Hello dear readers. Each berry has its own ripening season, but it happens only once a year, and you really want to enjoy it even in winter. In general, no one says that this is impossible, but the point here is completely different. Taste qualities can be preserved even with prolonged heat treatment, but whether the vitamins for which we eat this berry will remain is another question. Everyone has probably tried lingonberry, but only a few have become attached to it with their souls. Although many people use this berry only to maintain their health, because it actually contains a huge amount of vitamins, which are simply indispensable in winter. It is not necessary to immediately cook jam from such fragrant lingonberry berries. Why not try to keep them fresh for a long time?
This task may seem overwhelming at first, but it will not be long. We have prepared several ways to preserve the freshness of lingonberries, as well as the vitamins they contain.
You can not only close the berry without cooking, but also simply store it in the refrigerator, covered with sugar. In addition, lingonberries can even be frozen, if you really don't find time for preserving.
Lingonberry blanks for the winter: how to preserve vitamins
Lingonberry has a specific taste, is rich in vitamins, microelements and biologically active substances. Due to the fact that the berry is sweet and sour, with a bitterness, it is used in desserts, for making jams, fruit drinks, seasonings and served with meat, mushroom, and fish dishes.
Keeping lingonberries fresh can be prolonged due to the large amount of benzoic acid in the berries. But until the next harvest, they will not even last in the refrigerator. In addition, not everyone can replenish stocks of lingonberries every year - it grows in regions with a cool climate, in forests, tundra, in alpine meadows and peat bogs. Many residents of the southern regions saw the berry only in pictures.
It is better to cook lingonberries for the winter without cooking for the following reasons:
- This culture is not included in the number of berries (sea buckthorn, red and black currants), which retain many useful substances during heat treatment.
- Cooking destroys approximately 80% of vitamin C.
- Nicotinic acid, which even in a fresh berry contains little, remains 4-5 times less after prolonged heating.
- After boiling, the content of carotenoids, as well as B vitamins, decreases 2-3 times.
- Harvesting lingonberries for the winter without cooking preserves 95% of vitamins.
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About 5 years ago, when I started making homemade cheese, in the course of numerous delicious experiments I came up with a very tasty cream for the cake, which my beloved nephew was very fond of (hence the name of the cake in her honor). I completely forgot about it, and yesterday Katyushka called and ordered me a cream, or rather a cake with this cream, how not to do it ?! Try it, it's very tasty and very simple. Cream, based on homemade cheese, with coconut, etc., the taste of the cream is very similar to the taste of Raffaello sweets, there can be any cakes, but I made my favorites, chocolate ones, which are very tender and juicy.
How to prepare lingonberries for the winter without cooking
The first and main rule of long-term storage of lingonberries at home is to use only well-ripened high-quality berries, harvested in August-September. The biochemical composition and nutritional value remain high not only in wild species, but also in varietal plants that are cultivated in the garden or on industrial plantations. All the differences between cultivated and collected in the forest or in the swamp fruits are in different amounts of nutrients.
The varietal berry grown in artificial conditions remains medicinal. People who are going to eat lingonberries cooked without cooking for the winter should not forget about this. It is better for those with a sweet tooth to give preference not to a wild berry, but to a cultured one, but still do not forget about the sense of proportion.
Before making lingonberries for the winter without cooking, the fruits are sorted out, unripe (they are not suitable for food), spoiled, soft are discarded. Then washed with cold water.
Important! Lingonberry berries do not ripen during storage.
Banks must be sterilized. If they are going to use a wooden container for storing lingonberries for the winter fresh, they are first soaked in cold water, then poured with boiling soda solution, and after 15 minutes they are rinsed several times.
Important! You cannot use aluminum dishes to store fruits. Berries contain acids that react with the material of the containers, and taken internally can harm the body.
Lingonberries cooked for the winter without boiling can deteriorate:
- if low-quality raw materials are used;
- due to non-compliance with the recipe;
- with improper storage;
- if the container (cans, barrels, pots) has been poorly or improperly processed.
Cooking features
It is important to try not to cook jam from it, namely, just grind fresh berries and sprinkle with sugar. If heat treatment is allowed - then no more than 5 minutes, then this will not damage the properties of lingonberries, and other berries included in the jam. But at the same time, it is worth taking a closer look at the storage of the finished product.
Food preparation rules
All berries are sorted out, discarded dry and spoiled, and also cleaned of plant debris. The fruits that make up the jam are also chosen not rotten and not spoiled. Then they are washed and dried.
How to prepare containers correctly?
Since the jam is not subject to heat treatment, the jars must be thoroughly washed and sterilized. Use hot steam by placing the container over a saucepan and roasting in the oven, or placing it in the microwave with a little water.
Lingonberries, mashed with sugar without cooking
There are two very simple and similar ways to cook lingonberries for the winter without cooking. The same ingredients, their proportions, but the result is different.
Take a well-ripened, evenly colored berry, sort it out and wash it thoroughly. Then they are thrown into a sieve or colander and the water is allowed to drain. For 1 kg of fruit, take 500-700 g of sugar.
Method 1
The berries are turned through a meat grinder, mixed with sugar, laid out in sterile jars and closed with nylon (leaky) lids. Store in a cool place.
Method 2
The fruits are placed in an enamel bowl and pressed with a wooden or ceramic (not metal!) Pestle. Then the crushed berries are thoroughly mixed with sugar, placed in sterilized jars, and covered with lids. Place in a refrigerator or other cool place.
What is the difference between these methods? The fact is that the lingonberry, twisted in a meat grinder, came into contact with the metal. You can cook it very quickly, unlike the one that you have to crush with a pestle. After standing for a month, the mass will look like jelly. But hand-crushed berries retain more vitamins.
Important! Vitamin C is destroyed most strongly when twisted in a meat grinder.
Contraindications
Lingonberry is so good in itself that the list of contraindications is not so long.
- You can not take lingonberries if your body is hypersensitive to the components of the berry.
- Lingonberries should not be taken by people with cholelithiasis and urolithiasis. Due to the fact that lingonberry substances destroy stone formations in the gallbladder and kidneys, you should not use it, so as not to cause an acute condition in the form of renal colic.
- The composition of lingonberry includes such components that enhance the secretion of gastric and intestinal juice, which is why it is prohibited to use it for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, especially during an exacerbation, as it can cause harm.
- Acute heart failure.
- Liver disease during an exacerbation.
- Pregnancy is a relative contraindication, since moderate consumption of lingonberries will not harm either the expectant mother or the fetus, but will only benefit.
For information on the useful properties and contraindications of lingonberry, see the next video.
Lingonberries sprinkled with sugar for the winter without cooking
Such sweet balls are especially loved by children. Berries can be cooked in two ways - with granulated sugar or powdered. The fruits are carefully sorted out, throwing out all unripe, spoiled or damaged, then washed, allowed to drain and dried on a kitchen towel.
For 1 kg of lingonberries take 1 kg of granulated sugar or powder, 2 egg whites.
The proteins are mixed with berries and rolled in powdered sugar or sand. The tray is covered with parchment paper, the candied fruits are poured out and allowed to dry. Store in glassware or cardboard boxes.
Lingonberries with honey for the winter without cooking
Lingonberries prepared without boiling with honey can be stored in the refrigerator or freezer. First, the berries are sorted out, then chopped in a meat grinder, blender or using a wooden or ceramic pestle.
Important! It is better to use a pestle - this way the fruits will not come into contact with the metal and retain more vitamin C.
- For storage in the refrigerator, 3 parts of berries are mixed with 1 part of honey. Spread out in sterile jars and closed with nylon lids.
- To keep the fruits in the freezer, lingonberries and honey (5: 1) are mixed, packed in plastic bags and placed in a chamber. Portions should be made in such a volume that the product is consumed within 24 hours
Selection and preparation of ingredients
To get excellent homemade lingonberry preparations, you need to choose only ripe fruits without traces of rot or mechanical damage. The berries are very fragile, so you need to wash them carefully. - it is best to put the lingonberries in a colander and place them under running water. To prevent the berries from getting wet and retain their shape, it is recommended to dry them slightly with a paper towel before placing them in jars.
Important! If there are leaves on the lingonberry, then they can be washed and also put in a jar along with the berries - this will help make the preparation even more useful.
Lingonberries with oranges without cooking
The recipe without boiling lingonberry with orange can be called a classic. These fruits go well with each other. To prepare delicacies, take 1 kg of lingonberries, oranges and sugar.
The berries are sorted out and washed. The oranges are rinsed. Cut into slices and take out the bones. You do not need to remove the skin.
The fruits are turned through a meat grinder, combined with sugar. Leave for 2-3 hours in a warm place, stir from time to time. Then the mass is laid out in sterile jars and put into the refrigerator.
Comment! The recipe for lingonberry with lemon is usually not cooked without boiling. Fresh fruits with sugar or honey are best cooked separately. Lemon or zest is added to lingonberry jam for flavor during cooking.
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outside the windows the first day of winter ... very soon the New Year 2009 will knock on our doors .. what will it be? .. what is he preparing for us ?? ..time will tell ... but for now, let's enjoy the last month of the outgoing year and breathe in only the barely perceptible aromas of the New! and cook delicious delicate gingerbread cookies (thanks to the addition of cottage cheese to the dough, which is not felt at all in ready-made snacks) with orange and lingonberries ... and nice chocolate chips ... well, very simple and incredibly tasty ... let's have some tea!
Lingonberries for the winter without cooking with water
You can keep the lingonberries fresh for the winter by flooding them with water. First, ripe berries are carefully sorted out, rejecting all greenish, soft and even slightly damaged ones. Then they are washed, placed in an enamel, glass or wooden dish, filled with clean water and left for 3 days. After this time, the liquid is drained.
The fruits are laid out in glass, and preferably wooden containers, filled with fresh water and sealed. In a cool room, the berries will stay fresh throughout the winter due to the presence of benzoic acid in them.
Lingonberries will survive well if you just pour it with cold clean water. But you can add to the container:
- liquorice root;
- mint;
- spoiled milk;
- Antonov apples;
- bread crusts;
- chicory.
Comment! After the berries are eaten, the water can be used as a mild laxative.
Recipes
Lingonberries soaked with sugar:
Lingonberries include a considerable number of culinary recipes. This is not surprising, because lingonberries can rightfully be called a traditionally Russian food. It is usually used to make jams, fruit drinks and jelly. But, probably, soaked lingonberries will be tastier. It is not inferior in its useful properties to fresh lingonberries. Such a harvest does not include preservatives, and storing lingonberry fruits not in a hermetically sealed container makes them even more useful.
For the recipe you will need:
- 5 kg fresh lingonberry
- 300 g sugar
- 4 l of water
- 5 g cinnamon
- 4 g cloves
Cooking method:
Lingonberries are sorted out, washed and dried with a paper towel. To prepare the syrup, the water is brought to a boil. Put sugar and spices (cloves and cinnamon) into the water. When the sugar dissolves in the boiling syrup, it is removed from the heat and cooled.
Lingonberries are laid out in a clean dish and poured over with chilled syrup. Cover the container with gauze, put a circle, and put oppression on the circle. The container with lingonberries is kept in a cold place (1 week). Then it can be consumed.
Lingonberries soaked with apples:
For cooking you will need:
- 1 kg lingonberry
- 5 glasses of water
- 500 g Chinese apples
- 3 cups granulated sugar
Lingonberries are washed and placed in a prepared container (alternating with thoroughly washed apples). All this is poured with cooked and well-chilled syrup. Then everything is done in the same way as when cooking soaked lingonberries. Instead of Chinese apples, you can take any others (Antonov's apples are best suited), which are cut in half before cooking. To add flavor, you can use lemon zest or cinnamon cloves. Syrup is boiled with these spices, then it will need to be filtered.
Lingonberries soaked with apples and spices:
For the recipe you will need:
- lingonberry
- for filling:
- water - 1 l
- salt - 1-2 tablespoons
- sugar - 2-3 tbsp.
- apples
- allspice, cinnamon - to taste
Preparation:
Sort freshly picked berries, wash in cold water and pour into prepared dishes. For pouring, dissolve sugar and salt in water, bring to a boil, cool and pour berries. To improve the taste, you can add peeled slices of aromatic apples, allspice, cinnamon. Cover the top with a linen cloth, put a circle and oppression.Withstand 6-7 days at a temperature of 18-20C or 8-9 days at 12-15C, then transfer the dishes with lingonberries to a cold place. After 25-30 days, the lingonberry is ready to eat.
Soaked pears with lingonberries:
For the recipe you will need:
- 10 kg pears
- 1.5 kg lingonberries
Pouring: for 10 liters of water - 10 teaspoons of yogurt, 2 tablespoons of salt, 1 tablespoon of dry mustard.
Arrange the pears in rows, sprinkle with lingonberries and cover with black currant leaves. Pour cold wort, cover with a cloth, put a circle and oppression. For the first 8-10 days, keep at a temperature of 18-22 ° C, making sure that the top layer of pears is covered with wort, and top up if necessary. Then transfer to a cold place for additional fermentation. After 1.5 months, the pears should be ready to eat.
Soaked lingonberries without sugar:
Sort fresh ripe lingonberries, rinse in cold water, put on a sieve, dry, put in large jars (at least 3 liters), pour cold boiled water without sugar. Do not put apples in such lingonberries. Soaked lingonberry gives the dishes a pleasant, spicy, sweet and sour taste. It is served as a seasoning for a variety of meat dishes, game dishes, etc. You can make a wonderful sauce from soaked lingonberries by adding spices to the berries.
Lingonberry water, obtained by soaking lingonberry berries, is tasty and good thirst quencher, but has a mild laxative effect.
