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Making aronia berries into jam - easy recipe

Chokeberries can be bought fresh at the weekly market or dried in the supermarket. In the near-natural garden, hobby gardeners plant the aronia bush as Bee pasture and for the freshness Berry harvest. With this recipe you can conjure up a fruity jam from aronia berries:

ingredients

• 1 kg of aronia berries
• 1 kg preserving sugar (1: 1)
• 75 ml lemon juice
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 packets of vanilla sugar

preparation

Please provide the following kitchen utensils for preparation: 1 saucepan, 1 hand blender, 4-5 jam jars. How to do it correctly:

1. Wash and clean the aronia berries and place in the saucepan
2. Add the preserving sugar, vanilla sugar and lemon juice
3. Mix and puree the mass
4. Add the cinnamon stick
5. Cook for 25-30 minutes, stirring regularly
6. Remove the cinnamon stick
7. Pour jellied, hot jam into the jars
8. Close the jars tightly and place them upside down on a kitchen towel

Perform the gelation test before pouring the jam into jars. Put a sample on a cold plate with a small spoon. The aronia berry jam is ready when the mixture thickens after a minute or two and no longer runs.

Fruity compote with aronia berries

You can give warm dishes a fruity note with aronia berry compote. Served as a tasty snack, young and old alike can nibble on healthy vitamins. The following recipe will make berry fans mouth watering:

ingredients

• 2 kg of aronia berries
• 500 g preserving sugar (1: 2 or 1: 3)
• 250 ml of red grape juice

For tipsy aronia berry compote in the adult household, swap the grape juice for red wine.

preparation

As accessories for the preparation you need a sieve, saucepan, mixing spoon, mason jars and 10 minutes of your time.

1. Sort the aronia berries, wash and drain in a sieve
2. Bring the grape juice and preserving sugar to the boil in a saucepan
3. Add the berries
4. Let simmer for 10 minutes

Would you like a compote with an extra fine consistency? Then you can puree the aronia berries or chop them up with the potato masher. Fill the hot berry puree into the clean, sterilized mason jars. Ideally, stir in a teaspoon of hermit aid into the mixture beforehand for a longer shelf life.