How to store cranberries without losing useful substances at home?

Even for those who have known this berry for a long time, the question of how to store cranberries remains relevant. After all, this is one of the most useful berries "a wide range of actions", and its useful properties you want to save for a long time. Cranberries have long been included in the diet of people who care about their health. It grows on small bushes, the whole plantations of which are on peat bogs and moss bogs of the cold zones of Eurasia and America. In Russia, every year, several hundred tons of this amazing berry are collected. It contains a lot of useful acids, sugars and vitamins. Cranberries are often used to raise immunity, restore strength, easily removes harmful substances from the body. In addition, it helps in the fight against avitaminosis, bronchitis, throat and genitourinary system diseases. And cranberry juice well quenches thirst, treats cold and has antipyretic effect. Thanks to the efforts of nutritionists, these bog berries are actively used in the preparation of various dishes, supplementing their taste with new notes. What is important, cranberries are one of the few berries that retain their useful properties even after freezing. But before you learn how to achieve this, you need to choose the right raw materials for long-term storage.

How to choose cranberries for storage?

There are two collections of cranberries: early, back in September, when the berries are not yet quite mature, and later, after the first frosts, then they are the most juicy. If you are going to store cranberries all winter in frozen form, it is better to choose a little( !) Undersized berries. If they are too ripe, after thawing, the taste of the product will significantly decrease.

How to prepare berries?

Before doing any manipulation of cranberries, you need to prepare it in a certain way. First of all, go through the fruits. Throw aside all the leaves, twigs, insects. Pear or too ripe put aside. They should not be thrown out, because of such berries you can prepare an excellent mors( see the recipe at the end of the article).But white, that is, quite unripe berries should not be used. Then carefully wash the cranberries and dry it on a sieve or tray.

So, having determined what berries are best for long-term storage, we will tell the most popular and successful ways of storing cranberries.

Methods of storing cranberries

Cranberry cranberries

You will need: water, clean dishes( jars, plastic bottles, bowls).

• Option 1.

This is perhaps the oldest and easiest way to store. First of all, it is necessary to thoroughly wash the berries, and then fold them into pre-prepared containers. Do not fill the dishes completely - leave some space in the jar or bottle. Boil the necessary amount of water, cool it and pour the fruit. Keep containers in a cool place. For this, a refrigerator or a cellar is perfect.

• Option 2.

In order to remove a slightly sour taste of cranberries, you can pour not just water, but sugar syrup. To store 1 kilogram of berries, take 1 tablespoon of sugar and a pinch of salt. To taste, you can add cloves, a little cinnamon or other spices.

Less: during storage berries will absorb water, so then their taste will change slightly. Cranberries will cease to crackle on the teeth, but will remain suitable for cooking or creating mors, jelly. In addition, all useful properties are preserved.

Freezing

If you have selected slightly unripe berries to freeze, preparing them for storage is very simple. Dry cranberries fold in plastic bags, firmly tie and put in the freezer.

Tip

Put as many berries in a package as you use at a time. You can not freeze them twice.

In case your cranberry is very ripe, the process of frosting becomes a bit complicated. It is necessary to spread it on a tray in one layer and freeze to a solid state. Only after this, berries can be placed in packages.

Cranberries with sugar

This way is exactly like the sweet tooth. The advantage of it is that before use, the product will not need to be cooked. Add sugar to the berries to taste and pass through the meat grinder. Then add the mixture to cans, cover them with lids and store in the refrigerator.

Advice

Keep containers in a well-ventilated area, because if there is a lot of carbon dioxide in the air, the berries can deteriorate.

Cranberries fresh

Cranberries can be stored for a long time without special manipulations. Just fill the transferred berries in wooden or metal boxes and leave in a cool place.

Dried cranberries

This method does not help you preserve the beneficial properties of berries, but cranberries in dried form are excellent for making compotes or fillings. So, washed and dried berries, place on a tray and dry for several weeks on the street. After that, treat them in an oven or oven, and then put them in packages. The main advantage of dried berries is that they can be kept in any place, and use more than three years.

Preservation of

A fairly common method, as the cranberries obtained as a result of its application are incredibly tasty. And there are a lot of types of conservation, which makes it possible to choose.

It will take: a liter of berries, a quarter of a liter of orange juice, 3 kg of sugar.

To berries, add orange juice and whisk in a blender until smooth. Then add sugar and bring to a boil. Simmer the mixture over low heat for about an hour, stirring regularly. Let it cool and pour into sterilized jars. Keep them preferably in a cool place.

Now that you know how to keep cranberries for the winter, let's move on to one of the most popular soft drinks from this bog berry. It has a delicious taste and quenches thirst well in a hot season. In addition, cranberry juice strengthens the immune system and effectively cures colds.

How to cook cranberry juice?

To create this masterpiece at home, you do not need to worry about berries - they can be fresh, frozen, whole, even a little crushed, too, will go down.

1. Wash berries and chop them in a blender.
2. Add to the received mass of water and heat over low heat until the appearance of the first bubbles.
   

   Advice

   Morse should NOT boil. Otherwise, it will lose all useful acids, sugars and vitamins.

3. Remove the brew from the fire and add to it the previously prepared sugar syrup - its proportions depend only on your preferences and love of sweet. Instead of sugar in the cooled down drink you can add honey.

Cranberries are one of the few berries that, after long-term storage, do not lose useful properties. It has in its composition benzoic acid, thanks to which it can be stored for such a long period at home. And still this substance possesses characteristics of a natural preservative - therefore it is not necessary to use neither salt, nor vinegar, nor any other components. If you regularly eat cranberries in frozen or fresh form, your body will be much more resistant to a variety of diseases and infections. After all, it was not for nothing that in ancient times she was called the queen of berries.