Preparations of lingonberries for the winter: the best recipes. Soaked lingonberries: both medicine and delicacy

Hello dear readers. Today I will have a guest post. For a long time I wanted to touch on the topic of harvesting lingonberries for the winter. But lingonberries do not grow in our area, and as you already know, I check the recipes myself, and I give you only proven recipes. And in order to get out of the situation, I found a person who harvests lingonberries himself. And although the recipes will be without step-by-step photos, but they are verified. And Natalia Bogoyavlenskaya will talk about lingonberries, or rather recipes for cooking for the winter. I give her the floor.

Hello dear friends!

We, city dwellers, do not have the joy of stocking up on a large harvest of berries every year. The emotions that I experienced while picking lingonberry bushes, completely strewn with ripe, juicy fruits of rich red-burgundy color - it's just incredible!

In September, at the height of the Indian summer, when the weather was warm and sunny, we responded to the invitation of our friends from Novgorod to visit them. They said that this year lingonberries are apparently invisible.

You will not believe! In the forest and on sunny glades - a solid, red carpet. Sit down and pick up half a bucket of berries in one place. You don't even have to go far into the forest. For a couple of days we loaded the trunk in the car to the eyeballs. In St. Petersburg we gave gifts to our relatives and we ourselves had enough work for two weeks to make preparations for the winter.

Now I will tell you how I coped with such a large harvest, in what form I save lingonberries for the winter and what recipes for cooking delicious dishes I have already tried to make. I just enjoy this healthy and tasty berry. The family love it too.

By the way, about the benefits of lingonberries! In this article, I have published everything related to the beneficial properties of berries, their composition, health effects and use in the treatment of many diseases. Read, very useful information, if you don't already know about lingonberries. Now let's move on to the recipes!

Cowberry recipes for winter preparations

Lingonberries with sugar in a blender

I took a kilogram of lingonberries, sorted and washed with running water through a colander. Then dried it on a paper towel. Placed in an enameled bowl with high sides. I added one kilogram and 300 grams of granulated sugar, rubbed the mixture with a blender. Let it sit for a bit for the sugar to dissolve. Then transfer to dry, steam-sterilized jars. Close with lids. By the way, sugar can be replaced with natural honey. This is very useful, but it will also cost much more. And you can not add sugar at all or at least, about 300 gr. Nothing terrible will happen, the product will not deteriorate, because. lingonberries contain benzoic acid, which has antibacterial properties. Store in refrigerator. In winter, you can drink tea with pureed lingonberries, make a fruit drink out of it, just dilute it with water and drink it.

Recipe for cranberry juice

Morse is my favorite drink. Even in childhood, my mother made us such a drink from cranberries or lingonberries. How do I make cranberry juice? I do not cook it, because at a high temperature most of the vitamins will be destroyed. I just take as many berries from my blanks (frozen, soaked in water) as I need. For example, two glasses. After defrosting with a crusher, I squeeze the juice through a colander. I put the peels in a saucepan, fill with water and cook for 5 - 10 minutes. Once again I strain through a colander. I add the cooled broth to the juice from the berries. It is best to sweeten the juice with honey, but you can also use sugar. Everything, delicious fruit drink is ready! Drink and rejoice. And just like with a cold, it is pleasant and useful, you just can’t convey it.

Recipe for pickled cranberries

For the winter, you can prepare soaked lingonberries. It will be very tasty and can be added as a side dish to meat and poultry. Can be added to salads or vinaigrette.

Let's make the syrup first. For a liter of water, take 2 tbsp. sand and 2 teaspoons of salt. And also add peas of allspice and cloves buds of 7 - 8 pieces. One stick of cinnamon will not be superfluous. Boil the syrup for 10 minutes.

By this time, we will prepare 1 kg of clean, dry berries. If you use in the winter, then it can be frozen or stored berries in jars of water.

And then everything is simple! Place the berries in an enameled bowl, add syrup, mix - and cleanly washed and scalded with boiling water jars. Closed with lids. In winter, this is such a delicious variety! It cannot be compared with any ketchups and sauces.

Marinated cranberries with apples for the winter

To be honest, I did not use this recipe, but I liked it. At our dacha in a year there are harvests of Antonov apples. M.b. Someday this recipe will come in handy. But I will introduce you to him.

You need to take a kilogram of lingonberries and half a kilogram of apples. Berries should be washed, then dried on a paper towel. And cut the apples into slices, removing the core. We put it all in banks. Cook the marinade: 700 ml of water, 100 ml of 9% vinegar, 250 g of sand, half a teaspoon of salt, cinnamon, pepper and cloves to taste. Pour lingonberries with boiling syrup. We sterilize jars for 10 - 15 minutes. Then the jars are wrapped and left until the next day. Judging by the reviews, they never exploded.

How to make lingonberry jam

I also made enough of this jam in the fall. For one and a half kilograms of washed and dried berries, I took a kilogram of sand and a glass of water.

I took a bowl for making jam. I put sugar and water in there. She let the syrup boil, stirring the sugar all the time until it was completely dissolved, and then boiled for another 7 minutes. After that, the berries were poured into the boiling syrup. Bring to a boil and boil them for 7 minutes. The fire subsided. Removed foam all the time. After that, the basin must be removed from the fire and immediately poured into sterile jars, Close the lids.

Usually I always cook blackcurrant jam this way, but then the jars must be insulated and left until the next day. Otherwise, mold will form on top of many jars. I decided not to risk it and did the same with lingonberry jam. Although, benzoic acid, which is contained in lingonberries, should protect the jam from mold.

This is not all tasty and healthy lingonberry preparations for the winter! I have something else in store for you. So a little patience and let's see what recipes for winter preparations we can make at home.

How to make cranberry jam

If you want to get a gentle jam of a uniform consistency, you need to prepare it as follows. Take a kilogram of berries. If you are making jam during the berry season, use fresh berries. Now, in winter, you can use frozen ones. Defrost them, clean, rinse and dry.

It is necessary that the berries are soft, so we put the autumn berries on the fire and add half a glass of water, let it boil and immediately remove from the heat. We knead the berries with a tolokushka, pass through cheesecloth, laid in a sieve. Add a little more water to the pomace and boil. Then pass through the sieve again. Now add 500 g of sand to the berry puree, stir with a spoon and put on fire. Let it boil, remove the foam and boil for 10 minutes. Pour hot jam into sterile jars, close the lids, wrap the jars and leave until the next day. We store in a cool place. Such a delicate jam is very fond of children with pancakes, cottage cheese casserole, spread on a bun.

If we cook the jam for a long time, it will thicken with us, the volume will decrease by half. Place this mass in sterile jars, roll up and store in a cool place. You will get confiture or marshmallow. It's like marmalade, you can cut it with a knife, make lingonberry sweets, roll in powdered sugar and treat the kids.

Recipe for shortbread pie with lingonberries

There are a lot of recipes for pies with lingonberry filling on the Internet. They are made on yeast dough, sand, puff. I chose such a pie for our family - on shortcrust pastry with berries. Topped with sour cream whipped with sugar. As it was Saturday, friends came to visit. The pie was a huge success. It’s a pity that it wasn’t enough, he left! How did I do it?

I took 500 g of frozen lingonberries, washed them, put them to dry on a paper towel. In the meantime, I started making the dough. In an enameled bowl I put a pack of softened butter - 200 gr. I added granulated sugar - 200 gr, broke two eggs there and one teaspoon of baking powder or half a teaspoon of soda quenched with vinegar. Added 100 gr of sour cream. I mixed all the ingredients with a large wooden spoon and gradually began to add the sifted flour. In total, approximately 500 - 600 gr. Knead the dough so that it is soft and without lumps. I put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Then she rolled out the dough and laid it on a greased baking sheet. The edges of the dough are slightly raised to form sides. Berries laid out on the dough, leveled. The oven should be at a temperature of 180 degrees for 40 minutes.

It remains to take 20% sour cream - 300 gr, add a glass of sand, beat with a mixer and pour onto our hot pie. Let it stand for a few hours, soak. It turned out very tasty!

lingonberry liqueur

How can you do without lingonberry liqueur if you have such a large crop of lingonberries! Let's do it for the New Year! Own - it is always better than purchased.

I took 500 grams of berries, thawed, washed, dried and mashed with a tolkushka. I placed it in a three-liter jar, poured 500 ml of vodka, closed the lid, and mixed. Put in a cool place for a week.

After that, filtered through a fine sieve, removed the cake. I placed the liquid part in a saucepan, added 400 grams of sand - and on the stove. Heat and stir sugar. Bring to a boil, but do not boil. All! Poured into decanters. Liquor is ready for the holiday. Let it stand, waiting for the New Year.

Well, what about friends! As you can see, you can make very tasty and healthy preparations for the winter from lingonberries. Recipes now you have! It's a matter of small. If you have frozen lingonberries, make something delicious out of it. And if not, then bookmark the article until future lingonberry crops.

What to cook from lingonberries? The answer to this question should be found by every person who prefers to take care of his health in advance, before the appearance of various problems.

The people call the beautiful cranberry berry the “berry of immortality” or the “miracle berry”, because it is very useful for our body. The healing properties of lingonberries have been used for centuries by alternative medicine in the treatment and prevention of such diseases as: colds, salt deposits, arthritis, diabetes, jaundice, hypertension, anemia, coronary heart disease and many others. The berry lends itself very well to conservation in the form of jam, compote, soaked, dried, grated with sugar. It is also very popular in the kitchen when preparing sauces, mousses, salads, jelly and as an ingredient in various recipes, which we will discuss below.

Cowberry jam

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of cranberries;
• 1.5 kg of sugar.

Cooking:

Sort the lingonberries, discarding rotten and unripe ones. Rinse the cranberries under running water. Boil water in a separate pan and dip the berries into it for 2-3 minutes. Boil 70% sugar syrup in another saucepan and dip warm berries into it and cook until tender. Arrange the jam in clean and sterile jars and roll up. To keep the jars sterile, put them in a cold oven and bring the temperature to 150 degrees. Leave them upside down on the rack in the oven for 15 minutes. Let cool slightly and add jam.

Cowberry jam with apples

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of cranberries;
• 1 kg of apples;
• 1.4 kg of sugar.

Cooking:

Sterilize the jars in the oven for 15-20 minutes. Wash sweet apples, peel, remove seeds and cut into slices. Boil water and dip apples in it for 8 minutes. Try not to overcook. Sort out the cranberries and wash. Dip the berries for 2 minutes in boiling water, remove, let drain and transfer to boiling 70% syrup of water and sugar. Bring the jam to readiness. 15 minutes before the end of cooking, carefully transfer soft apples to the lingonberries, mix and cook the jam. If you like bright flavors, you can add vanillin, or cinnamon, or lemon zest to the jam. Pour the finished jam into sterile jars and roll up with iron lids.

Lingonberries with carrots and sugar

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of cranberries;
• 450 g carrots;
• 350 g sugar.

Cooking:

Sort and wash the lingonberries, put on a towel so that a little glass of water. Wash the carrots, peel, cut off the edges and wash again. Cut carrots into slices 5 mm thick. Boil water and dip lingonberries in it for 1 minute, and then carrots for 4 minutes. Now pour the berries into a saucepan and add sugar and mix. Put on fire, bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes. Then add the carrots and boil to a temperature of 102 ° C, stirring all the time. Arrange the finished jam in sterile jars, roll up and sterilize: half a liter for 15 minutes, and a liter for 20 minutes.

Lingonberry-blueberry jam

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of cranberries;
• 1 kg of blueberries;
• 1.4 kg of sugar.

Cooking:

Boil cranberries and blueberries in boiling water. Drain in a colander, let the water drain and wipe. Add sugar to the resulting puree and mix well. Boil the jam until tender: the sugar should melt completely, and the berries should change color to a darker one. Sterilize the jars in the oven: half a liter for 15 minutes and a liter for 20 minutes. Spread the jam on the banks and roll up.

Soaked cranberries

Ingredients:

• 1 kg cranberries;
• 300 g of sugar;
• 300 ml of water;
• 50 g of salt;
• cloves, cinnamon to taste.

Cooking:

Sort and rinse the berries well. Prepare the fill. To do this, boil water with salt, sugar, cloves, cinnamon and cool. Now tightly fill clean jars with berries. Pour in chilled filling to cover the top layer of lingonberries. Now press down with oppression so that the berries do not float up and mold does not develop. Put lingonberries in a cool place for 20-35 days. Store the finished lingonberries in the refrigerator or cellar. You can eat it all winter, as well as drink the filling.

Cowberry juice

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of lingonberries;
• 5 glasses of hot water;
• 0.5 cups of sugar.

Cooking:

Sort the lingonberries, rinse under running water, mash and squeeze the juice through cheesecloth. Drain the juice from the jar and refrigerate. Pour the pomace with hot water and bring to a boil. Fold gauze in three layers and strain the resulting hot drink. Then cool the broth to room temperature, add the juice from the refrigerator and sugar. Stir and store in the refrigerator.

lingonberry jam

Ingredients:

• 1 kg cranberries;
• 0.5 kg of sugar.

Cooking:

Sort and wash lingonberries. Pour into a saucepan and sprinkle with sugar. Leave the berries with sugar to stand at room temperature for several hours. During this time, the berries will release juice. Now, using a pusher, mixer or blender, chop the berries. Pass the resulting puree through a sieve. Put on the stove, bring to a boil and cook over low heat for about an hour, stirring all the time. Pour hot jam into sterile jars and roll up. To sterilize, place clean jars on a cold oven rack and then bring the temperature up to 150°C. Fry the jars for half a liter for 15 minutes in the oven, and for a liter for 20 minutes. After cooling, it turns out just excellent healthy sweetness! The consistency of the jam will be thick and can be spread on bread or put into cubes on ice cream or yogurt.

Cowberry sauce for meat

Ingredients:

• 200 g lingonberries;
• 3 art. l. Sahara;
• 50 ml red semi-dry wine;
• 1 star anise;
• 1 cinnamon stick;
• 1 pinch of salt.

Cooking:

Sort and wash lingonberries. Transfer the berries to a saucepan, add wine, cinnamon, star anise, salt and sugar. Bring to a boil and boil for 5 minutes. Now remove the star anise and cinnamon, and chop the sauce itself with a blender. Make it with just a few turns of the blender so that some of the berries stay intact. Then the sauce will be more interesting and tastier. Transfer the sauce to a gravy boat and serve with meat or fish.

Frozen lingonberries

The easiest way to freeze lingonberries is on pallets or baking sheets covered with plastic wrap. Sort the berries, remove spoiled, burst, rotten. Spread the lingonberries in a thin layer on pallets, send to the freezer. After the berries are completely frozen, put them in bags, release excess air, tie tightly and store. In the freezer, such berries can be stored for several months.

Lingonberries with sugar, frozen for the winter

Ingredients:

• 800 g lingonberries;
• 1.5 cups of sugar.

Cooking:

Before preparing lingonberries for the winter, sort them out and rinse them under running water. Then drain in a colander and let the water drain. Now put the berry in a bowl and sprinkle with sugar. Using a blender, beat the berry with sugar to make a sweet puree. Prepare freezer bags. Pour some pureed lingonberries into each bag, press down to remove excess air. Then either tie the bag or seal it with an iron. If the bag is thin, wrap it in another bag. Place the bags in the pureed lingonberries in the freezer and use this vitamin ingredient in the winter to prepare a variety of healthy dishes.

Cowberry and pear jam

Ingredients:

• 700 g pears;
• 1 kg cranberries;
• 1 kg of sugar;
• 150 ml of water.

Cooking:

Pears will need ripe, but slightly firm. Wash the pears, remove the tails and the middle with seeds. Cut the pears into thin slices. Sort the lingonberries, wash and add to the basin with chopped pears. Pour the ingredients with water and leave them for 4 hours at room temperature so that the mass releases the juice. Now pour the sugar, mix again and pour into the pan. Bring the mass to a boil and cook over medium heat for 20 minutes, stirring the jam occasionally. Increase the heat and remove the resulting foam. Then reduce the heat again and cook for another 40 minutes. Pour the jam into clean jars and roll up.

Sauerkraut with cranberries

Ingredients:

• 300 cranberries;
• 1.5 kg of cabbage;
• 300 g carrots;
• 300 g of apples;
• 3 art. l. salt.

Cooking:

Remove rotten and dried leaves from cabbage. Then finely chop the cabbage. Now wash the apples, cut out the middle with the seeds and grate them on a coarse grater along with the skin. Peel the carrots, wash and grate also on a coarse grater. Sort the lingonberries, rinse and pour into a colander to glass. Now salt and mix all the prepared ingredients in one container: cabbage, carrots, lingonberries and apples. Ceramic, glass or wooden utensils are suitable for pickling. Transfer all the ingredients into such a container. Cover it with a lid or plate and place a weight on top. Leave for 5 days at room temperature. Then send the finished cabbage for storage in a cool place: refrigerator or cellar.

lingonberry water

Ingredients:

• 2 kg cranberries;
• 1 liter of water;
• honey to taste.

Cooking:

Sort the berries and rinse well through a colander. It is necessary to sort out the berries carefully. If rotten ones are caught, the drink may ferment. Put the berries in a clean three-liter jar. Fill with cold water. Leave to infuse for 2-3 months. If the berries are well sorted, the drink will not ferment, because. lingonberries have an antimicrobial effect due to the content of benzoic acid in them. After the specified time, drain the lingonberry water. It turns out to be very saturated. Now dilute each glass of lingonberry drink with two glasses of plain water. Add to this amount of liquid about 2 tbsp. l. honey, chop well until completely dissolved. Store this water in a cool place. Just in time for the winter holidays, you will have such a healthy and tasty, and most importantly, natural drink.

Cowberry Kurd

Ingredients:

• 300 g lingonberries;
• 50 ml lemon juice;
• 150 g of sugar;
• 6 eggs;
• 100 g butter.

Cooking:

If the lingonberries are fresh, then first sort them out and rinse under running water. If frozen, then thaw first. Mash and then rub the lingonberries through a sieve. Now pour the resulting puree into a saucepan and cook over low heat, adding lemon juice and a piece of butter. In a separate bowl, beat eggs with sugar. Now put the saucepan with lingonberry puree in a slightly larger saucepan with water to make a water bath. Gently add the beaten eggs to the lingonberry mixture and cook, stirring all the time over low heat until thickened. Cool and divide into jars. Such a Kurd can be served as a dessert or used to make yoghurts, cakes and pastry fillings.

Meringue roll with lingonberry sauce

Meringue Ingredients:

• 4 proteins;
• 150 g sugar.

Sauce Ingredients:

• 70 g lingonberries;
• 70 g of sugar;
• 2 tsp starch;
• 2 cloves crushed in a mortar.

Cooking:

Beat egg whites until stiff foam. Then, while continuing to beat, gradually add sugar in a spoon. Now take a baking paper and spread the meringue 1 cm thick on it in an even layer. Preheat the oven to 160°C and bake the meringue for 25 minutes. It will rise first and then fall. Don't be scared - that's right. Lay the meringue out on a paper towel to cool. Now prepare the filling - sauce. Sort the lingonberries, wash and beat with a blender, transfer to a saucepan, add sugar and grated cloves. Stir, immediately add starch, mix again and put on fire. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, remove from heat and set aside. For a thicker sauce, add more starch initially. Sprinkle the cooled meringue with powdered sugar and place powdered side down on another sheet of baking paper. Remove the paper the meringue was baked on. Spread the lingonberry sauce in an even layer. Now roll the roll with paper, it's very easy. Now cut into portions and serve.

Finnish mousse with cranberries

Ingredients:

• 200 g lingonberries;
• 70 g of semolina;
• 75 g of sugar;
• 0.5 tsp salt.

Cooking:

Sort and wash lingonberries. Now mix semolina, salt and sugar. Boil water separately and pour dry mixture with boiling water. Stir, put on fire and cook for five minutes, stirring all the time. Remove from heat and immediately pour lingonberries into the porridge. Stir and refrigerate. Beat with a mixer until fluffy. Pour into molds and refrigerate for 1 hour. Serve cold.

Pear-lingonberry sorbet

Ingredients:

• 300 g lingonberries;
• 250 g of juicy pears;
• 70 ml of water;
• ¼ cup brown sugar;
• cinnamon to taste.

Cooking:

Boil water in a saucepan and then dissolve the sugar in it. Wash the pears, remove the peel and seeds, cut into pieces. Boil them in boiling water until soft. Then sort, wash and add lingonberries to the pears. If lingonberries are frozen, immediately add them to the pan. Boil lingonberries with pears for 3 minutes and cool. Now, using a blender, beat the boiled pears with lingonberries into a homogeneous puree with cinnamon. Transfer the pear-lingonberry mass to a plastic container. Freeze the mass for 4 hours, remembering to stir it periodically. Serve in bowls with a mint leaf and a few cranberries.

Healthy lingonberry dessert

Ingredients:

• 300 g of frozen cranberries;
• 3 bananas;
• 200 ml of milk;
• 3 art. l. honey.

Cooking:

For this recipe, do not defrost the lingonberries to make the dessert more airy. Mix all the ingredients in one container and beat the mass at high speeds. Arrange in bowls and immediately serve this wonderful dessert for breakfast, dinner or on a festive sweet table.

Green tea with lingonberry and orange

Ingredients:

• 30 g lingonberries;
• 3 g cinnamon sticks;
• 7 g green tea (1 tsp);
• 20 g orange (2 slices);
• 1 pinch of dry mint;
• 400 ml of water.

Cooking:

Wash the orange and cranberries. Cut off a couple of orange slices and mash them together with lingonberries. Now transfer this mass to the teapot and add green tea, mint and cinnamon there. Fill everything with boiling water. Close the lid, cover with a towel and let the drink brew for 10-12 minutes. Then pour into cups and serve immediately.

As you can see, you can cook anything from lingonberries. There would be a desire. I hope after reading this article you have a desire - and the rest will follow!

Please share your lingonberry recipes in the comments.

Harvesting lingonberries for the winter occurs with 2 purposes: medicinal, culinary. To eliminate various pathological processes, wild berries are able to compete with garden ones. It contains the maximum amount of vitamins, micro and macro elements. It perfectly copes with lowering high body temperature, removes toxic compounds from the body and has a bright diuretic effect.

Speaking about cooking, the berry is allowed to be consumed fresh, soaked, pickled, dried, pickled. In addition, delicious fruit drinks, sauces, marinades, jams can be prepared from it, used as a simple treat or for filling in pastries. Vitamin preparation helps to support the human immune system, diversify the usual menu. Recipes for making lingonberries for the winter will help you quickly find out which preparations are needed for the cold weather.

Pickled berry with fruit

Marinated lingonberries, it turns out very tasty. By adding slices of apples and pears, the workpiece acquires a more refined taste and aroma. Having opened a jar with contents in winter, you can enjoy a bright assortment, remember the sunny summer and strengthen your immune system. Consider how to prepare a berry for the winter without cooking.

Products:

• lingonberries - 1.5 kg;
• pears - 750 g;
• apples - 750 g;
• filtered water - 900 ml;
• vinegar 9% - 190 ml;
• granulated sugar - 370 g;
• salt - 0.5 tsp;
• allspice peas to taste;
• cloves, cinnamon to taste.

The procedure is as follows:

1. Sort the berries, rinse thoroughly. Rinse the fruit, dry and cut into 4 equal slices. Put in boiling water and cook apples - up to 3 minutes, and pears up to 5. Throw on a sieve and rinse with ice water, wait for excess moisture to drain.
2. Rinse and dry the jars in the oven. Lay out berries, apples and pears in layers. Cover, put.
3. We proceed to the preparation of the marinade. To do this, combine water with sugar, salt, aromatic spices. Bring to a boil and cook until the dry ingredients are completely dissolved. Remove from the stove, pour in the acid, cover and leave on the table until completely cooled.
4. Fill glass jars with marinade. Cover with lids and sterilize. The warm-up time directly depends on the volume of the container: 2 l - up to 25 minutes, 1 l - 15 minutes, and 0.5 l - 10 minutes.
5. Roll up hermetically. Turn over and cool under a warm blanket. Put away for storage in the cellar or refrigerator.

Lingonberries without sugar

Preserving useful properties and vitamins in the berry is easy. It is enough to prepare preservation without the use of granulated sugar. Lingonberries in their own juice are obtained with a tart, sour taste. It can be used by people with high blood sugar, obesity or overweight. In winter, preservation is served at the table in several variations. For example, combine with honey or use as a component for baking, decorating cakes and pastries.

Sort out the main ingredient carefully. For conservation, it is recommended to use even and not rumpled fruits. Of the rest, in addition to rotten ones, it is necessary to make freshly squeezed juice.

Place lingonberries in a cooking pot, pour in ready-made juice in the ratio: 3 parts (juice) to 7 parts (lingonberries). Set on a hot burner and, at the first sign of boiling, quickly pour into sterile jars. Cover with lids and sterilize. In time, 1 liter - 10 minutes, 3 liters - 20 minutes. Roll up, cool and store in the cellar.

Sweet jam without cooking

For lovers of sweets, we suggest considering a recipe for making lingonberries with sugar for the winter without cooking . If the technology is observed, the dish is not candied and stands perfectly all winter, but in a cool room.

Products:

• lingonberries - 1.5 kg;
• granulated sugar - 1.5 kg.

Then we do this:

1. Sort the berries, remove spoiled fruits, debris and twigs. Put in a saucepan, rinse in several waters. Drain in a colander and wait for excess moisture to drain. Spread out on a clean cloth, dry for 10-15 minutes.
2. Put the prepared component in the blender bowl and grind until smooth. You can also wipe it with a sieve with small cells, or through a food processor or meat grinder.
3. Combine the mass with sugar. Mix thoroughly using a wooden spoon. Cover with a cloth and leave the mixture in this form in a cool place for 10-12 hours. For better dissolution of grains of sugar.
4. After the time has elapsed, wash the jars with soap and dry in the oven. Pour lingonberries with sugar, close with a screw or silicone lid and put in a cool place for further storage.

B cranberry soaked for the winter

The urination process is perfect even for those housewives who live in apartments. The preparation is very tasty, with a lot of useful compounds. It can be added when preparing marinades for meat, make a tonic juice, or use it as a filling for pancakes, pancakes or pies.

Products:

• cowberry;
• clean water - 1 l;
• granulated sugar - 200 g.

1. First of all, it is worth preparing a container in which cooking will take place. They must be washed and warmed up in the oven.
2. Sort the berries, remove spoiled and rotten, twigs, debris. Rinse under running water in a colander and wait for excess moisture to drain.
3. In the meantime, let's start preparing the filling. To do this, combine water with sugar. Bring to a boil, cook for a few minutes until the sweet product is completely dissolved. Remove from stove, cover and leave to cool.
4. In the meantime, fill jars with lingonberries to the very top. Pour in chilled sweet water and close the lid. Remove containers with contents in a cool, dark place. That's all the vitamin preparation is ready.

Fruit and berry treat

According to this recipe, lingonberries in syrup are obtained with a rich taste and spicy aroma. It is perfectly stored not only in a cool place, but also at room temperature.

Products:

• lingonberries - 500 g;
• pure water - 250 ml;
• granulated sugar - 750 g;
• carnation - 3 inflorescences;
• apples - 130 g;
• lemon peel from 1 fruit.

1. Sort out the main ingredient, wash and dry. Rinse the apples, remove the seed box and the place of attachment of the stalk. Cut into small pieces.
2. Pour the indicated amount of liquid into an enameled pan, add granulated sugar. Bring to a boil, stirring regularly, reduce heat and continue cooking until thick.
3. Then add an apple, chopped citrus zest. Stir and continue cooking for another quarter of an hour.
4. Add lingonberries to the syrup, mix and heat for 5 minutes. Just before switching off, add cloves.
5. Pack in sterile jars, close tightly and store in a cool place after cooling.

Lingonberry liqueur

Products:

• lingonberries - 1 kg;
• high-quality vodka - 1 l;
• granulated sugar - 800 g;
• clean water - 6 liters.

Then we follow the instructions:

1. Sort out the main component, remove debris and other unsuitable parts for food. Put in a colander and rinse thoroughly under running water, dry.
2. Grind to a puree state with a blender or food processor. Put in a clean glass jar, fill with water and vodka. Close and refrigerate for 1 week.
3. After the specified time, strain through a sieve and cheesecloth. Pour into an enameled container and sprinkle with granulated sugar.
4. Set on the stove, setting the average heating mode. With regular stirring, wait until the sweet ingredient is completely dissolved. When the first bubbles appear on the surface, turn off the fire. You can't boil. Pour into convenient bottles, cool and store in a dark, cool place.

What to do with cranberries? This question is asked by many lovers of the mentioned berry. It should be noted that using such a product, you can cook completely different dishes, including jam, fruit drinks, sauces, pies, and more.

In this article, we will tell you in detail about what to do with lingonberries. This berry is not only very tasty, but also surprisingly healthy. Thanks to benzoic acid, it is kept fresh for a very long time, so cooks often use it to prepare various dishes and drinks.

What to do with lingonberries: cooking recipes

Tasty and healthy lingonberry juice with honey is prepared both from fresh and from. Moreover, a drink made on the basis of such a berry can be consumed both cold and hot.

So what to do with cranberries? Of course, delicious juice. For this we need:

• drinking water (from the tap) - about 8-10 glasses;
• frozen or fresh lingonberries - about 250-300 g;
• fresh flower or linden honey - about 50 g;
• fine beet sugar - add to your liking.

Drink preparation method

Before telling you about how and what can be made from lingonberries, you should tell how this berry is processed. It is sorted out from the garbage, and then laid out in a colander or sieve and washed well.

As soon as all the excess moisture drains from the lingonberries, it is laid out in a large bowl and covered with sugar. You should not add too much sweet spice, as we will additionally use fresh honey.

After carefully mixing the components, they are put on the stove and turn on a very weak fire. When the granulated sugar begins to dissolve, about 8-10 glasses of drinking water are poured into the bowl.

After bringing the drink to a boil, it is boiled for 2 minutes, and then removed from the heat. After that, the juice is allowed to cool completely. And only after that fresh honey is added to it.

After mixing the products, the drink is filtered through gauze or a sieve directly into a decanter or bottle. After cooling it, fruit drink is served to the table along with a sprig of mint and crushed ice. By the way, there are some housewives who prefer to drink lingonberry drink warm.

Making delicious meat

About what to do with lingonberries for the winter, we will tell a little further. Now I want to present you a step-by-step recipe for making meat sauce. Thanks to the tasty and fragrant berry, this dressing turns out to be unusual and moderately sweet.

What to do with fresh lingonberries and how to implement the presented recipe? For this we need the following products:

The process of making lingonberry sauce

What to do with cranberries? Recipes using this berry can be completely different. If you want to cook an unusual meat dinner, then we suggest making a fragrant sauce for it separately.

First you need to process the berry. It is sorted out and thoroughly washed in a sieve. Strongly shaking off the lingonberries, put them in a saucepan and alternately add all the spices (beet sugar, ground cinnamon, chopped ginger, table salt and ground chili pepper).

Lightly crushing the berries with a crush, they are left in this form for half an hour (to let the juice go). After that, butter is added to the saucepan and immediately put on low heat. Bringing the components to a boil, pour them in and simmer without a lid for about 10 minutes (stirring regularly).

It is very popular among modern cooks. This dessert is incredibly tasty and healthy. It is well preserved in glass jars, which are placed either in the cellar or in the refrigerator.

So what to do with cranberries? Recipes for the winter may require the use of completely different products. We decided to make jam not only from berries, but also with the addition of sweet apples. This combination of products will allow you to get the most delicious and healthy dessert.

So, to implement the recipe, we need:

• fresh lingonberries - about 3 kg;
• fine beet sugar - 2.5 kg;
• large sweet apples - 5 pcs.;
• drinking water from the tap - 1 glass.

Step by step cooking method

What to do with lingonberries for the winter? Of course, tasty and healthy jam. First you need to process all the components.

The apples are washed well, peeled and peeled, and then cut into cubes. Fresh berries are also washed separately.

After the described actions, the chopped fruits are laid out in a deep bowl, poured with water and brought to a boil. Then granulated sugar is gradually poured into them and, carefully stirring, wait for its complete dissolution. By this time, the apples should be completely softened.

Pour fresh lingonberries to the fruit, bring the ingredients to a boil again and cook for about 5 minutes more. After a while, the finished dessert is laid out in sterilized jars, which are subsequently rolled up with lids and turned upside down. Covering the blanks with a thick blanket, they are left in this state until the jam has completely cooled.

After a day, the lingonberry dessert is removed in the refrigerator or cellar.

It is advisable to consume such a delicacy with a cup of hot tea, as well as toasted toast or cookies.

How to make soaked lingonberries for the winter?

Soaked lingonberries are an old dish of Russian cuisine. Such a product has long been considered a delicacy and could decorate absolutely any dinner.

Properly made lingonberries in syrup are stored for about 1 year or even more. This preparation is ideally combined with fish and meat dishes, as well as game and poultry. In addition, it is often added to salads and vinaigrette.

So how to make lingonberries in syrup? To do this, we may need the following ingredients:

Step by step cooking

In fact, there is nothing complicated in the preparation of soaked lingonberries. Ripe berries are carefully sorted, washed and dried. After that, glass jars are separately sterilized (over steam). Cowberries are laid out in them and left aside while the syrup is being prepared.

Pour 2 cups of water into a small saucepan and add lemon zest. Putting the dishes on the fire, the contents are allowed to boil for about 10 minutes. After that, the zest is removed, and granulated sugar is poured into the fragrant liquid.

After mixing the components, wait until all the sweet spice is completely dissolved. After boiling the ingredients for about three more minutes, they are removed from the heat and cooled.

Pour fresh lingonberries preferably only with cold syrup. Having filled the sterilized jars, they are immediately rolled up. In this form, a tasty and healthy workpiece is removed to a refrigerator or cellar. It is desirable to open it only after one month. During this time, the berry will be saturated with syrup, it will become more tasty and sweet.

How and with what to present to the table?

There are many ways to serve soaked lingonberries to the table. Someone uses it as a dessert (along with toast, cookies, etc.), someone adds it to various pies, and someone uses it as a sauce for meat, poultry, fish, etc.

It should also be noted that some cooks use this product to decorate all kinds of pastries, cakes and other holiday delicacies.

Summing up

Now you know what you can do with lingonberries for the winter. There is nothing difficult in creating such blanks. You just need to purchase a berry, carefully process it and add spices. It should also be noted that most culinary specialists do not subject lingonberries to heat treatment, since in the process it loses a significant amount of useful elements. If you can’t do without cooking, then it’s better to do it for a small amount of time (no longer than 3-5 minutes).

The article will tell you about how you can prepare lingonberries for the winter and what you can cook from it.

What will be required:

• fresh berry - liter jar
• Distilled water -
• Cowberry leaves - a handful of

Soak:

• Pour the berries with clean water (the water should not be hot, it should be at room temperature).
• Cover the neck of the jar with nylon or gauze (this will prevent insects from entering) and close the lid with holes.

Soaked in your juice

Lingonberries with honey for the winter without cooking: recipe

The storage recipe will allow you to have a real “vitamin bomb” with you in the cold season to prevent colds and infectious diseases, strengthen immunity and improve mood.

You will need:

• Berries - 1 kg. (selected and clean cranberries)
• Honey - 500 g (liquid, any grade)
• Water - as needed (purified or distilled).
• Cinnamon -¼ teaspoon
• Salt - pinch
• Carnation - 2-3 pcs.

How to soak:

• The berries are thoroughly washed with water and dried on a clean towel. After that, they should be poured into a clean jar.
• Sprinkle salt and cinnamon on top of the berries, put the cloves.
• Scald the berries with hot boiling water and drain it after 10-15 seconds.
• You can use the same water to make syrup.
• If you soak a berry in honey in a 2 liter jar, then you will need approximately 400 ml. water (maybe less, it all depends on the berries).
• Dissolve honey in water and pour the berries with the resulting syrup.
• Cover the jar with an ordinary plastic lid and put it in a cool place, you can eat lingonberries in honey in a month.

Lingonberries in honey

Lingonberries grated with sugar for the winter: recipe

The easiest way to prepare a delicious berry for the winter is to make it by rubbing it with sugar. Sugar will prevent lingonberries from spoiling, and the absence of heat treatment will preserve all the vitamin and nutritional properties as it is present in fresh berries.

The modern age of technology allows you not to spend a lot of time manually grinding berries through a sieve, now you can use a special meat grinder or combine with a nozzle, as well as chop the berries with a blender, mixing with sugar. It is very simple, and most importantly - fast.

How to prepare grated lingonberries:

• Grind the berry in any way, the remaining cake (for example, if you do it through a sieve) can be discarded.
• The proportions of berries and sugar should be 1:1
• Mix the berry puree with sugar thoroughly and arrange in jars.
• Cover the jars with plastic lids and store them in a cool place.

Cranberries grated with sugar

Lingonberries with apples for the winter: recipes

There are a lot of them and they are all very useful and tasty. This berry can be combined with other fruits and fruits: apples, pears, strawberries, strawberries, blueberries and much more. Thus, you get not only "vitamin", but also the original jam.

You will need:

• Apple - 1 kg. (preferably a sweet variety)
• Cowberry - 1 kg. (selected and washed berries)
• Sugar - 1 kg. (amount of sugar according to your preference)
• Cinnamon - 1-2 sticks (can be replaced with ground)
• Juice of half 1 lemon

Cooking:

• The apple should be peeled, cut into slices or cubes.
• The berries are washed and added to the apple
• Sprinkle with sugar and let the apple and lingonberry juice
• This will take you several hours.
• Put the dishes on the fire and bring to a boil, stirring very carefully so that the sugar does not burn.
• Dip in the cinnamon sticks
• Boil the mass over low heat for no more than 5 minutes
• Squeeze lemon juice and stir, then turn off
• The jam should be cooled and after a while bring it to a boil again and only then roll it up.

Cowberry and apple jam

Lingonberry sauce and seasoning for meat: a recipe for the winter

The proposed recipe involves the preparation of a large amount of lingonberry sauce for meat. This sauce can be stored in jars in the refrigerator or cellar.

You will need:

• Cowberry berries - 450-500 g (selected and washed)
• Cinnamon - 1.5-2 tsp (can be replaced with sticks).
• Starch (any)- 1 tbsp. (with a small slide
• Table wine (preferably white dry)- 80-100 ml.
• Sugar- 100-150 g (to taste)
• Water- 1 glass (no more than 200 ml).

Cooking:

• Pour the berries into a saucepan and fill with water, boil
• Berries should be boiled for about 5 minutes.
• After cooking, beat the mass with a blender
• Add wine to the mass and put on a small fire
• Add cinnamon and sugar, cook for a few more minutes
• Add starch, mix thoroughly
• Bring to a boil again and remove from heat.

IMPORTANT: The sauce goes well with different types of meat. It can be both boiled and baked. It is best to season fried meat with sauce. Pleasant sourness neutralizes fat content and makes the process of digesting even the heaviest meat easier. In addition, the sweetness and acidity of lingonberries goes well with pork, the sauce can also be combined well with fried shish kebab, beef steak, lamb and especially duck breast. The sauce can be added as a dressing to a warm salad. As a side dish, you can use boiled vegetables, baked, boiled, stewed, fried potatoes, boiled cereals, asparagus, green beans, broccoli.

Cowberry sauce for meat

Cowberry crushed for the winter: recipe and photo

Crushed lingonberries are a great way to prepare a berry for the winter so that it retains the maximum of its nutrients. Crushed lingonberries do not lend themselves to any heat treatment and therefore do not lose their vitamin.

Do-it-yourself crushed lingonberries can be used to prepare delicious fruit drinks, compotes, sauces, jams and toppings for baking in the winter. In a cool and dark place, crushed lingonberries can be stored for up to 2-3 years, provided that you prepare the berry correctly.

How to prepare crushed lingonberries:

• The number of berries is not limited, you choose the size of the jar for storing berries yourself. The berry mass should completely fill the jar.
• Before cooking, rinse the berry with running water, dry it, spreading it in an even layer on a clean towel.
• Then pour the berry into a saucepan with a high rim and use a potato masher (special kitchen tool) to start pounding and crushing the berry.
• You can do this immediately with the entire amount of lingonberries or in portions. Each time filling the jar with pulp and juice.
• The filled jar should be covered with a layer of gauze folded several times (over the neck) and covered with a lid with holes. Store in a cellar or refrigerator.

Preparation of crushed lingonberries

Cowberry juice for the winter: a simple recipe

Morse is the healthiest of all drinks. Morse contains the maximum amount of vitamin berries from which it is prepared. Morse can be closed in jars or stored in the refrigerator. You can prepare fruit drink from fresh berries (preferably), frozen, soaked, crushed or berries in syrup (honey).

Morse from fresh lingonberries:

• Berries (the number is not limited) should be rubbed through a sieve. You can also grind them in a blender - it's much easier. After grinding, strain the berry mass through gauze, put the juice in the refrigerator, and pour the cake and the soft part with water and put on fire.
• Boil the soft part of lingonberries for about 20 minutes over moderate or low heat, add the preferred amount of sugar if desired. If you like a spicy flavor, you can put a cinnamon stick, if fresh - mint.
• Cover the resulting “compote” with a lid and let it brew until it cools to room temperature.
• Strain the drink through cheesecloth so that all the pulp does not get into the juice.
• Mix the resulting "compote" with the juice of berries, the fruit drink is ready.

IMPORTANT: If you are closing the fruit drink for the winter, you should bring the mass to a boil after mixing and roll it into jars.

Preparation of lingonberry juice

Lingonberry jam for the winter: delicious blanks

Jam is a thick and homogeneous jam, which is not only tasty and healthy, but also very convenient for making desserts and pastries. Lingonberry jam can be easily spread on toast, added to pie, oven pies and other dishes.

You will need:

• Lingonberry berry - 1.5 kg. (fresh, washed and selected, but jam can also be made from frozen and soaked, crushed berries).
• Sugar - 800 g (up to 1 kg, depending on your preferences, the more sugar - the thicker the jam).
• Lemon - juice of half a fruit
• Pectin - 10 g (can be replaced with starch or completely eliminated if you add a lot of sugar).

Cooking:

• The berry is rubbed through a sieve or carefully interrupted with a blender so that no thick skins remain.
• The berry mass is mixed with sugar and put on fire. Stir the mass very thoroughly during the entire cooking process so that the sugar dissolves, but does not burn.
• The jam should be boiled for up to 20 minutes, all the time without ceasing to interfere. If the mass remains liquid, add pectin. Pectin can also be replaced with ordinary gelatin or agar-agar (pre-soaked in water). One sachet is enough.
• After boiling, roll the hot mass into jars

Preparation of lingonberry jam

Cowberry syrup for the winter: how easy is it to cook?

Prepared lingonberry syrup can be used to make drinks, season desserts, dishes and meat with it. It is best to prepare syrup from fresh berries.

Preparation of lingonberry syrup:

• Half a kilo of selected berries should be washed with water and dried
• After that, pour the berries into a saucepan and cover them with 0.5 kg of sugar (the ratio of berries and sugar is 1: 1).
• The fire should be small, boil the syrup for 15 minutes, stirring it thoroughly: the sugar will melt, and the berries will release juice, press the berries a little so that there is more liquid and the mass does not burn.
• Grind the boiled syrup in a blender and, while still warm, strain through a double layer of gauze. Discard the cake, and store the syrup in a cool place.

Do-it-yourself lingonberry syrup

Cowberries in the water for the winter: an easy way

You can soak lingonberries in ordinary clean water, where the berry will release juice. If you use boiled or distilled water, the washed berry will not spoil and will not ferment. Such a blank can be stored in the cellar for up to a year. If desired, the berry can be poured with sweet water (add sugar or honey).

What will be required:

• fresh berry - liter jar
• Distilled water - 2 liters (or cold boiled).

Soak:

• The berries should be carefully sorted and washed with running water, dry them by spreading them on a clean surface.
• Pour the berries into a 3-liter jar (previously sterilized) and cover the berries with lingonberry leaves.
• Pour the berries with clean and cold water
• Cover the neck of the jar with nylon or gauze and close the lid with holes.
• The jar should be removed for storage in a cool place: cellar, basement, refrigerator.

Cowberries in the water: preparations for the winter

How to preserve lingonberries for the winter?

The most popular and convenient way to preserve lingonberries for the winter is to make compote. It is not difficult to make it, because the berries should not be boiled for a long time and subjected to prolonged heat treatment.

For one 3-liter jar you will need:

• Cowberry- 1.5 cups of selected and clean berries
• Lemon- 2-3 slices
• Cinnamon- 0.5-1 stick
• A few lingonberry leaves
• Sugar- 1 cup (maybe a little more, it's up to your taste).

Cooking:

• The first thing to do is to sterilize the jar in a convenient and proven way for you.
• Pour your washed and dried berries into jars
• Fill the jar to the top with boiling water and let it stand for 10-15 minutes.
• Then drain the water and bring back to a boil.
• Place the lemon, leaves, and cinnamon (if desired) over the berries in a jar.
• Pour sugar and pour boiling water, roll up the jar

Preparations for the winter: lingonberry compote

Marinated lingonberries for the winter: a recipe for pickling berries

Marinated has a pleasant spicy taste due to the addition of spices. It can also be used as a base for making drinks, sauces and desserts.

You will need:

• fresh berry - 1 kg. (selected and washed, dried)
• Distilled water - 1 liter (you can replace the usual boiled, cold).
• Sugar- 40-50 g. (3-5 tablespoons according to your preferences)
• Salt- 1-2 tsp (According to your taste, it is better to use sea salt).
• Carnation- 5-7 pcs. spice buds
• Cinnamon- 1 stick (can be replaced with 1 tsp ground)
• Allspice- 4-6 peas

Workpiece:

• Wash the berries and pour them into a pickling jar (for example, 2 liters will be enough).
• Pour spices
• Dissolve salt and sugar in water, bring to a boil.
• Fill the berry with hot water, cover and remove for pickling.
• Store the jar in a cold and dark place, such lingonberries can be stored for up to a year.

Spicy, pickled lingonberries: preparations

Salted cranberries for the winter: a simple recipe

Salted cranberries are the basis for the preparation of sauces and seasonings, dressings for meat and vegetable dishes, sauerkraut.

You will need:

• Cowberry berries - 1 kg. (selected, washed and dried).
• Pure water - 1 liter (distilled or boiled)
• Sugar - 1 tsp (without slide)
• Salt - 4-5 tsp (preferably use)
• Several cloves

Workpiece:

• Pure berry is poured into a sterilized jar
• Prepare the marinade: boil water and dissolve salt and sugar in it, add spices.
• Pour the berries with the resulting hot marinade, cover with gauze and a lid with holes, put away for storage in a cool place.

How to keep lingonberries fresh for the winter?

There are several ways to prepare lingonberries before winter, preserving the maximum amount of useful substances of the berry:

• soak- in this case, the berry is not subjected to heat treatment, which means that it does not lose its beneficial properties. You can fill the berry with syrup or crush it and leave it in its own juice.
• marinate- in this case, the berry also does not heat up and does not lose its vitamins. To prevent the berry from spoiling, sugar and salt should be added to the marinade. It is also good to keep the berry in honey.
• To freeze- this method is much “more useful” than cooking jams and compotes, as it does not heat lingonberries. It is important to freeze the berry in the “dry” way. Another condition that must be observed is a single defrosting, without re-freezing.

How to freeze lingonberries for the winter without sugar?

Freezing berries:

• Wash lingonberries
• Dry it completely in the open air so that no moisture remains on the berries.
• Pour the berries into containers or a double layer of plastic bag.
• Send the bag to the freezer (dry freeze), tie it in one knot.
• It is impossible to take out the berry until it is completely frozen.

IMPORTANT: You can also grind the berry with a blender and pour the mass into plastic bottles washed with soda. Do not fill the bottle to the brim, leave 2-3 cm from the neck empty. It is convenient to store cranberries in a 0.5 liter bottle. A frozen bottle does not have to be thawed: cut it in half with a knife and remove the contents.

How to freeze lingonberries for the winter?

How to dry lingonberries at home in the oven?

You can dry the berries at home. To do this, you need a conventional oven:

• Wash and dry the berries
• Spread it out in an even layer on a baking sheet.
• Send the berry to the oven
• Turn the temperature to 50-60 degrees
• Dry the berries for several hours, you will need about 3-4 hours.
• Every hour, take the leaf out of the oven, shake it and evenly distribute the berries again.

Video: “Cowberry - search, collection, cleaning, sugaring. Preparation recipe "