Sauces give a special taste to the dish. They are prepared from various ingredients, including berries. We offer to make cranberry sauce. You will find the recipe in this article. Let your dish get a special taste.
Lingonberry meat sauces : the first way
Tender pork, sprinkled with sweet and sour gravy, will make the treat the main dish on the festive table. Lingonberry sauce for meat is prepared simply and quickly. Ingredients:
- lingonberry berries - ¾ cup (about 180 grams);
- meat broth (or plain water) - half a glass (100 ml);
- dessert red wine - a couple of tablespoons;
- a tablespoon of sugar.
Cooking technology
Mix half of the total amount of lingonberries in a blender with sugar (you can use a sieve, and then mix with sugar). Pour wine into the broth, heat over low heat. Do not bring to a boil. Pour a trickle of cranberry puree. Pour the rest of the berries, mix. Serve the sauce with pork, beef, any meat or fish dishes.
Lingonberry meat sauces: the second way
You can prepare the sauce with various additives: cinnamon, wine, vinegar or starch. This recipe is the easiest. You will need a glass of lingonberry, half a glass of water and a spoon (tea or table - to taste) of sugar.
Cooking technology
Rinse the berries, put them in a saucepan or stewing pan, fill with water. Put on a slow fire. Bring to a boil, add sugar and cook for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Then grind with a blender and cool. This sauce is suitable not only for meat, but also for many other dishes, including dessert.
Lingonberry meat sauces: the third way
Another option for making sauce includes the following products:
- a pound of fresh lingonberry or frozen;
- sugar to taste (from 100 grams to 400);
- peas (pieces 15) black allspice ;
- spoon (tablespoon) of honey;
- garlic clove;
- dried chopped herbs: oregano, parsley, basil;
- a spoon (teaspoon) of grated ginger;
- a pinch of sea salt, nutmeg and cinnamon.
Cooking technology
A large variation in the amount of sugar is explained only by taste preferences. You can cook a sweet sauce or slightly sweet, it all depends on your desire. Try different options and choose the one that suits you. The basis of this sauce is sugar and berries. Everything else is additives that you can eliminate or, conversely, increase their number. Grind lingonberries in a blender. Leave some whole berries for decoration. Stir with sugar, heat, but do not boil. Sugar must dissolve. If you want to make the sauce thinner, pour a little boiling water. Then add ground pepper, garlic, chopped herbs, ginger, walnut and sea salt. Fill the remaining whole berries with lingonberries and mix. Let it brew a little. Lingonberry meat sauces can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 14 days. In order for them not to spoil longer, they need to be cooked for a longer time. But then all the useful substances from lingonberries will disappear. It is best to cook the sauce the day before serving. It will infuse, gain a deeper taste and aroma. But freshly cooked lingonberry sauce will be an exquisite addition to meat dishes.