Sweet cherry jam has a special place in the sweet reserves of canning for the winter. Sweet cherry jam does not have a very rich taste, but it is tender and goes well with pancakes. Today MyFlower.info will share with you a recipe for cherry jam. Sweet cherries are a tasty and useful berry. And canned jam, cooked from cherries, in winter will remind us of this wonderful berry and the warm summer.

Sweet cherry jam: recipe

Sweet cherry jam: ingredients

  • cherries – 1 kg
  • sugar – 500 g
  • lemon – 1 piece

Sweet cherry jam: cooking

  1. You need to wash the cherries well, remove the stalks and allow excess water to drain.
  2. Remove all the stones from the cherries.
  3. Pour peeled cherries into the prepared pan, cover with sugar. In 2 – 3 hours the cherry will release juice.
  4. Put the pan with cherries on low heat, bring to a boil, cook for 10 minutes. Stir periodically and remove the foam. Remove the jam from the heat and leave to cool completely.
  5. This process of boiling and cooling must be repeated 3 more times.
  6. Before the last boiling, add finely chopped or ground lemon particles to the cherry jam.
  7. Bring the cherry jam to a boil. Pour hot cherry jam into sterilized jars and roll up.
  8. Closed jars should be turned upside down, wrapped and left to cool.

Preservation for the winter – cherry jam is ready. Bon appetit!