If you prefer fresh vegetables, berries and fruits to multivitamins, then in winter their assortment is small, so it is best to prepare fresh products from the summer. In our article we will consider how to store lingonberries. There are several ways: just in the refrigerator, make aromatic jam from it or grind it with sugar. One way or another, 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 easiest. You need to sort out, wash and dry the berry, then spread it on plates with a thin layer (no need to pour a slide) and send it to the freezer. After a few hours, pull it out, transfer it in bags or boxes and put it back in the refrigerator. Lingonberries frozen in this way will be stored for a very long time - a year or more. And taking out another portion of the berry in winter, you can either eat it fresh, or cook jelly and stewed fruit from it.
Lingonberry sauce for meat or game is also very popular. The only thing is, re-
freezing the berry is not recommended.
Lingonberry for the winter: recipes for delicious supplies
You can grind the berry with sugar and packaged in sterilized jars. You will need cranberries and sugar in a ratio of 1: 1. Sort and wash the berry, cover with granulated sugar and mix well. Then, at your discretion, you can grind it in a blender or meat grinder. Ready stock should be put up in jars, rolled up with lids and stored until winter. It will also be very tasty if you make lingonberry-orange sweet preparation. For 1 kilogram of berries you will need a kilogram of citrus fruits and the same amount of granulated sugar. Prepare the berry - wash and iterate, cut the oranges into slices and remove the seeds, do not remove the skin. After that, grind the ingredients with a blender or in a meat grinder, sprinkle with sugar, stir and boil for a maximum of 10 minutes. For taste, you can pour half a teaspoon of ground cinnamon. After that, pack up the jars and put in storage in a dark place.
How to store lingonberries: cook aromatic jam
And, of course, a hit of homemade preparations -
lingonberry jam. For cooking, you will need berry and granulated sugar in a 1: 1 ratio, although someone adds more sugar, so focus on your own taste. Prepare the berry, fill it with granulated sugar and set it to simmer on a slow fire, without adding water. As soon as the mass boils, reduce the gas to the minimum and boil the berry for half an hour, stirring occasionally - the jam may burn. Done - put on the banks and roll up the lids. Attention: cans and lids for supplies must be sterilized, you can do this either in the oven, after washing them with soda, or in steam or in boiling water. Now you know how to store lingonberries until winter. Choose a method to taste and enjoy a berry or jam for long evenings with a cup of aromatic tea.