Fruits and berries
Description
Lingonberries in syrup for the winter without cooking- a delicacy that is prepared in the simplest way. So, in order to preserve lingonberries in this way at home, it is enough to treat the berries with boiling water and pour them with hot sugar syrup. Due to this, almost all the lingonberry bitterness comes out and only the divine taste and incredible aroma remain. If there is a desire to get a syrup of a more saturated color, then it is not at all necessary to use dyes, due to the beautiful color of the berry, the lingonberry syrup turns out to be a dark red color. Lingonberries drenched in syrup will look great on the table while drinking tea, and they can also be used as a filling for a variety of pastries. Also, this dessert is suitable for watering ice cream or cake.
In order for the storage of lingonberries in syrup to be long and the same divine taste to remain, it is necessary to follow some recommendations. You need to be especially careful when sorting out the berries so that not a single bad one remains, just one rotten lingonberry is enough, and it will ruin the entire harvest for the winter. Also, they must be thoroughly dried - this will reduce the risk of sour berries. Most importantly - do not spare sugar, it is not at all necessary to add granulated sugar strictly according to the recipe, you can pour more of it. In this case, the process of preparing lingonberries for the winter will be longer, but the preservation of such preservation will be better.
Having studied all the recommendations, we suggest starting to study the step-by-step photo recipe prepared by us for an amazing preparation - lingonberries in syrup for the winter without cooking, with which you will not have any difficulties in cooking.
Ingredients
Steps
To prepare lingonberries in syrup for the winter, we will choose the freshest and most appetizing lingonberries. During washing, it must be carefully sorted out from bad berries..
Now for the berries you need to sterilize the jar. This can be done in any familiar way, for example, boil water in a saucepan and steam the jar. After we have finished with this, pour the lingonberries into the prepared jar.
The next step is to prepare the sugar syrup. Take a suitable container and fill it with water.
Then add the right amount of granulated sugar to the water, mix everything thoroughly.
Also, in a saucepan with water and sugar, you still need to add lemon zest, mix again and put on medium heat.
To prevent the sugar from burning, you need to stir the mixture from time to time, and when it boils, hold for another two minutes. After, ready-made sugar syrup with lemon zest, remove from heat.
Now a jar of lingonberries must be filled with sugar liquid, which we have just removed from the plate.
The last thing left to do before the canning of lingonberries is completely completed is to tightly screw the jar with a lid, put it upside down and cover with something warm until the preservation of the cold state is reached. Then we send the blank to the refrigerator or to the pantry and wait until one beautiful winter evening comes to open a jar of the amazing Cowberry in Syrup dessert and enjoy its perfect taste.
Bon appetit!
