Description
The most juicy and sweet Blueberry are cooked with the addition of sugar cane.
The method used is the classic method used since ancient times for the preservation of fruit. The fruit after being carefully washed and clean are simply cooked in a pot with the addition of sugar cane.
We get a product that enhances the flavor of the fruit and the artisan characteristics that only our mothers can match.
To make 100 grams of jam we use 175 grams of fresh blueberries.
It is exceptional the pairing on freshly baked bread, with fresh butter.
It is also a rich and healthy breakfast or snack fine!
Elementary information
Name of the product: Blueberries extra jam
Category: Extra jam
Net weight: 345 g., 110 g.
Ingredients: Blueberries, cane sugar
Raw materials
Origine: Piemonte – Italia
Variety: Blueberries (Vaccinuim myrtillus)
Period of harvest: July, August
Way of picking: by hand
Varietal characteristic
The blueberry grows wild in Europe: it is 20-40 cm high, with angular stems and branching.
It flowers in May and fruiting in July-August, has solitary or paired berries, black, covered with bloom and flesh coloured.
The ripe fruits are eaten as Blueberry are dress with lemon and sugar.
Some substances found in blueberries are considered useful for blood circulation, so much so that many drugs indicated in situations of fragile capillaries or vascular problems are based myrtillin.
They are also indicated for the eyes (myopia and retinopathy), visual and fatigue against diabetes.
The fruit is also referred to as an antiseptic and urinary, especially when dried, has astringent properties and can be used as anti-diarrheal.
The blueberry, contains discrete quantities of organic acids, sugars, pectins, tannins, myrtillin, anthocyanins, vitamins A and C and, in minor amount, vitamin B.s
Way of production
All the production process is done manually according to the old country tradition of home production. The fruit in copious quantities in the summer was turned into a jam before being consumed in the winter.
The method used is the classic method used since ancient times for the preservation of fruit. The fruit after being thoroughly cleaned and washed are simply cooked in a pot with the addition of sugar cane.