With the onset of autumn, this attractive wild berry appears in forests where there are marshy areas. At the end of autumn, mass harvesting begins and many people have cranberries at home. You can make excellent homemade preparations from cranberries, especially since this berry, like no other, is rich in vitamins and microelements.

Cranberries collected after the first frost are even more delicious. It becomes sweeter, its tart taste disappears. Cranberries contain a very large amount of vitamin C. Thanks to this, they strengthen the immune system well.

There are many recipes for cranberry jam, but still, this berry brings more benefits in the form of so-called “raw” jams. Fresh cranberries are widely used for vitamin deficiency, anemia, for various kidney diseases, for chronic fatigue. There is evidence that it helps well with toxicosis in pregnant women, as well as for maintaining the body during chemotherapy courses ( relieves nausea).

To prepare this jam, fresh cranberries are crushed in a blender, then granulated sugar is added in the proportion: one part berries - two parts granulated sugar. The resulting jam is placed in clean jars and stored in a cool place. To obtain a vitamin drink, one tablespoon of jam is dissolved in a glass of boiled water. This jam is also good for making jelly and decorating ice cream when serving.
There are several ways to cook cranberries to make a wonderful winter treat.

Cranberry jam

For it you need to take one kilogram of cranberries, one and a half kilograms of sugar and one glass of water.

Cranberries, freed from debris and washed under running cold water, are poured into a colander to drain. Meanwhile, prepare syrup from sugar and water. Pour the prepared cranberries into this boiled syrup, reduce the heat and cook, not forgetting to constantly skim off the foam that forms. To determine when the jam is ready, just a drop of it will not spread on a cold saucer.

It will be interesting to learn recipes for making cranberries with apples and even walnuts.

Cranberry jam with apples

To prepare it, we need one kilogram of cranberries, half a kilogram of apples and one and a half kilograms of sugar, one glass of water.

Rinse the cranberries and let the water drain. Wash the apples, peel them and cut them into small cubes. Prepare sugar syrup from water and sugar. Dip the prepared cranberries into it and cook for 20 minutes, constantly skimming off the foam. Then add the apple cubes and cook it all together for another twenty minutes.

Cranberry jam with walnuts has amazing taste.

To prepare it you need to take one kilogram of cranberries, 200 grams of peeled walnuts and one and a half kilograms of sugar.

Place the peeled walnut kernels in boiling water and cook for half an hour over low heat. Then transfer them to a colander to drain the water. Place cranberries in boiling sugar syrup, add boiled walnuts and cook until the jam is ready (25 minutes), constantly skimming off the foam.

You can also cook cranberries to get cranberry syrup. It requires one liter of cranberry juice, one kilogram of sugar and one liter of water. Prepare a syrup from sugar and water, mix it with cranberry juice and boil for no more than five minutes. Then the syrup is poured into clean, dry jars and sealed with lids.

Cranberries are one of the first in the ranking in terms of the amount of vitamins and minerals among the berry variety. Not only the fruits are beneficial, but also the leaves from which vitamin teas are prepared. The most common use of cranberries is the preparation of fruit drinks, jelly, juices, and compotes. But a jar of jam does not detract from the merits of this berry. Cranberry jam, the recipes for which we will present for your consideration, will complement the piggy bank of any housewife so that she can please her household with them.

1. Berries for jam should be whole, not crushed.
2. If the harvest is collected by you, then it must be carefully sorted and washed under running water. The jet should not be very strong, as the skin of the fruit may be damaged.
3. Spread the washed berries on paper towels to absorb excess moisture.
4. Ascorbic acid occupies the main place in fruits, and under prolonged exposure to heat it can be destroyed, so, as a rule, jam is not cooked for long.
5. It is necessary to store the finished delicacy in a small glass container so that it fits comfortably in the refrigerator or cellar.
6. Before pouring the finished product, jars and lids should be sterilized or doused with boiling water to destroy pathogenic microbes.
7. The acidity of the berry requires a large amount of sugar or syrup from it, so do not skimp on it so that the jam lasts as long as possible.
8. If you add fruits or other berries to the jam, the taste will be unforgettable.

Make discoveries for yourself, and we will help you by providing a selection of great recipes.

Jam for the winter - a simple recipe

It's simple, you will need 1 kilogram of fruit and sugar.

Cooking method:

1. Remove the leaves and twigs from the pre-harvested crop and rinse with water.
2. Grind the berries through a meat grinder, in a blender or using a mixer.
3. Mix berry puree with sugar. Leave for two hours to dissolve, stirring occasionally.
4. Pour the puree into a bowl for making jam, put it on the stove and boil. During heat treatment, you need to remove the foam, which can be eaten. Children will really appreciate the treat when they dip a piece of bread into it.
5. Pour hot jam into jars, seal with lids and cool.
6. Store the jam for long-term storage.

The total cooking time after boiling is 10-15 minutes. The recipe is considered simple as it includes two components.

Jam “Five Minute”

The name speaks for itself. Ingredients for 2.5 liters of jam:

• 1 kg of cranberry fruits;
• 1.5 kg sugar;
• half a liter of water.

Preparation:

1. Pour the sorted berries into a basin and fill with water.
2. Place on the stove and boil for 5 minutes. Make sure the fire is low.
3. Pour the resulting juice into a separate bowl, combine with sugar and put on fire. You will get a thick syrup.
4. Pour the syrup over the cooked cranberries and let it brew for a couple of hours.
5. Bring the infused jam to a boil and keep on the fire for another 5 minutes.
6. The jam is ready. Pour into containers, close with lids, cool and place in the refrigerator or basement. The berries in this jam remain round and whole.

As you can see, it doesn’t take much time to prepare, but the end result will surprise you, since almost all the vitamins are preserved in this jam. You won't be able to wait until the first days of winter to enjoy your hard work.

Cranberry jam without sugar

Don't be surprised, this jam is no less sweet than with sugar. To prepare you will need:

• 1 kg of berries;
• 300 ml honey;
• spices: cinnamon, cloves.

Take any honey you have at home.

Preparation:

1. Pour the peeled berries into a bowl, add water and spices (to taste) to the bottom and bring to a boil. You need to boil so that the fruits are boiled.
2. Mix hot berry puree with honey.
3. Boil for a little less than half an hour.

This honey-cranberry jam is eaten in an instant, but if you want to prepare it for future use, then after cooling, bring it to a boil again and keep on the fire for another 20 minutes. Then pour into small jars and store.

Jam in a slow cooker

Today, technology does not stand still, which is why they invented the “best assistant” for the housewife in the kitchen. You can make wonderful cranberry jam in a slow cooker, and the recipe is quick. We will provide you with step-by-step preparation of cranberry and orange jam:

1. Prepare the ingredients: 1 kg of berries, 1.5 kg of sugar, 500 g of oranges.
2. Rinse berries and oranges in cold water.
3. Grind the cranberries in your usual way. Cut the fruit, remove the bones and also chop along with the zest.
4. Mix cranberry and fruit puree, add sugar and leave for 30 minutes.
5. Transfer the resulting mass into a multicooker pan and set the “Stew” mode. Cook for 20-30 minutes.
6. Pack into jars and seal.

This preparation can be stored under normal home conditions.

Cranberry jam with apples and walnuts

Unusual composition. Many people don’t know how to cook. What you will need:

• 500 g cranberries;
• 500 g apples;
• peeled walnuts – 100 g;
• 250 g honey.

Preparation:

1. Pour clean berries into a bowl with a small amount of water (1 glass). Bring to a boil, cook for 5 minutes.
2. Pass the berries through a sieve to remove excess water.
3. Peel and seed the apples and chop.
4. Also cut the nuts with a knife.
5. Pour honey into a bowl and heat over low heat until liquid consistency.
6. Add apples to honey and boil for a few minutes.
7. Then boil the apples with the added cranberries for a few minutes.
8. Add nuts and boil for another 5 minutes.
9. It's ready, you only need 15 minutes to cook. Pour into containers and close with lids.

This tasty and healthy product is rich in vitamins; any harsh winter will not threaten you with colds and flu.

Jam without cooking

Recipes for preparing winter preparations are very diverse, as many people, as many ways. The best one is a mixture of fresh berries and sugar. The main thing is not to cook it, but it turns out tasty and healthy.

Preparation:

1. Sort out 1 kg of cranberries and dry them, scattering them on paper.
2. Mix 0.5 kg of sugar with pureed berries.
3. Stir until the sugar dissolves.
4. Pour into jars without taking up space to the top.
5. Sprinkle the remaining sugar generously over the berry mixture.

Fresh vitamin puree will delight you all year round, as it can be stored for a very long time. The top sugar film can be removed.

If you were unable to collect fresh cranberries, they can be purchased frozen at any supermarket. This berry is also suitable for making jams and other desserts. It is known that frozen berries become more sour after defrosting, so some people add strawberries.

• cranberries – 1 kg;
• strawberries – 300 g;
• sugar – 1 kg.

Cooking method:

1. Thaw strawberries and cranberries, mix with sugar.
2. Leave in this position for 12 hours.
3. After boiling, cook over low heat for 30 minutes.
4. Remove the resulting foam.
5. The total cooking time should be 1 hour. The jam turns out thick and dark.
6. Pour into small jars.

Important! Storage containers must be sterilized.

Pear jam with cranberries

• pears – 1 kg;
• cranberries – 300-400 g;
• sugar – 800 g;
• one cinnamon stick.

Cooking recipe:

1. Combine 1 tbsp. water and sugar, add cinnamon and dissolve over low heat.
2. Add cranberries (fresh or frozen) to the resulting syrup and boil for 15-20 minutes.
3. The berries should not be allowed to boil.
4. Peel the pears and cut out the core with seeds. Fruits should be ripe and juicy.
5. Cut the pears into cubes or slices, as convenient for you, and place them in boiling cranberries. Cook for another 20 minutes.

Advice! Readiness is determined by the following criteria: the pear will become transparent, the cranberries will not soften, and the jam itself will not spread in the form of a drop over the surface. The product is ready.

From cranberries and lingonberries

You can cook any berry together with cranberries: currants, rose hips, stone fruits, rowan berries, barberries, etc. The cooking method is slightly different. The only thing you need to choose is the amount of sugar so that the finished product does not ferment, and it depends on the acidity of the berry.

Ingredients:

• 0.5 kg cranberries;
• 0.5 kg lingonberries;
• sugar – 1.5 kg;
• water – 750 ml.

Preparation:

1. Mix sugar with water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil until the sugar is completely dissolved.
2. Add clean berries and boil for 30 minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon. It is better to remove the foam immediately. Pour into container.

On a note! Cranberries love cinnamon, so you can add it at the end of cooking.

And this, perhaps, is not the entire list of cranberry jam recipes. The good one is the one you have already checked and tried. Don't stop, experiment and enjoy delicious food every day.

The simplest recipe for making cranberry jam for the winter will not take much of your time. All you have to do is prepare the ingredients and follow the steps.

For cooking you need to take cranberries - 1 kilogram, boiled water - 2.5 cups and granulated sugar - 1.5 kilograms.

So, how to make cranberry jam? I will explain all the nuances in detail. First of all, we need to put a large pot of water on the stove and boil it. Then place the berries in a colander and dip them in boiling water. Keep them in this state for about 3 minutes. Then remove them from the water and shake them slightly to get rid of excess water.

Pour the specified amount of water into another container and combine with granulated sugar. The result should be sugar syrup. Then add cranberries and cook until tender. In order for the jam to be healthy and all the vitamins to be preserved in the cranberries, you need to cook it for no longer than 15 minutes. But it will turn out more liquid. If you cook it until thick, then most of the beneficial substances will disappear during cooking. So, this is everyone's business. As they say, there are no comrades for taste and color.

You can determine if the jam is ready by dropping a drop on a saucer: if it spreads, it means the jam is not ready yet. If it is kept in a heap, then you can already remove it from the heat.

Carefully pour the hot mixture into pre-sterilized half-liter jars and seal everything with a metal key.

You can watch the video on how to prepare such a preparation:

Cranberry jam with walnuts, ripe apples and honey

You can make jam not only in its pure form, but also with other additives. Cranberries go very well with walnuts, apples and honey.

In order to prepare such a preparation for the winter, you need the following ingredients: apples - 1 kilogram, walnuts - 1 cup kernels, water - 100 ml, cranberries - 1 kilogram and honey - 3 kilograms.

How to make such delicious jam? Simply and easily. First of all, prepare the nuts and apples. Peeled walnuts should be poured with boiling water and left for 5 minutes, after covering the container with a lid. This must be done in order to remove the peel, which is often bitter.

Remove the core from the apples and peel the peel. Serve them in medium portions. Cranberries, in the same way as in the previous recipe, need to be immersed in boiling water for a few minutes so that the berries soften.

Next, you need to cool the cranberries and pass them through a meat grinder, or puree them in a blender and add half a glass of water to it. In principle, apples could also be made into applesauce. Although the apple pieces will soften during cooking and turn into mush. But this is as convenient for you.

Now let's get to the honey. It must be melted if it is candied. This must be done in a water bath, otherwise at high temperatures honey will lose all its beneficial properties.

It is advisable to boil applesauce, walnuts and cranberries for no longer than 15 minutes. But the recipe calls for doing this for 60 minutes. But in this case, such a delicacy will no longer be useful for the body. So I recommend changing the cooking order a little. It’s better to boil apples, nuts and cranberries for 15 minutes and that’s it.

Then cool the berry mass to 50 degrees and add liquid honey. Mix everything, pour into jars and roll up with a key.

As you can see, recipes for cranberry jam are quite different. So let's continue our master class with photos.

How to make cranberry and orange jam without cooking?

You can make jam from cranberries without cooking, and together with orange. Everything is prepared quite simply without any problems.

We take cranberries and oranges in equal proportions, approximately 1.5 kilograms each. We also need granulated sugar, about 3 kilograms.

Sort the berries and rinse thoroughly with water, then dry on a paper towel. Wash the oranges also thoroughly and cut into small portions along with the peel.

Then pass all the ingredients through a meat grinder, put the jam into sterile jars and seal them tightly with lids. This jam should be stored in a cool, dark place.

You can make this jam not only in summer or autumn. In winter, you can make a delicious treat from frozen cranberries.

The fastest cranberry jam recipe

This recipe is often called “five-minute”. The name comes from the fact that you only need to cook the berries with sugar for five minutes. By the way, a similar recipe was published in the article where we talked about.

So, how to make five-minute cranberry jam? Let's figure it out together. We need only two components - cranberries and sugar in equal proportions. I usually cook one to one.

Wash and dry the cranberries. Then blend with a blender or pass the berries through a meat grinder. Combine the ingredients in a deep container and leave for two hours.

After the sugar has dissolved, put the cranberry puree on the fire and boil the jam for just five minutes. Then pour them into sterile jars and seal with a tight nylon lid.

Store in the basement or refrigerator. The jam should not be exposed to sunlight. This will cause mold to appear directly in the jar.

Recipe for lingonberry and cranberry jam

As you can see, there are quite a large number of interesting recipes. But I shared with you only verified ones. Although I have seen many other interesting combinations of fruits and vegetables. You can make jam from chokeberries, zucchini, blueberries and even green cranberries.

You can even make delicious cranberry jam. This berry is very healthy and goes well with many other fruits. So if you decide to experiment, then feel free to do it. I'm sure everything will work out for you.

Cranberry jam at home is made either from pure berries or in combination, for example, with orange, with the addition of apples, pears or even walnuts. Popular among housewives are both raw cranberry jam and five-minute jam made from green or already ripe berries, which are very healthy and are a cure for various diseases, which is why they are called “king berries.” They contain organic acids, a complex of vitamins B, C and other useful substances. Every housewife should have cranberry jam, because it helps with allergies, diarrhea, heartburn, sore throat, skin, gynecological and many other ailments. Fresh frozen cranberries have a sourish-bitter taste, but the jam they make is simply wonderfully tasty. Look at our collection of recipes and photos of making cranberry jam and we wish you successful preparations!

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The last notes

It’s easy to prepare cranberries with sugar for the winter. The recipe is simple, it consists of only two ingredients: berries and sugar. This cranberry preparation comes in handy when you have a strong desire to eat something tasty or nourish your body with vitamins.

The undeniable benefits of cranberries encourage home cooks to take care of their presence on the table not only during the harvest season, but also in winter. We bring to your attention the best recipes for preserving bright red berries. Preparation without long cooking, delicious compote and jelly, recipe for sweet cranberries in sugar. The harvesting methods we have collected are characterized by minimal heat treatment, which allows us to preserve all the beneficial substances of the miracle berry.

Cranberries on the table - medicines from the table

In the cold climate zone of Russia and Europe, in swamps and on damp forest soil, a silvery shrub with fiery red dots spreads along the ground. Cranberries have a pronounced sour taste; you can’t eat too much of them. And no need, because each tiny berry is unique in its composition:

• rich complex of organic acids;
• pectin substances;
• sugars, glycosides;
• vitamins of group B, PP, K.

The health benefits of cranberries are very wide; they are used for a number of serious diseases. Therefore, we can safely say that periodically eating red berries helps you forget about medications.

This berry is not only healthy, but also tasty in the form of drinks and jams, as an additive to vegetable and meat dishes.

How to prepare cranberries without cooking

Recipes for preparing miracle berries for the winter are distinguished by significant diversity and creative approaches of housewives and cooks. One of the basic principles of canning is minimal or no heat treatment. Soaked berries, for example, are prepared by simply pouring clean cold water over the cranberries.

It’s a paradox, but you can “cook” cranberry jam without cooking. To do this you will need a kilogram of cranberries and the same amount of sugar:

1. It is necessary to clean the berries from twigs, leaves and other debris.
2. Wash well under running water and dry on a paper towel.
3. Mix the cranberries with half the prepared sugar and crush with a wooden masher until the sugar is completely dissolved. A blender is not suitable for this purpose, since the acids contained in the berries may react with the metal.
4. Sterilize several jars, place the prepared aromatic mixture in them, and cover with the remaining sugar.
5. Cover with metal or plastic lids and take to a cool place.

In winter, such vitamin-rich jam will be indispensable for compotes and cranberry juices, and simply for drinking with tea during periods of acute respiratory diseases.

Attention! Cranberries differ from other berries prepared for the winter without cooking in that they do not have to be stored in the refrigerator. Just a cool place is enough. The fact is that the healthy berry contains citric and benzoic acids, which prevent it from spoiling.

Recipe for freezing cranberries

For preparing salads and vegetables, sauerkraut and creating sweet and sour, spicy and hot sauces in winter, cranberries canned in the freezer are useful. Typically, fully ripe berries are used for this, collected after the first frost.

Advice. To strengthen the immune system and increase body tone, it is recommended to consume 100 grams. cranberries per week.

There are 2 recipes for freezing peat “sourness”.

The first option involves using berries of any size, whole and slightly crushed. They are washed and placed in portioned containers, then frozen.

For the second method, it is advisable to prepare large, whole berries. The washed cranberries are thoroughly dried and scattered in a thin layer on a tray. After 2-3 hours, the red lights, placed in the freezer, are ready to be poured into a plastic container. On the lid of each food container you should stick a piece of paper with the date of freezing and the name of the product. These berries will decorate any dish!

Dried cranberries will support the immune system in winter

Experts recommend another way to prepare cranberries for the winter. Our ancestors actively used it. Berries scattered on a flat surface could previously be stored for months. To do this, they did not need to be processed; it was enough just to find a dry, cool place in the house.

Attention! You need to dry the berries in the oven for 5-6 hours at a temperature of about 70 °C. It is necessary to turn the fire berries over from time to time to ensure even drying. In an apartment with central heating, this is impossible, so the cranberries are simply dried in the oven and then placed in hermetically sealed containers for storage.

Cranberries in sugar - a favorite treat for children

A simple recipe for peat berries ground with sugar is also considered candied cranberries (this option is given above). But we have chosen for you another interesting way to prepare cranberries. Candied berries look like candy and are popular with children. Sometimes this is the only way to get your baby to eat a “vitamin.”

To prepare you will need:

• 500 gr. cranberries;
• the same amount of sugar, or a little more;
• water.

How to cook:

1. Wash and sort out the peat wealth. Prick each berry with a toothpick.
2. In an enamel saucepan, boil water with most of the sugar until it is completely dissolved.
3. After cooling, pour the resulting syrup over the berries, cover and refrigerate overnight.
4. The next day, drain the syrup (it can be used separately) and wait for the berries to dry.
5. Roll each cranberry in sugar until it is completely covered.

The delicacy for children is stored in the refrigerator, but, alas, the shelf life of this dish does not exceed two weeks. However, candied cranberries are eaten much earlier.

Let's cook cranberry compote without worries

To prepare aromatic cranberry compote, you will need a saucepan and water. Culinary experts advise not to use large amounts of sugar. Perhaps a drink without sugar, or with a small amount of it, will seem more refreshing and tonic to you. How to properly cook cranberry compote?

1. Boil water with sugar added to taste.
2. Dip the cranberries into the syrup, wait for it to boil again and immediately turn off the drink. The compote is ready.
3. Before storing cranberries for the winter, boil them for 5-10 minutes. and rolled into pre-prepared sterile cylinders.

Advice. To add a spicy note before the drink is ready, you can add cloves, vanilla or cinnamon.

Cranberry compotes will amaze with their original taste if you add any berries and fruits to them. Apples, currants, raspberries, cherries, rose hips, sea buckthorn, raisins, dried apricots are suitable.

How to make tender cranberry jelly?

There is nothing complicated in preparing jelly; according to this recipe, a sweet drink with sourness is prepared in 15 minutes. You need to collect the necessary ingredients:

• 3 tbsp. frozen berries;
• 1.5 l. water;
• 5 tbsp. l. starch;
• 1 tbsp. Sahara.

To make cranberry jelly you will need starch, water and sugar.

Action steps:

1. Bring a saucepan of water to a boil.
2. Add sugar and keep on fire for 5 minutes. after boiling.
3. While the starch dissolves in water, strain the resulting compote.
4. Put the drink without berries back on the stove. After bubbles appear, slowly pour in the starch in a thin stream and mix the jelly thoroughly.
5. Turn off immediately when signs of boiling appear.