We need Mature and well washed dogwood.

Place the berries in an enamel pot and fill with water to cover the fruit by about a finger. Close the lid and cook them for 30-40 minutes on a slow fire until tender.

Strain the resulting broth, allow to cool berries. Then the fun begins: wipe the berries through a sieve. Immediately warn that this process is quite time consuming. The sieve must be large cells (to less clogged with skins). Upon completion, satisfied and smeared dogwood)), we measure the number of resulting mash+decoction and add sugar at the rate of 1:1 or less, per liter - 700gr, but keep in mind that the berry is sour and tart. Therefore, in order to choose the optimal proportion, it is possible to taste sugar to taste. By the way, if wipe not to fanaticism, and the underwire is still some amount of pulp, you can use them for making juice or jelly, adding any other fruit. I added the cake from the buckthorn and a handful of plums.

Put on low heat and cook, stirring and removing the resulting foam to reduce the volume of the liquid by 2/3. Add a pinch of vanilla (optional).

In a pre-sterilized jars, pour the hot jam and preserve. Turn over and wrap it up. I sterilized cans in the microwave on full power for 5 minutes, the Gulf in water at 1 cm From the microwave banks get through 5 minutes after turning off, draining the remaining water. Cover boil separately in a saucepan for 2-5 minutes. I have 1.2 kg of raw dogwood get 4 half-liter cans. ... And in the winter we get a beautiful jar of bright red jam, and tell yourself thank you for not lazy and made for themselves, loved ones, useful zagotovok).