If you prefer polyvitamins to fresh vegetables, berries and fruits, then in winter their assortment is small, so it is best to prepare fresh products from summer. In this article we will look at how to store lingonberries. There are several ways: just in the fridge, make from it a fragrant jam or rub with sugar. Anyway, vitamin berry will be a good helper in maintaining immunity in the cold season, as well as an excellent tool for treating colds.
How to store lingonberries in the refrigerator
This method is perhaps the simplest. You need to sort out, wash and dry the berries, then spread them out on a plate with a thin layer (do not need to pour a slide) and send it to the freezer. After a few hours, pull it out, move it over the bags or boxes and put it back in the refrigerator. Cowberry, frozen in this way, will be stored for a very long time - a year or more. And if you get another portion of berries in winter, you can either eat it fresh, or cook it with kissels and compotes. Cowberry sauce is also very popular with meat or game. The only thing is to re- freeze the berry is not recommended.
Cowberry for the winter: recipes for delicious food
You can grate berries with granulated sugar and pack them on sterilized jars. You will need cranberries and sugar in a 1: 1 ratio. Rinse and wash the berries, pour sugar and mix well. Then, at your discretion, you can grind it in a blender or a meat grinder. Ready-made stocks should be packed in cans, rolled up and stored until winter. It will also be very tasty if you make a cranberry-orange sweet billet. For 1 kilogram of berries you will need a kilogram of citrus and the same amount of sugar. Prepare the berries - wash and go through, oranges cut slices and remove stones, skin should not be removed. After that, grind the ingredients with a blender or in a meat grinder, pour over the sugar, stir and cook for a maximum of 10 minutes. For taste, you can pour half a teaspoon of ground cinnamon. After that, pack it on cans and store it in a dark place.
How to store lingonberries: cook aromatic jam
And, of course, the hit of domestic preparations is cowberry jam. For cooking you will need berry and granulated sugar in a ratio of 1: 1, although someone adds more sugar, so be guided by your own taste. Prepare the berries, fill them with sugar and put them on slow fire, and do not add water. As soon as the mass boils, reduce the gas to the very minimum and cook the berry for half an hour, stirring occasionally - the jam can burn. Finish - spread over the jars and roll them up. Attention: you need to sterilize the cans and supply caps, you can do it in the oven, after washing them with soda, or with steam or boiling water. Now you know how to store cranberries before winter. Choose a way to taste and lacquer berries or jam long evenings for a cup of fragrant tea.