Preparation
1 way
We sort and rinse the berries. Afterwards we let the lingonberries drain: we lay the fruits on the canvas.
As soon as the water has drained, fill clean liters with fruit. Be sure to leave room in the bank. Sterilization of the container is done using steam from a boiling kettle.
The next step is to place the containers on a baking sheet lined with a towel. Place in the oven and monitor the temperature. She shouldn't grow. At certain Celsius temperatures, vitamins are destroyed. We take out the lingonberries as soon as they release juice. If desired, add sugar as a raw material and simmer our product in the oven. We do this procedure several times so that the berries fill the space in the jar.
As soon as there is enough juice and the liters are completely filled, carefully remove the workpiece from the oven and roll it up. Sealed and nylon lids are suitable. Afterwards, we put the stewed lingonberries in the switched off oven to cool, since the berries do not need a cold place to cool. Room temperature will also work.
Method 2
We do the same operations with lingonberries: wash, dry. We prepare the containers for cleaning. Fill the jars with fruits and close them with a metal or plastic lid.
After the preparatory procedures, place a rag or towel in a large saucepan or basin, put the jars and fill the space around with water up to the shoulders of the containers with lingonberries. Place a large saucepan on the fire.
During cooking, the berries reduce in size as all the juice is released from them. After each settling, we replenish the supply in the liter. Fill until the fruits are gone. The lingonberries in the jar should be completely filled with juice.
Simmering usually takes about 40 minutes. The time depends on the volume of containers and the stove.
The final stage is removing the jars of lingonberries from a large container. Change the lids to nylon ones and cool. The berries will still settle during the process.
Methods 1 and 2 differ in that when cooking in the oven the jars are not closed and after simmering the berries cool down there. Housewives are accustomed to cooking berries on a gas stove. There are some nuances when cooking lingonberries: the jars are closed during simmering and you will need a large saucepan.
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Lingonberry marmalade
Wash the lingonberries thoroughly with water and cook on the stove until the fruits become soft. Thoroughly grind the still hot berries into a puree. It is better to rub through a sieve so that the skin does not fall into a homogeneous sweet and sour mass.
Add sugar to taste to the resulting thick mass. Stir until the last grain and then add the prepared swollen gelatin. The mixture should still remain warm, so the gelatin will completely dissolve in the lingonberries after a while. Don't forget to stir the mixture from time to time. For convenience, it is best to immediately distribute lingonberry marmalade into molds and put it in the refrigerator, but not for freezing, but to help the dessert cool.
Lingonberry pie
The following recipe makes 8 servings. For your attention, family lingonberry pie. An excellent evening dessert suitable for any celebration. It is a decoration for the Christmas table, good as a birthday cake, suitable for girls’ get-togethers and can be used to meet good guests.
- Lingonberry 200g
- Butter 100g
- Granulated sugar 250g
- Vanillin 4-5 crystals
- Egg 2 pcs
- Wheat flour 300g
- Baking powder or baking soda in vinegar (½ tsp)
- Fat sour cream
Soften the butter and grind into one mass with sugar and vanillin. You can use vanilla sugar and add it to taste.
Lingonberry recipes for the winter - freezing and drying berries at home
To enjoy “fresh” lingonberry fruits in winter, they use freezing. To do this, wash the berries thoroughly. Lay out on a flat surface and take out into fresh air. There they dry completely. The berries are placed in small cellophane bags or containers. Sent to the freezer.
If desired, you can make juice from the berries and freeze them in plastic bottles.
To properly dry lingonberries, you will need an oven. First, the fruits are washed and dried naturally. Then carefully scatter over the entire area of the baking sheet. Place in the oven. Dry the product at 50°C for approximately 4 hours. To ensure that the berries lose moisture evenly, stir with a spatula every 60 minutes.
The finished fruits are poured into a clean glass container. Cover with a lid. Store in a cool, dry place. The product is used to prepare various hot drinks. Children like steamed berries as a vitamin dessert. They serve as an original addition to meat dishes and winter salads.
A look at popular recipes for preparing lingonberries for the winter shows the importance of wild berries. It is successfully soaked with honey and sugar. And with spices you get a spicy product. It is used to make a delicious sauce for barbecue or baked poultry. Vitamin desserts in the form of jam, jam, jelly contain an abundance of useful elements. The berries make an excellent filling for pies. Fans of intoxicating drinks create ladies' wine. The frozen product is suitable for preparing hot vitamin drinks. Dry berries are consumed raw. Let the amazing scarlet fruit delight the hearts of all culinary experts.
Lingonberry recipes
The best lingonberry recipes are collected here. You will always find them in fruit recipes. Also check out the recipes for lingonberry sauces. We also have forty-six recipes from Antonovka.
Pie with lingonberries and apples
For the filling, peel the apples, cut into small slices, add sugar and heat, stirring, over low heat until the apples begin to soften. Add sorted and washed lingonberries, add cloves, cinnamon, mix. Remove mass. You will need: yeast dough - 800 g, apples - 300 g, lingonberries - 1 cup, sugar - 1 cup, vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. spoon, ground cinnamon - 1/4 teaspoon, ground cloves - 1/8 teaspoon
Beef stewed with lingonberries
Cut the beef into small pieces and fry in oil. Add chopped onion, tomato puree and fry for another 7-10 minutes. Then sprinkle the meat with flour, pour in the broth, add lingonberries, bay leaves, salt and pepper and simmer until. You will need: beef pulp - 500 g, lingonberries - 1 1/2 - 2 cups, onions - 2 pcs., meat broth - 1 cup, ghee - 2 tbsp. spoons, tomato puree - 1 1/2 tbsp. spoons, wheat flour - 1 tbsp. spoon, bay leaf, ground black pepper, salt
Lingonberry jam
Pour boiling water over the lingonberries, stir and immediately place in a sieve. Transfer the berries to a jam container, add sugar, water, spices and cook until tender. Cool, place in glass jars, and cover with parchment paper. You will need: cloves - 5 pieces, cinnamon - 2 pieces, water - 1 glass, sugar - 1 kg, lingonberries - 2 kg
Lingonberry compote with apples
Peel and cut winter apples into slices, pour in acidified boiled water. Pour hot water over the apple peel and core, boil for 7–10 minutes, strain and add sugar. Cook until sugar dissolves. Then immerse the fruits in sugar syrup and bring to a boil. You will need: lingonberries - 2/3 cup, apples - 200 g, sugar - 3/4 cup, water - 3 cups
Cabbage salad with lingonberries
Chop the cabbage, add sugar, salt, vinegar, oil and heat, then cool. Cut the apples into strips, carrots into strips, chop the green onions. Combine the prepared products, add lingonberries, mix and place in a salad bowl. You will need: sugar - 1 teaspoon, 3% vinegar - 2 teaspoons, vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. spoons, lingonberries - 30 g, green onions - 20 g, carrots - 2 pcs., apples - 2 pcs., white cabbage - 150 g., salt - to taste
Lingonberries in their own juice
To create a vitamin drink, use a simple recipe that includes only one component. The berries are carefully sorted and washed under the tap. Divide into 2 parts. One of them is ground, after which the juice is squeezed out.
Then the resulting liquid is combined with the rest of the fruits in a separate container. Bring the mixture to a boil. Remove from heat. Pour into suitable containers. They seal it and take it to the cellar. In winter, the product is diluted with hot water and drunk during the flu epidemic.
How to properly freeze lingonberries for the winter
Sugarless
What you will need:
- lingonberries - 1 kg.
Preparation (option 1)
- Clean the lingonberries from debris and wash thoroughly under running water.
- Spread them on a baking sheet in one layer and put them in the freezer.
- When the lingonberries are completely frozen and become “glassy,” transfer them to freezing molds or plastic packaging bags.
Preparation (option 2)
Immediately transfer the washed and dried berries into portioned bags (take - use), remove the air from the bags with a plastic straw and, after packing the bag, move it to the freezer.
Frozen lingonberries can be used for a wide variety of purposes:
- cook jelly, compotes;
- prepare jams, confitures, preserves (see);
- add to pies as a filling, etc.
With sugar
There is an option in which sugar is used for freezing. This is in some ways more convenient, but as you like.
What you will need:
- lingonberries - 1 kg;
- sugar - 0.5 kg.
What to do:
- Sort the berries and rinse thoroughly, dry first in a colander, then with a kitchen towel.
- Place in a tray as follows: layer of lingonberries - layer of granulated sugar - layer of berries - layer of granulated sugar. And so on until the end of the product.
- Seal the container and place in the freezer.
You can also freeze berries in a puree state.
Hello, dear subscribers and guests of the blog! Today I would like to remind you that the most valuable and useful products do not have to be bought at the pharmacy. Continuing the section on the beneficial properties of berries, I would like to help you stock up on vitamins for the whole winter with my advice. The heroine of the plot will be pickled lingonberries.
A berry that has incredible taste and at the same time is a valuable source of many useful components. It simply contains huge amounts of organic acids, B vitamins, and many microelements.
Wetting lingonberries is a very useful and, most importantly, profitable procedure. After all, it gives the real housewife the following advantages:
- The opportunity to pamper yourself with a vitamin drink all winter.
- Treat the whole family for a wide variety of ailments. You can learn about the medicinal properties of the berry and how to use it.
- Make an amazing sauce for meat.
- Add to a variety of pickles. For example, a combination of lingonberries and apples will help create a dish that your family and friends will not be able to tear themselves away from.
- Berries are an excellent base for fruit drinks and jelly.
Well, the most important advantage, of course, is the ease of preparation. The preparations do not require special preparation and take very little time. Now let's move on to the most interesting part. Get ready to take notes, because the recipes offered are sure to please you.
Properly prepared berries will provide you with vitamins and antioxidants all year round, and will also help the body resist viruses and bacteria during the flu and cold season. I devoted an entire article. I think after reading it, you will definitely want to have several jars of such a useful drug in your arsenal.
- Don't rush to buy berries from the first harvest in August. At this time they are not yet fully ripe. Ideally September.
- Rich dark red color is a sign of maturity. Such berries are the best option for preparations.
- Use only whole fruits. It is better to eat the damaged ones immediately and add them to baked goods and treat your family with a healthy treat.
- Choose the right container. It is very important. The most suitable option is enameled or stainless steel pans. But you can also use food-grade plastic containers, as well as regular glass jars. If you have a large number of berries, then feel free to soak them in plastic bags.
- Don't be overly scrupulous. A small amount of leaves included in the preparations will only bring benefits to your dish.
Important! Lingonberries contain benzoic acid in abundance - a powerful preservative. It is this component that allows the berry to retain its qualities for a long time and not spoil.
Remember these 5 simple rules. It is not difficult to follow them, and the result will definitely not disappoint you.
Classic sauce for the holiday table
Almost all housewives try to surprise their dear guests with original concoctions. Therefore, they have exclusive dishes in their bins. One of the most popular is red lingonberry sauce.
To create it, the following products are taken:
- fresh ripe berries;
- Apple vinegar;
- granulated sugar;
- thyme;
- carnation;
- cinnamon (chopped);
- salt;
- water.
Prepared fruits, spices, sugar and salt are placed in the container. Fill with water. Cook for 30 minutes, stirring constantly. Then the spices are removed from the sauce, and the pulp is transferred to jars. Seal with lids. Store in a cool place. Served with baked poultry.
The product goes wonderfully with stewed hare, giving the dish a piquant taste.
