Sea buckthorn is a berry that is very popular among good housewives, because in addition to the fact that they have excellent taste, the fruit contains an abundance of useful substances. Most often, bright orange berries are used in canning. It is recommended to use sea buckthorn jam in making desserts, preparing marinades for meat, and even adding it to drinks.
Even housewives who are getting acquainted with these valuable fruits for the first time will not have any particular difficulties in preparing sea buckthorn jam. It is recommended to use only fresh berries in the preparation of preserves, which are best picked after the first frost. Fruits from the freezer are not suitable for preparing preparations - they become too soft and lose some of their taste.
If possible, canning at home is prepared from unripe berries. They keep their shape perfectly and remain intact even after boiling the jam for a long time.
For lovers of jam-like preparations, it is better to first knead the sea buckthorn, and only then proceed to heat treatment.
The benefits of sea buckthorn jam
The main feature of sea buckthorn fruits is its composition. It combines dozens of elements beneficial to the human body. During the process of making jam, a small part of the beneficial substances disappears, but even the remaining ones are enough to improve your health.
Regular consumption of sea buckthorn preparations allows you to:
- reduce cholesterol, improve vascular permeability, normalize blood pressure;
- improve metabolic and digestive processes;
- strengthen the immune system;
- get rid of colds and infectious diseases;
- relieve inflammation in the oral cavity.
Before consuming jam, it is better to consult a doctor, since sea buckthorn is a strong allergen. To avoid trouble, it is better to first find out how the body will react to tasty fruits.
Preparing sea buckthorn
- do not rush to collect fruits; the greatest amount of useful elements accumulates at the beginning or even the end of autumn;
- Freezing will help reduce the acidity in the berries - if you need to improve the taste of sea buckthorn, it is recommended to go to the garden after cold weather;
- sort and wash the berries carefully - they are easy to damage and crush;
- Remove the stalks first - they can spoil the taste of the fruit.
Sea buckthorn jam recipes
Making delicious jam is not difficult, the main thing is to strictly adhere to the specified recipe. It is better not to reduce or increase the number of components - this can reduce the taste of the product.
It’s also better not to experiment with the cooking time. Prolonged cooking will certainly reduce the amount of nutrients. Undercooked jam will also not please you - it can quickly spoil.
A simple recipe for the winter
Using a simple recipe will allow you to quickly stock up on healthy and tasty jam for the whole winter.
Preparation:
- Wash sea buckthorn fruits (1.5 kg), dry.
- Cover the berries with sugar (1.6 kg).
- Leave the fruits until the juice appears (about a day).
- Place on the stove, turn on high heat.
- After boiling, monitor the heat treatment and avoid boiling.
- Continue cooking for half an hour.
Place the prepared orange thick treat into containers and seal. Be sure to cool upside down. It would be useful to wrap it up, which will prevent the preservation from cooling quickly.
Five-minute recipe
You can spend a minimum of time preparing sea buckthorn preserves. In just a few minutes, the delicious, aromatic jam will go into jars and on winter evenings will allow the family to sit down with fragrant tea and a delicious dessert.
Preparation:
- Prepare the syrup (dissolve 700 g of sugar in 200 ml of water, boil and wait for the sweet crystals to disappear).
- Pour boiling liquid over prepared fruits (1 kg).
- Place over high heat, cook for 5 minutes, be sure to stir vigorously to avoid burning.
Pour the boiling brew into containers, which are recommended to be sterilized in advance. Seal and cool with lids down. There is no need to wrap it up.
With apples
The combination of sea buckthorn and apples is a real classic; juice from these two components can often be found on store shelves. The jam that housewives love to pamper their loved ones will be no less healthy and tasty.
Preparation:
- Puree sea buckthorn (1 kg), use a blender or meat grinder for this.
- Add sugar (1.4 kg) to the berry puree and stir until the sweet crystals are completely dissolved.
- Core and peel apples (1 kg), cut into arbitrary pieces.
- Boil the apples, add a little water first, and grind through a sieve.
- Combine the two masses, cook at low boil for a quarter of an hour.
Package only in small containers. After capping, you can send it for storage - in the refrigerator or basement.
Seedless
Not many people like the presence of seeds in jam, so it is recommended to spend a little time and prepare a delicacy that will satisfy even the most picky gourmet.
Preparation:
- Pour sea buckthorn (one and a half kilograms) with water (100 ml).
- Boil for a quarter of an hour, cool.
- Rub the berries through a sieve to make a homogeneous puree.
- Mix the puree with sugar (1 kg), put on the stove.
- Cook, always stirring, for 20 minutes.
- Carefully transfer to glass containers.
Cooling is carried out under a blanket - this will successfully replace sterilization.
No cooking
If there are concerns that the beneficial qualities disappear during heat treatment, you can make jam that does not require boiling.
Preparation:
- Wash and dry the fruits (1 kg).
- Boil a thick viscous syrup from sugar (1.5 kg) and water (1 l).
- Pour boiling liquid over sea buckthorn and leave for a quarter of an hour.
- Drain the syrup, boil and pour over the fruit again.
- Repeat the process again.
- Put the mixture on the fire, warm it up, and pack it in containers.
In a slow cooker
A multicooker, which can be found in every housewife’s kitchen, will help you prepare a delicious preparation.
Preparation:
- Combine sea buckthorn (1 kg) and sugar (850 g) in a multicooker bowl.
- Leave for three hours, carefully stir the berry mass during this time.
- Cook the jam in the “Baking” mode for an hour and a half.
There is no need to sterilize, turn over or wrap after packaging. It is enough to seal it hermetically and send it to a cold place for storage.
With walnuts
Walnuts are a great addition to sea buckthorn. The jam is not only aromatic, but also very tasty - hard particles of nuts float in the honey delicacy.
Preparation:
- Boil sweet syrup from sugar (1.4 kg) and water (500 ml).
- Grind 200 g of nut kernels with a rolling pin and place in boiling liquid.
- After a quarter of an hour, add sea buckthorn (1 kg) to the main mass.
- Cook, stirring regularly, for half an hour after boiling.
Carefully place the hot jam into the container and seal. Cooling should be carried out upside down, under a warm cover of a blanket or blanket.
With hawthorn
Sea buckthorn is often combined with hawthorn, which has many positive qualities.
Preparation:
- Mix sea buckthorn (700 g) and hawthorn (350 g) in a cooking container.
- Boil thick syrup (200 ml water, 1 kg sugar).
- Pour the boiling liquid into the berry mixture.
- Cook after the mixture has cooled completely.
- Cooking time is half an hour. Be sure to stir and remove foam.
Place in jars, seal, check for leaks. To do this, turn the containers over and try to twist the lids - if they hold securely, put them into storage.
With pumpkin
The jam, which skillfully combines pumpkin and sea buckthorn, is famous for its beneficial qualities. You can even give this tasty treat to children, but first consult a doctor who will determine whether the berry will cause an allergy.
Preparation:
- Peel and chop the pumpkin fruits (2 kg) into random pieces.
- Combine pumpkin slices with berries (2 kg), mix.
- Add sugar (2 kg) and water (450 ml).
- Leave for two hours, during which time you can stir several times - this will speed up the dissolution of the sugar crystals.
- Leave to cook; the product must be stirred frequently - the jam burns easily.
- The duration of heat treatment of preservation is 45 minutes.
After packaging, sterilize the jam for a quarter of an hour, only then seal it. Cool only under a blanket. After a day, put it in the basement or refrigerator.
With zucchini and honey
The unusual combination of zucchini and honey is an excellent addition to sea buckthorn jam. The jam has a sweet taste and persistent aroma; it can be used in baking, but it will also go great with a slice of regular bread. The only drawback of canning is that it is eaten too quickly, so it is recommended to prepare several servings of the product.
Preparation:
- Remove seeds from young zucchini (1 kg), remove the skin if necessary (if it is thin and easily pierced with a fingernail, do not peel).
- After cleaning the zucchini, cut into thin bars or cubes.
- Combine zucchini pieces with sea buckthorn (2 kg).
- Place honey (1 kg) in a water bath and heat until it becomes liquid.
- Pour the hot bee product over the mixture of sea buckthorn and zucchini and leave for an hour at room temperature.
- Let it cook, be sure to stir every few minutes.
- If the composition burns, add a little water.
- Avoid strong boiling - at high temperatures, the bee product loses its beneficial qualities.
After packaging in sterilized containers, send for cooling at room temperature.
The plant is very rich in vitamins and beneficial substances for the human body. How to preserve berries for winter? A suitable option is sea buckthorn jam. It cannot be stored fresh for a long time, since it ripens in late autumn, and becomes especially tasty when it is caught in frost. In warm room conditions, sea buckthorn quickly disappears and freezes on the branches. Therefore, housewives prepare healthy delicacies using a variety of recipes.
Home conditions are quite suitable for making jam yourself.
Even a beginner will not have any difficulties. First of all, you need to prepare the berries:
- You should not collect sea buckthorn in the middle of summer. Although it begins to turn yellow, the berry is not ripe and will be bitter. You should wait until the first frost, then its taste will improve.
- You should not independently change the calculated amount of sugar for a certain volume of sea buckthorn.
- Berries for jam are used whole, without damage or rotten spots.
- Cooking time is limited, no more than 20 minutes.
If you add zucchini to the berry, the volume will increase, but the taste will not change.
Cooking it yourself will help you understand the features and rules for cooking a healthy sea buckthorn dessert. Thus, over the years, housewives have developed recipes for themselves, with their own points that must be followed.
The benefits of sea buckthorn jam
It is difficult to overestimate the healing properties of berries; they are used to prevent colds and flu. The vitamins contained in sea buckthorn have a beneficial effect on the human body.
- vitamins B, C, A, K, P, E;
- calcium;
- potassium;
- magnesium.
Thanks to this composition, sea buckthorn produces the following effects on the body:
- helps strengthen the cardiovascular system;
- normalizes blood pressure;
- reduces cholesterol;
- cleanses the intestines;
- strengthens the immune system;
- helps in the treatment of oral diseases;
- speeds up the healing process for colds and much more.
Use with caution for diseases:
- stomach;
- gallbladder;
- pancreas;
- duodenum.
Before use, you should consult your doctor. And if he allows you to eat jam, then it is preferable to remove the seeds.
For those who do not suffer from any of the listed diseases, it is worth knowing that most of the beneficial components are contained in the bone. Therefore, it is recommended not to throw them away, but to eat them.
Preparing sea buckthorn
Half the success depends on preparing the raw materials for jam. Experienced housewives give advice on how to properly pick berries and prepare them for cooking a healthy dessert.
The berries are harvested after the first frost, in September or October. The berries are removed from the branches very carefully, since juice leaks out as a result of damage to the outer shell. It contains a large number of useful components.
Collecting sea buckthorn takes a very long time, so housewives practice picking berries on twigs. For convenience, they are frozen, then the berries remain whole when harvested. You should protect your face from sharp thorns of the bush. They can seriously hurt.
In order not to damage the integrity of the berries, they remove them from the branches using scissors or a regular fork.
Before use, sea buckthorn is carefully sorted, leaves and other plant debris are removed. They sort through the berries themselves, removing spoiled and rotten specimens. Then it is washed and dried. Only then are they allowed to be processed.
Sea buckthorn jam recipes
Numerous options for preparing a healthy dessert amaze with tastes and unusual combinations. You shouldn’t give up cooking right away, you need to try it first and then draw conclusions.
You don’t have to run around much to make delicious jam. The most labor-intensive work is picking the berries. Even a culinary novice can handle all the other points of the recipe.
A simple recipe for the winter
In combination, this recipe is called classic. The healthy dessert is thick, tasty and retains most of the beneficial substances of the raw berries. It will require 1 kg of sea buckthorn and sugar.
The sorted and thoroughly washed berries are covered with sugar. Let it brew for several hours at room temperature. Then put on fire, stirring and crushing the berries, and boil for 10 minutes. The finished delicacy is transferred to prepared containers and stored in a cool place.
Five-minute recipe
The peculiarity of sea buckthorn jam is the presence of a large amount of acid. Therefore, even boiled for 5 minutes, it is stored for a long time, while retaining the maximum usefulness compared to long-term cooking in other recipes. You add more sugar than berries; for 2 kg of sea buckthorn you will need 2.3 kg of sugar and half a liter of water.
How to cook “Five Minute” correctly
You should boil sugar syrup, add washed and cleaned sea buckthorn berries to it. Leave for 2-3 hours at room temperature. After cooling completely, put it back on the heat and simmer over low heat for 5 minutes. Place while hot, roll up the jars and put them away to cool completely in a place protected from sunlight. It is advisable to cover it with something warm, and after cooling, put it in the refrigerator or equipped storage.
With apples
To make this jam, you don’t have to do anything complicated. To prepare the delicacy you will need 1.5 kg of sugar, 0.5 cups of water, 1 kg of sea buckthorn and apples. The benefits of this type of jam are very high.
It is advised to purchase non-crumbly and non-sweet varieties of apples.
Grind the berries until pureed. Combine with sugar. Cut the apples into slices, add water and boil for 10 minutes. Then grind the apple mass using any available tool: a meat grinder or a blender.
Combine everything together and boil for a few minutes. Place the finished jam into sterilized jars, cool, and store.
Seedless
To make this version of a healthy dessert, you will have to work a little. The advantage of this recipe is that it can be used by people suffering from diseases of the stomach, pancreas and pancreatitis. In addition, the small amount of sugar used during cooking allows the jam to be consumed by those who suffer from diabetes and obesity.
For 1 part of berries take 0.5 parts of sugar. A puree is prepared from clean, dried berries. It is rubbed through a sieve or passed through a juicer. Mix the resulting mixture with granulated sugar and put on fire. Boil until the sugar dissolves, put the hot jam into jars and store in a cool place.
No cooking
Another way to preserve the beneficial substances of sea buckthorn. This method does not require cooking. It requires 800 g of berries and 1 kg of sugar. It's not difficult to prepare. The berries are sorted, washed and dried. Then put it in a container and cover it with sugar, grind it and let it stand until the granulated sugar dissolves. Then they grind it again and put it in jars. Store this jam in the refrigerator.
The prepared dessert is consumed fresh or used as a base for drinks.
In a slow cooker
For those who have a slow cooker, there is an excellent recipe that is easy to prepare and requires a minimum of effort. To prepare it, you will need 1.05 kg of berries, 1.3 kg of granulated sugar, 160 ml of water.
Place clean, sorted berries into the multicooker bowl. Fill with water and add sugar. Set the “Quenching” mode for 1 hour. Every 10-15 min. stir with a wooden or plastic spatula. After boiling, you need to skim off the foam. When the set cooking time has ended, turn off the device and leave it with the lid open until it cools completely. Place the cold dessert in prepared jars and refrigerate.
With walnuts
The unusual taste of the delicacy is obtained if walnuts are added to it. To prepare it you need: 1 kg of sea buckthorn, 150 g of nuts, 1.5 kg of granulated sugar and 0.5 liters of water.
First of all, sugar syrup is boiled, after boiling, chopped or crushed walnuts are added to it. After this, simmer over low heat for 15 minutes. Then the berries prepared in advance are added to the resulting mass and cooked for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally and removing the foam. The finished delicacy is poured into jars and stored in a cool place.
With hawthorn
A very healthy dessert. You need 1 kg of sea buckthorn, 0.6 kg of hawthorn, 0.5 kg of sugar. Sea buckthorn is rubbed through a sieve, hawthorn is blanched for 1-2 minutes. Then grind it in a meat grinder or rub it through a sieve. Combine everything, add sugar and put on fire, bring to 70 ⁰C. Place in jars and sterilize:
- 0.5 l for 20 minutes;
- 1 l for 25-30 min.
The finished dessert is stored in basements or cellars.
With pumpkin
For this recipe you need to purchase 2.9 kg of pumpkin, 2.3 kg of sea buckthorn, 190 g of orange, 0.96 kg of sugar.
The washed berry is dried with a towel, and the juice is squeezed out of it. It should be about 1 liter. Next, the pumpkin is peeled, the product must be cut into cubes, the size of which is 1.5 * 1.5 cm. Wash the orange thoroughly and grate the zest, without touching the white veins.
Take a container for cooking with a thick bottom, pour sea buckthorn juice onto the bottom, bring to a boil, pour in sugar. Then zest and pumpkin are added to it. The readiness of the jam is determined by the appearance of the pumpkin; it becomes transparent. Then the dessert is put into jars, rolled up and placed on the lids. To consolidate the result and infuse, they are wrapped until completely cooled. Then they are put away for storage.
With zucchini and honey
Zucchini has a neutral taste, so adding it to the jam will increase the mass and have virtually no effect on the taste. You will need 2 kg of zucchini and sea buckthorn, 1.5 kg of honey. The dessert has a sweet taste and is very healthy. But since the delicacy is subjected to heat treatment, some of the beneficial substances disappear.
The zucchini is cut into cubes, the sea buckthorn is rubbed, removing the seeds, all the ingredients are combined and put on low heat. As it heats, stir to prevent the mixture from burning. Boil for 5 minutes, set aside and let cool, then repeat again. A total of 3 approaches are carried out. The last time the workpiece is boiled for 10 minutes, put into jars and rolled up. After cooling, put into the cellar.
Storage Features
The main condition for long-term storage is preparation according to all the rules, strict adherence to the recipe and proper sealing.
Sea buckthorn jam, placed in jars, should be stored in the same way as other types of dessert. Temperature and humidity levels are maintained in the storage facility. A special feature is that sea buckthorn, due to the high acid content in its composition, is stored for a long time. The longer the jam sits, the less useful substances remain in its composition.
Making jam is not an easy task if you take it seriously. It is necessary to strictly observe the proportions and sequence of actions. And a healthy, tasty treat will delight you on long winter evenings.
Sea buckthorn jam has a whole list of beneficial properties. In addition, the product has a rich, unique taste. You can eat this sweetness and at the same time treat and improve your health. Among the so popular and favorite sweet preparations for the winter, not a single option can compare with this elixir in terms of its quality, taste and beneficial properties.
Everyone should be aware of the benefits and harms of sea buckthorn jam. Among the beneficial properties of the delicacy, the following can be noted:
- reducing the percentage of cholesterol in the blood;
- normalization of pressure;
- excellent prevention of atherosclerosis;
- effective bowel cleansing;
- normalization of the intestinal microflora;
- beneficial effects on liver cells;
- improving the immune system;
- antibacterial effect on the oral cavity and mucous membrane;
- rapid recovery from colds and viral diseases, thanks to anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties;
- treatment of vitamin deficiency;
- cure for stomach ulcers;
- reduction of high body temperature;
- the risk of blood clots in blood vessels is reduced;
- reducing the likelihood of heart attack or stroke;
- normalization of metabolism.
Sea buckthorn jam can replace an entire first aid kit, especially in winter, when no one is immune from colds and viral diseases.
Nuances of preparation
To make sea buckthorn jam as healthy, aromatic and tasty as possible, you need to know and take into account little cooking tricks. A delicious dessert will be as healthy as possible if you cook it at a temperature no higher than 85 degrees Celsius. That is, it does not need to be boiled. Otherwise, all the vitamins and benefits of sweetness will disappear.
The final result of preparing the delicacy depends not only on how to prepare sea buckthorn jam, but also on what fruits to use for this. Ripe hard fruits are used to make jam with whole berries, and soft berries can be used for jam. They easily turn into mush.
To make the sweet dessert have a beautiful and rich color, bright taste and smell, you can add a small amount of other berries, nuts or honey, pumpkin. This delicacy will not leave even children indifferent.
By the way, the finished jam tastes a little like pineapple. Which makes the taste deeper and more mysterious. Sea buckthorn fruits, as a rule, ripen in mid-summer. However, in order for them to taste sweeter and have a strong aroma, you need to wait until the first frost. It turns out that the time to collect the fruits is no earlier than the end of September, beginning of October.
How to prepare sea buckthorn for jam
Before you begin the process of preparing the delicacy, you need to prepare the fruits. To do this you need:
- sort through all the fruits;
- remove twigs, leaves, stalks;
- discard bruised berries;
- wash thoroughly to remove dust;
- place on a towel or paper napkins;
- Allow the water to drain completely and the fruits to dry.
Regardless of how you prepare the jam, these steps must be followed.
What recipes for sea buckthorn jam are popular?
In cooking, it is customary to constantly experiment, try to combine flavors and fruits. The successful experience of one person quickly spreads and receives universal recognition. Likewise, there is not a single recipe for making sea buckthorn jam.
You can make sea buckthorn jam without cooking, according to the standard recipe, with the addition of pumpkin, honey, and nuts. The fruit itself can be used both with seeds, to make jam with whole berries, and without seeds, to make jam.
Which option is better, each housewife decides for herself. As they say - there is no friend according to taste!
Sea buckthorn recipe for the winter without cooking
The most popular recipes are those without cooking. It is this method that preserves the vitamins and beneficial properties of this wonderful product as much as possible. However, in this case you will need a little more sugar than when cooking. It is this ingredient that acts as a preservative and prevents the delicacy from spoiling. You can prepare a couple of jars of sea buckthorn with sugar for the winter without cooking as a medicinal elixir.
You will need:
- 800 g berries.
- 1000 g sugar.
Pre-cooked fruits must be poured into a saucepan or enamel bowl and covered with sugar.
Mix the mixture well and crush. Let the jam sit for several hours until the sugar is completely dissolved. You can occasionally stir and crush to quickly mix the ingredients.
When the sugar has completely melted, the consistency will become transparent and you can pour it into jars. This delicacy should be stored in the refrigerator.
You can mix berries and sugar using a mixer or blender. This will take much less time. However, the device may be subject to a large load. You should add sugar and sea buckthorn in small parts to the blender, stir, and pour into a large common bowl. All parts of the jam should ultimately be mixed and poured into jars.
It is important to observe the proportions of sea buckthorn with sugar. Because less sugar may not retain the sweetness well enough and it will spoil.
You can only experiment with the amount of sugar if the jam is cooked over a fire. In such cases, you can reduce or add the amount of this ingredient according to your own taste preferences.
Sea buckthorn for the winter with honey without cooking
Sea buckthorn itself is a storehouse of vitamins and nutrients. However, sea buckthorn jam for the winter with honey and nuts cannot be compared with anything. With this delicacy, sore throats, inflammation of the oral mucosa, colds and viral diseases and coughs are not scary. The main thing is that the dessert is very tasty. Children eat it with pleasure.
Necessary:
- 1000 g sea buckthorn;
- 600 g sugar;
- 200 g;
- 200 g crushed and peeled walnuts.
Place peeled and washed berries in a bowl and add 0.5 cups of water. Everything needs to be heated for 5 minutes, without bringing to a boil. Sea buckthorn should be wiped and pitted. Add sugar to the mixture. Leave the ingredients for an hour to completely dissolve the sugar.
Pre-crushed ones should be added to the mixture and put on fire. Wait for the sweet dessert to boil, cook for 2 minutes and turn off. 
Let cool for about 5 minutes. Pour in honey and mix well. Pour the jam into sterile jars and close.
A simple recipe for sea buckthorn jam for the winter
The simplest recipe for sea buckthorn jam for the winter can be considered five minutes. This dessert simmers over a fire for only 5 minutes, which explains its name. Thanks to the short heat treatment time, all the vitamins and nutrients of the product are preserved. The dessert is not very sweet, since it contains less sugar than in recipes without cooking.
You will need:
- 1000 g sea buckthorn;
- 1200 g sugar;
- 250 g of water.
First, you should prepare the syrup. 
Boil the syrup and remove from heat. Peeled berries should be poured into sweet water and left for 3 hours. Then put it back on the fire. Bring the jam to a boil and cook for 5 minutes over low heat, without boiling. 
The finished dessert is poured into jars while hot and closed.
Sea buckthorn jam can also be prepared with the addition of apples. This jam has a more pleasant and delicate taste. You can take apples and berries both in equal quantities and according to your own desires. As a rule, you need to puree each ingredient separately, then mix and cook for a few minutes. It is better to store in the refrigerator.
Interesting information:
- Sea buckthorn in Rus' is also called Siberian pineapple, since the taste of the fruit is reminiscent of pineapple.
- The wonderful small orange-hued fruits contain more than 190 nutrients. In another way, small berries are called holy fruits.
- Sea buckthorn is mentioned in both ancient Greek scriptures and Tibetan medical texts.
- Research conducted in Germany found that sea buckthorn and liver contain equal amounts of vitamin B 12.
The wonderful fruits of sea buckthorn should be in the diet of any person. They are able to protect the body from numerous diseases, strengthen the immune system and provide a supply of nutrients. After all, it was not without reason that sea buckthorn was included in the astronauts’ menu.
Sea buckthorn jam is an affordable and tasty delicacy that is quite easy to prepare and store.
Video recipe for supervitamin sea buckthorn jam
Products
Sea buckthorn - 1 kilogram
Apples (sweet and sour) - 1 kilogram
Sugar - 1.5 kilograms
How to make sea buckthorn jam with apples
1. Sort out the sea buckthorn, wash and dry.
2. Rub the sea buckthorn through a sieve or chop using a blender.
3. Add sugar to the sea buckthorn and stir.
4. Wash the apples, put them whole in a saucepan, add water and cook for 15 minutes.
5. Peel the apples, cut into 4 parts, remove the seeds and rub through a sieve/chop using a blender.
6. Combine apples and sea buckthorn, mix and place in a saucepan.
7. Place the pan on low heat and cook, stirring, for 1 minute after boiling.
8. Pour sea buckthorn-apple jam into sterilized jars and screw on the lids.
9. Until completely cooled, keep the jars upside down, covered with a blanket.
Fkusnofacts
To preserve all the beneficial properties of sea buckthorn, it is recommended to subject the sea buckthorn to minimal heat treatment. To do this, lightly chop the berries, cover them with sugar for several hours, stirring every hour. Then bring the mixture to a boil over low heat and cook for 2-3 minutes. After this, the sea buckthorn is rolled into jars and removed.Sea buckthorn jam is beneficial for its content of serotonin (the “happiness hormone”), carotene (vitamin A, helps the circulatory system work better), B vitamins (energy) and vitamin C (immunity).
