Tasty and he althy preparation for the winter: cranberries mashed with sugar

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

If you want to replenish your stock of winter preparations with something not only tasty, but also extremely he althy, then pureed lingonberries with sugar are exactly what you need. A slightly sour supply is not only perfect for cooking fruit drinks or jelly in winter, but it will also be an excellent tool for maintaining immunity - the berries contain a lot of vitamin C and trace elements needed by the body. How to cook a delicious preparation, read our article.

Cowberry pureed with sugar

For 1 kg of fresh berries you will need 1 kg of granulated sugar. Wash the lingonberries, clean them of debris and leaves, and then dip them in boiling water for a couple of minutes. Drain the contents of the pot into a colander or scoop out with a slotted spoon. Now soft enough berries can be pureed through a sieve, twisted in a meat grinder or chopped in a blender - as you like. In the berryadd sugar to the mass, mix well until the sand is completely dissolved and immediately spread it into jars. After they need to be sterilized, cooled, rolled up with lids and sent to a dark place to wait for the winter cold.

Fragrant supply: cranberries pureed with sugar and spices

You will need:

• 1 kilogram of fresh ripe cranberries;
• slightly less than a liter of plain water;
• 200 g sugar;
• half a teaspoon of cinnamon.

Wash and sort the lingonberries, place in boiling water and cook until all the berries burst. Throw the mass into a colander and let the water drain. Then add sugar, cinnamon, mix and bring to a light boil over medium heat. Refrigerate and place in jars.

Cowberry pureed with sugar and orange

For fragrant jam you will need:

• a kilogram of oranges and lingonberries;
• a kilogram of granulated sugar.

Wash and sort the berries, cut the oranges into slices, remove the seeds - no need to remove the peel. After that, put the ingredients in a blender and beat thoroughly, you can also turn the berries with oranges through a meat grinder. Then add sugar to the resulting mass and mix thoroughly. Pureed lingonberries with orange are ready - put them in jars, close the lids and store until winter.

Useful properties of cranberries

In folk medicine, this berry has been used since ancient times, it is credited with tonic, antipyretic,wound healing and other properties. It helps with s alt deposits, stomach problems, and reduces internal bleeding. It is also used for rheumatism, diabetes, tuberculosis and a number of other diseases. The fresh berries themselves (note that the preparation of lingonberries according to the above recipes does not require excessive heat treatment of the berries, so they retain all their beneficial properties) contain a lot of vitamin A, C, E, acetic, malic acids, as well as essential oils and minerals. Therefore, in winter, just as a preventive measure, it is recommended to drink lingonberry juice or juice - for this, dilute a tablespoon of any supply in a glass of water, add a little honey and drink with pleasure. But it will be delicious if you eat lingonberry preparation and just have a bite with tea.