How to prepare gooseberries for the winter without cooking?

Gooseberry jam will decorate any table.The unsurpassed taste and variety of recipes of this delicacy only beneficially emphasize the tremendous value and incredible amount of useful vitamins and trace elements for the human body. A variety of sauces, jams and jellies are made from frozen fruits. Original combinations with fruits and vegetables will give an unforgettable taste and help to cope with poor health and various ailments.

About gooseberry is widely known in the world. He is known in Europe, in Russia, America. Healing component composition is inherent in all its varieties. The most common varieties have green, red and black berries. Mature fruits are considered optimal for making preparations for the winter. The most valuable part is berry peel. For jam choose dense fruits. It is worth paying attention to the fact that immature berries have greater hardness. Very soft berries perepseli or susceptible to the disease.

General requirements for fruits:

• berries must be dry, with stem - this ensures the safety of nutrients;
• for eating should choose mature, without damage and signs of disease fruit;
• green, that is unripe, berries are less tasty and unsuitable for long-term storage and preparations for the winter (this does not apply to compote supplies).

When selecting berries for a specific recipe, it should be remembered that the effectiveness of exposure and the brightness of taste are determined by the color of the fruit:

• green and white have an expanded set of trace elements and vitamins;
• brown and red have high palatability (sweetness, aroma).

The preparation process includes several required operations:

• the berry is picked from the twigs and leaves;
• remove the stalk;
• washed selected fruit;
• dried berries on the fabric (it is advisable not to skip this step).

Winter is a period when the human body lacks vitamins and nutrients. At the top of the daily menu are fruit dishes. The greatest amount of vitamins can be kept in jams prepared for winter without boiling. The technologies that allow to preserve the flavor and nutrients are varied, but the principle remains the same. The fruit is mixed with sugar, placed in a blender, then crushed.

Components:

• gooseberry fruits (variety of berries does not matter);
• granulated sugar.

The cooking algorithm is quite simple even for a novice hostess.

• Wash the fruit.
• We clean them from tails using nail scissors.
• Grind gooseberries. The thoroughness of this procedure depends on the instrument chosen. Successfully cope with the task, you can use a blender, meat grinder or mortar (tolkushki).
• The resulting mass is mixed with sugar.
• Infused mixture to dissolve the sugar.
• The finished product is placed in sterile dishes (cans).
• It is recommended to store the workpiece in a cool place, you can in the refrigerator.

Consider the cooking process, which is also not very complicated.

Wash the berries. We get rid of tails. Thoroughly (it is recommended to use a brush) we wash the oranges. Cut them into pieces. Do not throw away the peel, which have a unique flavor. Remove the seeds.

The processed components are ground. You can use traditional tools - blender / combine (kitchen).An ordinary meat grinder will cope with this task no less effectively. The resulting fruit puree in a container is mixed with sugar until smooth. Before packing it is necessary to keep the resulting product for some time in a room with low temperature. The sterile containers filled with product are closed with polyethylene caps.

Useful and refreshing dessert can be prepared for the winter without spending a lot of time. The refreshing taste of orange with gooseberry and lemon will not leave anyone indifferent. This dish is successfully used as an original filling for homemade cakes.

The absence of heat treatment involves careful preparation of the components.

Algorithm of preparation:

• the fruits are sorted and washed;
• the stalks are cut;
• oranges and lemons are exempt from the skin;
• white film with seeds removed;
• the pulp is frayed;
• the mass of berries, mixed with sugar, is aged for about a day (with constant stirring) in a cool place.

Cooking:

• we process berries (we wash, we cut off tails);
• banana peeled and cut into small pieces;
• cut the oranges into pieces, removing the seeds;
• Beat the prepared fruit in a blender bowl until smooth;
• add sugar.

Step-by-step recipe:

• wash fruit;
• we process berries;
• we clear kiwi, we cut fruits into several parts;
• cut oranges with the peel, choosing seeds;
• grind fruit and berry components in a blender;
• we pack up a product.

When it comes to making jam, it’s impossible to do without mentioning the legendary delicacy called “Tsar’s Jam”.

For its preparation are used immature berries of gooseberry:

• wash and clean the fruit;
• each berry is cut longitudinally, seeds are removed;
• the cleaned fruits are interbedded with cherry leaves, thanks to them the jam has a special color and aroma;
• peeled berry with cherry leaves is filled with water and infused for about six hours;
• fruits are dried on the cloth;
• the water in which the berries were drawn was boiled with sugar (400 g of water, a kilogram of berries, one and a half kilograms of granulated sugar;
• dried berries are boiled three times in the resulting syrup for five minutes with breaks for a couple of hours;
• the resulting jam is rolled into jars.

Ingredients: water, gooseberry, sugar.

Cooking:

• prepare the berries in the traditional way (we sort, wash, remove the stalks);
• sprinkle sugar in a container and pour in water;
• maintain the contents of the day;
• put the container on the stove and bring to a boil, turn off the fire;
• remove the container from the stove, covered with a lid;
• after 24 hours, repeat the process;
• perform these actions during the week;
• we pour products in banks.

The priority of dessert preparation is the maximum preservation of the taste and vitamin qualities of the products.

When choosing fruits should pay attention to the presence of spots. The rind of berries with dark spots is a sign of their ripening.

Very hard berries speak of immaturity, excessive mildness of over ripening. The best option - the average state.

Algorithm of preparation:

• fruits are washed and dried;
• berries fill with water and put on a small fire covering the lid, after a few minutes they will become softer;
• pereteret berries;
• in a fruit puree add sugar and mix;
• while stirring, bring the contents to a boil, removing the foam;
• cook at minimum heat for half an hour;
• laid out in tare.

Gooseberry can be used to prepare not only sweet preserves, but also delicious savory sauces in combination with various ingredients.

Step-by-step recipe:

• sorting berries, we select about a kilogram of fruit;
• we take about three hundred grams of garlic;
• the same portion of dill;
• in a meat grinder with a small sieve, wipe the berries, dill, garlic, salt;
• add chili (pepper) if desired;
• we pack up in a container.

This dish can be prepared in the following way:

• sort out, wash the berries;
• pour 500 grams of water, boil until soft;
• mash into puree.

Then supplements are added to puree per kilogram of berry puree:

• garlic head;
• 2 peppers (hot);
• cilantro (medium bundle);
• basil;
• parsley;
• dill.

All together we put on the fire, boil the mass for about fifteen minutes. The product is packaged in containers, stored in a chilled place.

Berry dishes are always a great joy for children. For a growing body, the spectrum of vitamins and trace elements contained in delicacies made from gooseberry is extremely important. Regardless of the time of year and age, the “sweet medicine” will help your body to be in good shape, overcome stresses and resist inflammatory processes.

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