Lingonberry brings great benefits to the human body, but it is not stored fresh for a short time, so it is recommended to harvest it for the winter in various ways. One of the most ancient methods of harvesting this berry is to soak it using sugar syrup and spices. Such a delicacy is perfectly stored throughout the winter and has a rich taste. Detailed step-by-step recipes for soaked lingonberry blanks for the winter, as well as recommendations for their storage and preparation of raw materials, are further described in the article.
Selection and preparation of ingredients
To get excellent homemade bilberries, you need to choose only ripe fruits without traces of rot or mechanical damage. The berries are very fragile, so they need to be washed carefully - It is best to put lingonberries in a colander and substitute it under a stream of running water. So that the berries do not get wet and retain their shape, it is recommended to dry them slightly with a paper towel before laying them in jars.
Important! If there are leaves on the lingonberry, then they can be washed and also folded into a jar along with berries - this will help make the harvesting even more useful.
Recipes for the winter
From fresh lingonberries, you can make a large number of different homemade preparations. They retain all the vitamins of the berry, have a pleasant taste and rich aroma reminiscent of the sunny summer, therefore they are often used as a sweet filling for baking, as well as are the main component of many desserts and fruit drinks. In addition to the predominant ingredient, you can add spices and other fruits to the blanks, getting a healthy treat with different flavor notes.
Some of the simplest recipes for soaked lingonberries for the winter are described later in the article.
Classic version
3 cans of 3 l each 30 minutes / 1 week
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Sort and wash the berries. Place them in sterilized glass jars.
- Fill the stewpan with water, dissolve sugar in the liquid. Put the mixture on fire, boil. Boil the syrup until sugar crystals are completely dissolved, and then remove it from the stove.
- Leave the sugar mixture to cool on the kitchen table. Pour cans of fruit with cold syrup.
- Allow the prepared cans to brew at normal room temperature for 1 week, and then put them in the refrigerator.
Did you know? Dried and roasted lingonberries have a tonic effect, so you can use them as a substitute for a coffee drink, grind the fruit and brew them with boiling water.
3 liter jar recipe
1 cans per 3 l25 minutes
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Wash berries and lemon, drain to water. Remove the zest from the lemon by rubbing it on a fine grater.
- Fold the lingonberries in a sterilized 3 liter jar.
- Fill the stewpan with water and bring it to a boil on the stove, add sugar and lemon zest to boiling water. Boil the mixture for about 5 minutes, and then remove the container from the heat.
- Cool the sugar syrup a little, strain it through a sieve. Pour the jar with berries with the cooled mixture.
- Cover the container with the workpiece with a lid, put in a cold place.
Harvested lingonberry prepared according to this recipe preserves the maximum amount of vitamins and nutrients.
In own juice
2 cans of 1 liter for 20 minutes
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Wash the berries, drain the water. Divide the whole lingonberry into 2 equal parts.
- Crush one part of the berries with your hands to make the juice stand out.
- Add the whole and crushed fruits into a small stewpan. Put the container on a slow fire, bring the mixture to a boil, and then remove it from the stove.
- Arrange the hot berry mass in sterilized jars. Cork containers, allow them to cool at room temperature, and then remove the workpiece for storage.
Did you know? The lifespan of lingonberry bushes can be up to 300 years.
Soaked in salt
3 l20 minutes / 1 week
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Wash the berries, lay them on a napkin to get rid of excess moisture.
- Prepare sterilized jars, fill them with lingonberries.
- Boil water in a small stewpan, add salt, sugar, cloves. Boil the mixture for 2-3 minutes over low heat, and then remove the container from the stove.
- Cool the resulting syrup, fill them with jars of berries.
- Close containers with blank caps. Leave them for 7 days in a dark place with a temperature of about +10 C. After that, put the cans in the cold for storage.
With flower honey
5 l 25 minutes / 5 days
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Rinse lingonberries, drain to water.
- Prepare sterilized jars. Place the berries in them, filling the free space of the containers at 3⁄4 depth.
- In a small saucepan, mix water and honey. Put the container in a water bath for 10 minutes, so that the syrup acquires a uniform density.
- Add spices to the honey mixture. Stir the mass, not bringing it to a boil, and then remove from heat.
- Pour jars with berries with honey syrup. Put the containers in a dark and cool place for 5 days.
- Cover the jars with the infused mass and put into the refrigerator.
Important! In boiling water, honey loses its useful properties, therefore, during the heat treatment of honey syrup, it should not be allowed to boil.
With sugar
2 cans of 1 liter25 minutes / 3 weeks
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Rinse lingonberries and apples. Peel the fruit from the skin, cut it into small slices.
- Dissolve sugar and salt in a saucepan with water. Put the mixture on the stove and boil, and then remove the container from the heat. Allow syrup to cool at room temperature.
- Put berries on the bottom of sterilized cans. Place a few apple slices on top.
- Pour containers with ingredients with cooled syrup. Tie the neck of the can with gauze.
- Leave the workpiece to infuse at room temperature for 3 weeks. After that, put the jar of berries in the refrigerator.
From the obtained berry preparation, you can prepare vitamin fruit drinks and sweet berry desserts, and also use it as an independent dish for tea. So that the treat does not harm the teeth, it is recommended to observe the proportions of sugar indicated in the recipe.
With pears
1 can for 3 l40 minutes
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Wash lingonberries and pears, slightly dry the berries with a paper towel.
- Peel the pear, cut into thin slices.
- Boil water in a saucepan, dissolve sugar in boiling water. Boil the mixture until it is homogeneous.
- Add the orange zest and pear to the sugar syrup. Simmer for 20 minutes, then remove the saucepan from the stove.
- Put the berries in a suitable pan and add boiling sugar-fruit syrup to them.
- Put the dishes with the sweet berry mass on a small fire, cook the mixture for 5 minutes. 1 minute before ready to add clove, remove the container from the stove.
- Prepare sterilized jars. Fill them with hot mass. Seal blanks with metal caps tightly.
- Allow containers with berry and fruit mass to cool at room temperature, and then put them in a cool, dark place for storage.
Thanks to the orange zest, the taste of such a workpiece is very saturated, and cloves add spicy, spicy notes to it.
Did you know? The Russian name “lingonberry” comes from the word “lingonberry” meaning red.
From frozen berries
3 cans of 3 l each 20 minutes / 1 week
frozen lingonberries
2 kg
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Boil water, let it cool at room temperature. A third of the water can be placed in the freezer to get ice.
- Frozen fruits are folded in sterilized jars along with cloves and mint leaves.
- Pour cold water into the container with berries, add ice.
- Put the jar with the workpiece in the refrigerator, insist for 7 days.
Vitamin drinks can be made from berries prepared according to such a recipe, and it can also be used as the main ingredient for a delicious berry sauce.
Spicy billet
2 cans per 3 l20 minutes
allspice
1 g
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Wash and discard the fruits in a colander, drain the water. Arrange berries in sterilized jars.
- Fill the stewpan with water, put on a slow fire. Dissolve sugar, spices and salt in a heated liquid. Keep the syrup on the stove until it acquires a uniform structure. Then remove the stewpan from the heat.
- Allow the spicy liquid mixture to cool at room temperature. Fill cans with berries with cold syrup.
- Close containers with blank caps, put in a cool and dark place.
Features of storage of blanks
Billets of soaked red berries are recommended to be stored in a cool and dark place - a refrigerator, basement or cellar. If the jars of berries were covered with ordinary plastic lids or a layer of gauze, then you need to ensure that lingonberries are always covered with liquid, adding clean water to the jar as necessary.
Important! Lingonberry berries can be well stored throughout the winter due to the presence of benzoic acid in their composition. This substance prevents the growth of bacteria and for a long time preserves the freshness of the fruit.
It is recommended to store the berry preparation in a glass container, because when it comes into contact with metal utensils, the oxidation process takes place. When using cans with metal lids, soaked lingonberries can be kept at room temperature, keeping it away from heat sources. If the workpiece was placed in a jar with an ordinary plastic lid, then it is kept at a temperature of no more than + 5 ° C in a place protected from sunlight.
It’s not difficult to soak lingonberries on your own in the winter - you just need to choose high-quality ingredients and observe the technology for preparing goodies. And using the recipes listed in the article, you can experiment with the taste of the finished dish, choosing the one that you like the most.
