Cranberry is a sweet and sour berry with beneficial properties that improves the functioning of the body at the cellular level. Cranberry juice contains the highest amount of vitamins. You can prepare fruit drinks at any time of the year from fresh or frozen berries.
Cranberry juice can be consumed by adults and children. Making fruit drinks at home is not difficult, even for novice cooks. If desired, mint, ginger or honey can be added to the fruit drink, but only before eating. If fruit juice is harvested for the winter, it is better in its pure form. This will provide a shelf life of up to 1 year. Precipitation is allowed in the finished product.
For 500 g of cranberries you need: sugar 250 g, water 2 liters.
Cooking method:
- Sort the berries, remove the spoiled and rotten ones. Wash and place in a ceramic or enamel bowl. It is not recommended to use metal dishes in order to prevent browning of the berries.
- Grind with a wooden mortar or crush in mashed potatoes so that the juice stands out.
- After a few layers of cheesecloth, strain the puree and squeeze the juice well.
- Transfer the squeezed pulp from cheesecloth to a saucepan, pour water and put on medium heat.
- Add sugar, mix well and cook for 25-30 minutes. Then cover the broth with a lid and leave for 1-2 hours.
- Strain the broth and mix with the juice.
- Put the saucepan with fruit drink on the fire, bring to a boil, boil for 1-2 minutes and immediately remove from heat.
- Pour the ready-made fruit drink into clean, dry cans or bottles, close tightly and store in a dark place.
- When consumed, can be diluted with water and added sugar.
