Useful properties of cranberries and its incredible ability to perform the duties of a home "mini first-aid kit", prompt us to look for the best ways of harvesting this miracle berry for the winter. You can, of course, freeze it, but very often this is hindered by the lack of free space in the freezer. No less effective way to preserve all the properties of cranberries is to harvest it for the winter with sugar without cooking.
In this case, the berries are not subjected to heat treatment and in combination with sugar become not only helpers in diseases, but also a delicious dessert that can be enjoyed with tea, or the basis of a healthy mors .
How to cook cranberries with sugar for the winter without cooking?
Ingredients:
- berries of cranberries - 2 kg;
- sugar - 2 kg.
Preparation
For harvesting cranberries with sugar for the winter, select quality berries, rinse them and give them a good dry on a paper or fabric towel. Further it is necessary to crush them to the state of mashed potatoes. To do this, you can use a meat grinder, blender or just knead the berries with a crush or a wooden spoon. Next, pour sugar into the berry mass, mix and leave at room temperature for about seven hours, periodically mixing. During this time, the sugar crystals must completely dissolve.
Now we pour the cranberries with sugar on pre-sterilized dry jars, tightly close with sterile lids and put them in a cool storage place.
Another option is a useful harvest of cranberries and sugar for the winter, cooking which takes no more than thirty minutes.
How to make cranberries with sugar without cooking?
Ingredients:
- fresh cranberries - 2 kg;
- granulated sugar - 2 kg.
Preparation
Washed and dried berries are covered with half the norm of granulated sugar and rubbed well with a crush or wooden spoon until the sweet crystals are dissolved. Then we spread the obtained berry sour-sweet mass according to previously prepared dry, sterile glass jars. We fall asleep with the remaining sugar, cork with sterile lids, put in a cool place for storage.
Berries of cranberries can be prepared with whole sugar. This is in our next recipe.
How to prepare whole cranberries for the winter with sugar?
Ingredients:
- fresh cranberry berries;
- granulated sugar.
Preparation
To prepare berries it is necessary to select the best quality specimens without damages and depressions. We wash them well in cold water and let them drain. Particular attention is paid to drying the cranberries. Berries should completely dry out and not contain a drop of water. Now fill the properly pre-sterilized dry jars with the pre-sterilized dry jars on the hangers, alternating the layer with sugar, fall asleep with sugar from the top to the string, cover with lids and store in the refrigerator.
Cranberry with sugar and orange without cooking for the winter
Ingredients:
- fresh cranberries - 1 kg;
- one large orange;
- granulated sugar - 1 kg.
Preparation
Berries cranberries we sort out, get rid of spoiled, high-quality washed and dried. Orange, wash it with boiling water, wipe it dry, cut into slices together with the zest and take out the stones.
Now turn cranberry and orange through a meat grinder along with sugar and mix well. If you want, if you want a more uniform consistency of the workpiece, you can pass it through the meat grinder twice. Next, lay out the vitamin mixture in advance prepared sterile jars , close tightly with lids and put in the refrigerator for storage.