Strawberry blanks for the winter: marshmallow and jelly

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Strawberry blanks for the winter can delight you throughout the long cold months if you take care of making them in a timely manner. In addition to the banal, albeit very tasty jam, this fragrant berry can be used to make marshmallows, jelly, and also freeze it with sugar or just like that.

Strawberry blanks for the winter - marshmallow

The unusual shape of this bright sweet is reminiscent of commercially produced chewing candies. And it tastes like both marmalade and candy at the same time, although it is much more aromatic. Also (compared to jam) marshmallow retains a greater amount of useful substances. So, let's make these original strawberry preparations for the winter.

Three kilograms of large intact berries need to be washed, sorted, whipped with a blender. Add a teaspoon of s alt and three to five tablespoons of honey. Stir, using a ladle, pour on pallets lined with parchment, and evenly distribute. Dry at thirty-nine degrees Celsius for about twentyfour hours.

Flip products from time to time. The finished marshmallow is firm, dry and quite a bit sticky. Separate it from the sheets, roll it into long tubes and press down with the palm of your hand so that they become flat. Can be cut into small candies and put in a dry, clean jar. Store the finished marshmallow preferably wrapped in paper in a room where food moths and other pests are not found. You can not cut it into portioned pieces, but, having rolled it up, place it in a paper box or a wooden box, which must first be covered with wrapping paper. If you keep the marshmallow in a container or in a bag, then they must be tightly closed. It can absorb foreign odors, which must be taken into account during storage. Also, marshmallow should be protected from the sun.

Strawberry blanks for the winter - jelly

First of all you need gelatin or agar-agar. Strawberry jelly for the winter should have a very dense consistency. You can make it from fresh, as well as from frozen berries. They will need one kilogram, gelatin - twenty grams, and sugar - a full glass (250 milligrams).

Select the strawberries, wash and very carefully peel them from the stalks. Make a puree in a blender and beat it. Pour the resulting mass into a saucepan, sprinkle with sugar and add a gelling agent. Bring to a boil over medium heat, remembering to stir at the same time, otherwise the jelly will not become homogeneous. Remove the foam periodically. After boiling, turn off the fire,but keep stirring. Hot pour the jelly into sterilized jars, and then boil them in a water bath. It's almost as easy as freezing strawberries for the winter. If you decide to make blanks using a freezer, then you need to remember that without adding a small amount of sugar, the berries will lose their shape after thawing. To avoid this, strawberries are sprinkled with granulated sugar or powdered sugar. And when she gives a small amount of juice, they freeze in a special container.