2 quick red currant jelly recipes

Classic red currant jelly

Ingredients

1 kg of red currant;
1 kg of sugar.

If you have a lot of white currant, add it to red in a 1: 1 ratio. The jelly will turn out to be not very bright, but no less tasty.

Preparation

Rinse the berries well. You do not need to peel them of twigs, since the berry mass will grind through a sieve.

Cover the currants with sugar and mix thoroughly for 5–8 minutes. The sugar should practically dissolve in the berry juice, and the mass itself should turn out to be mushy.

Red currant jelly recipe: Cover the currants with sugar and mix thoroughly for 5-8 minutes

Transfer the berry and sugar mixture to a tall saucepan and place over high heat. Stir the mixture continuously.

It will take about 8-10 minutes to cook jelly from the specified amount of ingredients.

However, it is easier to determine readiness by appearance. Then the preparation can be conditionally divided into several stages.

When the mixture boils, a froth will appear in the saucepan.

Then there will be a lot more foam. Stir the berry mass vigorously, otherwise it will run away.

Red currant jelly recipe: Stir the berry mass vigorously, otherwise it will run away

Gradually, the foam will begin to settle, and bubbles will appear on the surface of the mixture itself. After that, you need to boil the jelly for about 3 minutes more.

Red currant jelly recipe: Cook the jelly for about 3 more minutes

Place a sieve in a clean container and pour the boiled berry mixture into it. Grind it with a spoon so that only the cake remains in the sieve.

While still liquid jelly, pour into the jars and, without closing them, leave at room temperature overnight. During this time, the jelly will harden.

Red Currant Jelly Recipe: Jelly will harden overnight

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Red currant jelly without cooking

Ingredients

2 kg of red currants;
1.8 kg of sugar.

Red currants can be replaced with white ones, then the jelly will turn out to be light yellow.

Preparation

Rinse the berries and remove the sprigs. Pass the currants through a meat grinder or chop with a blender. Then rub the berry mass through a sieve.

Red currant jelly recipe without boiling: Rub the berry mass through a sieve

Pour sugar into the resulting juice and mix thoroughly for 10 minutes. Leave the berry mass for another 15–20 minutes, stir occasionally. The sugar should dissolve completely and the mixture should begin to thicken.