Recipes for making strawberries in winter syrup

Tasty and healthy summer berries ripen one of the first. She is very juicy, bright and fragrant, but her fruiting period is transient.It is for this reason that you want to prepare as much strawberries for the winter as possible in order to prolong the pleasure. Berry contains many vitamins and minerals, improves overall health, helps strengthen the immune system and has a beneficial effect on the nervous system. All these properties are so necessary for us during the winter.

In the early berries can contain a large amount of nitrates, which literally poison our body. In order for the strawberry syrup to benefit, you need to choose the right berries for the preparation of preservation.

1. Carefully inspect the berry: it should not have pigmented spots, the color should be uniform. Black dots on strawberries indicate the presence of nitrate in the composition.
2. Fresh natural strawberries liberally emit juice, and one that is grown on chemistry does not possess this property. Cut the berry in half and apply to a paper towel. There should be a bright wet footprint.
3. A good way to make sure that the berry is natural - wet it with water. Quality strawberries, after a few minutes, will begin to produce juice, and nitrate will remain solid.
4. Natural berry has a pronounced flavor. Be sure to check this option before purchasing. It is necessary to abandon the purchase of strawberries, if it has a citrus smell.
5. Some manufacturers sprinkle strawberries with diphenyl for better preservation during transport. In order to check if this drug is in your berries, simply place them in a bowl of warm water. If suddenly you notice any oily stains on the water surface, it is dangerous to eat such strawberries. Remember that diphenyl provokes the development of cancer.
6. In a high-quality strawberry, the grains slightly protrude, the nitrate berry is usually ideally smooth.
7. Pay attention to the leaves. Fresh strawberries have bright leaves of uniform color. Brownish leaves with a putrid tone signal that the berry is long overdue.

The most important ingredients of conservation are strawberries and sugar. Berries need to sort and leave only the freshest. Be sure to rinse them and dry in a colander. After that, it is necessary to remove all the tails, and only then the strawberries are ready for further preparation.

There are 2 main ways to prepare berries for preservation: one of them involves the use of water, and the other is not. The first one is faster, in the second one we will have to wait until the berry launches juice. You can also preserve the berries in syrup or put fresh strawberries in a jar and pour the syrup. You can cook a billet or just insist.

The great advantage of this method of harvesting strawberries for the winter is that the berry retains its beautiful aroma and color, remains whole and useful. In winter, this dish can be eaten on your own or used for baking, desserts. Often syrup with berries is added to ice cream or milk porridge. You can cook a billet without boiling and even without water.

This method of cooking is special, because the preservation can be used as an independent dessert. You can simply put the dish in the bowl and decorate with whipped cream. You must take 800 grams of sugar and 0.5 cups of water per 1 kg of strawberries. The main ingredient - 2 tbsp. l instant gelatin.

To begin with, spread the berries in a wide, large container. In a saucepan or ladle, combine water with sugar, heat and wait until the crystals are completely dissolved. It is necessary to cook the syrup for about 5 minutes, constantly removing the film, which is set on top.Hot liquid must be poured into a container of strawberries and left for 2 hours at room temperature. Wait for cooling and remove all the berries, for this it is convenient to use skimmer.

Put the syrup on the fire, wait for boiling and cook for 5 minutes, put the berries back in and cool. Wait 2 hours, take the berries, boil the syrup for 5 minutes and put the strawberries back. Again, remove the berries from the pan, but this time, place them in glass jars so that they fill 2/3. Prepare instant gelatin - mix it with boiling water and boil it to completely dissolve the granules. Pour the mixture into the syrup and heat, do not boil.

Wait for the appearance of air bubbles on the surface of the syrup and remove it from the stove. Pour hot liquid over strawberry jars. Roll up containers and store in the cold. Remember that gelatin does not freeze at room temperature.

The syrup in this recipe has a bright, rich color. For cooking, take 2 kg of berries, 2 liters of liquid and about 1.2 kg of sugar. Be sure to prepare 1 teaspoon of citric acid. Before cooking, be sure to sterilize the glass containers with any convenient method.

Wash the berries under cold running water (when using warm berries, they will lose their original elasticity and shape). In a separate saucepan, mix all the dry ingredients and cover with water. Bring mixture to a slow boil. Compact prepared berry in glass jars. Fill the containers with syrup while it is still hot and cover with lids.

Take a large pot, cover the bottom with a towel and pour water so that it does not reach the edges a little. Inside, carefully put the jars with blanks and wait for boiling on medium heat. Sterilize the glass containers for 10 minutes and roll up the jars.

This method may take a little longer, but the syrup will be completely natural, because the strawberries will make juice. In order to conserve 2 kg of strawberries, you need only 1 kg of sugar. From this number of berries, you can prepare 4 cans of 700 ml.

Put the berries in a bowl or a wide saucepan in layers, each pour in sugar. Leave the strawberries for 2-3 hours, until it runs the juice. If you see that the sugar crystals have not yet dissolved, then gently mix the contents of the container. Leave it alone for 1-2 hours until sugar is dissolved. Spread the berries in glass containers and cover with sugar syrup.

Try to pour strawberry juice into jars so that there is no air left between it and the lid. So you significantly extend the shelf life of the workpiece. Be sure to sterilize glass containers in any convenient way. Feel free to roll up the jars, wait for cooling and hide in a cold place.

In order to cook such a billet you need about 2 hours of free time. In order to prepare 1 kg of strawberries, you need to take 1.2 kg of granulated sugar, 200 ml of water, gelifix (1 tbsp. L.) And vanilla sugar or vanilla extract to your taste.

This vanilla dessert for the winter is jelly-like, so it can be used as a complete dish. Prepare the strawberries and lay them in layers with 1 kg of sugar, leave for 1.5 hours. Place the container on the fire, fill with water and wait for boiling. Do not forget to mix the contents of the container so that nothing burns to the walls and bottom.

Zhelfiks combine with vanilla sugar or vanilla extract and add to the berries. Pour the remaining sugar into the cooking container and boil for 10 minutes. Do not forget to remove the film from the surface of the liquid. Arrange the berries in glass jars, pour in syrup and roll up.

Experienced housewives know exactly how to make a healthy dessert for the winter so so he left only pleasant impressions.

1. In order to independently calculate the number of required ingredients, it will take just a couple of minutes. Compactly place the fruit in a container in which to preserve.Pour a little more than half a can of water, measure its volume. Take sugar at the rate of 1 kg per 1 liter of water, add 0.5 tsp. citric acid.
2. Always stack berries in jars tightly. The fact is that strawberries are reduced in volume after sterilization.
3. It is important to correctly calculate the time of sterilization of cans in a saucepan with water. So, for small cans (up to 700 ml), just 10 minutes is enough, but hold the containers of 1-1.5 l in the boiling liquid for about 15 minutes.
4. During sterilization, it is imperative to lay a cloth napkin or a wooden stand on the bottom. If you do not do this, then there is a great risk that the banks will simply crack.
5. It is important not only to freeze the workpiece correctly, but also to defrost it correctly. First move the cans from the freezer to the refrigerator. When you see that the syrup has become liquid, you can get the strawberries. Only with this defrosting can you keep all the properties and appearance of the berries.
6. On the basis of preparations for the winter, you can cook homemade yogurt, desserts, mousses on the cottage cheese and favorite pastries. You can use the contents of the cans as a filling for muffins and pies.

The recipe for cooking strawberries in syrup, see below.