sugar;
4. We put on the fire and after a minute after boiling, add the apple puree;
5. We boil for a few more minutes.

Hawthorn jam is a very useful delicacy, but it has certain contraindications. Do not get carried away with this delicacy for hypotonic patients - one of the properties of a medicinal plant is its ability. It is also not recommended to eat dessert for children under 12 years of age. For adults, the daily intake of hawthorn products is 150 g.