Lingonberry is a berry that is widely used in cooking. They make jam, jams, fruit drinks, marmalade from it, make it like tea, and simply add it to dishes fresh. Lingonberry compote is a delicious natural drink that can be prepared at home, as well as prepared for the winter.
Bright juicy berry contains a lot of nutrients. It contains natural sugars, vitamins (C, B, P), minerals (iron, calcium, potassium), pectin substances and amino acids. And benzoic acid, which is part of the composition, allows berries to remain intact for a long time. Lingonberry compote turns out to be tasty and healthy, but it is worth remembering that when cooking and adding sugar, some of the properties are lost. Fresh berry is stored for a long time, protecting itself from bacteria and rot.
It is enough to put lingonberries in a clean jar and pour boiled water, and then put in the refrigerator. So it can stand for a very long time, until the next harvest. And for those who prefer a delicious fragrant compote from lingonberries, it is worthwhile in the fall to do its cooking. To do this, you need the berry itself, water and sugar. If desired, add fruit slices: apples, pears, peaches.
Few people know that the acidity of lingonberries goes well with the sweetness of beets and carrots.
Lingonberry compote: recipe 1
- We select ripe healthy freshly picked berries, wash them, discard them on a sieve, let water drain. For one three-liter jar, we need 1-1.5 cups of lingonberries.
- Cooking syrup. To do this, take 0.5 kg of sugar per 1 liter of water. Dissolve sugar in water, bring to a boil.
- We pour lingonberries into clean, sterilized jars , pour hot syrup and pasteurize for 30-40 minutes at a temperature of 85 degrees.
- Roll up, cover with a towel.
According to this recipe, you can cook lingonberry compote for the winter, without fear that the workpiece will deteriorate. If you put a couple of lemon slices in a jar, you can ensure long-term storage for 1-2 years.
It is very important to use only fresh berries. Stale, even from the refrigerator, you can cook, but in this case, do not store compote for a long time.
Many housewives love more concentrated workpieces, which can be diluted with water if necessary. In this case, the following recipe will help.
Recipe 2 (concentrated compote)
- Berries are cleared of garbage, washed, dried.
- Fill a clean jar with two-thirds of berries or shoulders.
- Cook the syrup (at the rate of 1 kg of sugar per 1 liter of water), stir constantly, making sure that the sugar does not burn.
- Bringing the syrup to a boil, pour it into a jar of lingonberry.
- We pasteurize liter containers for about 10-15 minutes, 2 liter containers for 20 minutes, 3 liter containers for at least 35 minutes.
The drink turns out to be tasty, but it is not recommended to drink it in large doses to pregnant women. In addition, freshly picked lingonberries are also contraindicated in bearing a child. To everyone else, including children, fresh berries will only benefit. However, one must be careful because of possible allergic reactions.
Those who are going to take lingonberries for medicinal purposes should be aware that any treatment, including just adding sugar, weakens the beneficial properties of this valuable berry.