Everyone knows that homemade preparations from various fruits and berries are much more useful than purchased sweets. However, not everyone likes ordinary jam containing a huge amount of granulated sugar, so many people prefer natural jams. In today's article, we will talk about wild berries - wild strawberries. You will learn how to cook strawberries in the home, mashed with sugar.
The taste qualities of a healthy and beloved dessert are familiar to us from childhood. It is necessary to harvest it in the summer, and in winter to enjoy an unsurpassed taste and fill the body with a source of the vitamin complex. In the cold season, we miss the sun, fresh fruits and vegetables, so our immune system begins to weaken - an epidemic of colds begins.
To fill the deficiency of vitamins and gain vitality will help natural strawberries, mashed with sugar, which we will prepare today. In addition, this useful treat has analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects, and also improves intestinal motility and normalizes kidney and liver function. Doctors recommend it to people with high blood pressure. In addition, it contains a huge amount of calcium.
But how can you not love her unique and delicate aroma and low calorie content. No wonder it is considered a dietary dish. Please your family with a magical sweetness that will not only warm you, but also keep you healthy.
Strawberries, mashed with sugar
Ingredients: a kilogram of strawberries (you can take more), 250 gr. granulated sugar, citric acid - 2 g.
Gently rinse, trying not to crush. Otherwise, you get porridge. Ponytails are best removed. Pour pure berry with sugar, leave in a cool place for a day. Then we add the lemon and transfer the strawberries to sterilized jars, twist. A healthy and sweet "cure" is ready.
Berry in its own juice
Natural strawberries for the winter will delight you with an amazing taste. 200-250 grams of sugar per kilogram of berries. Combine all components and leave overnight to stand out juice. The next day, we strain the juice into a separate container, and the fruits themselves are transferred to jars (pre-sterilized). Heat the juice (do not boil) and pour it into jars.
Jam for the winter
Ingredients:
kilogram of sugar;
citric acid - 2 g .;
-glass of water;
- the strawberry.
This blank makes it possible to enjoy the magnificent aroma on cold winter evenings. It can be used as a medicine, since the dish contains useful trace elements (vanadium, manganese, copper, iron, zinc, boron, etc.).
We clean the berries, rinse well and transfer to the pan. Pour the indicated amount of water, cover, after boiling, cook for 5 minutes. We soften the softened fruits with a crush or through a sieve (you can use a blender or mixer), pour in sugar, again send to the fire - for 20 minutes. A minute before the end of cooking, add lemon. Hot jam spin on the banks.
Strawberries, mashed with sugar, are a great alternative to harmful sweet products. The berry is truly universal and is widely used both medicinally and culinary.