When the unprecedented harvest of cherries, what to do with them? Of course, make preparations for the winter. Summer berries can be frozen or dried for future use, pitted or pitted. You can also preserve cherries in your own juice. With minimal heat treatment, cherries in their own juice will retain not only their taste, but also the beneficial substances that make up this berry.
It is necessary
- - cherry;
- - sugar.
Instructions
Step 1
To prepare cherries in their own juice, berries purchased or taken from the tree on their own, and most importantly, fresh, must be prepared in advance.
The preparation process includes sorting, washing and peeling the berries. First of all, select spoiled cherries, and ripe, juicy, undamaged berries
rinse, remove stalks and seeds.
By the way, do not throw away either one or the other, since dried stalks can be used as a medicine for helminthiasis, intestinal upset, edema.
Also, the stalks can be brewed as a tea as a diuretic for headaches caused by high blood pressure and tissue edema.
Cherry pits retain cold and warmth well, they can be filled with small pads, which are subsequently used as warming or cooling heating pads for bruises, sprains, headaches, and so on.
Step 2
So, washed and peeled berries should be placed in a wide enamel bowl and covered with granulated sugar at the rate of 1 can of 0.5 liters 1-2 tablespoons of sugar.
The berries can be immediately put into clean jars that have been pre-sterilized in a convenient way, or you decide to bypass this process. Put the berries in jars tightly, and sprinkle with sugar on top.
Step 3
Leave the berries covered with sugar for several hours, namely, for 4-12, so that the juice stands out. If the berries are prepared in an enamel bowl, then you should first spread the cherries tightly into the jars, and then pour over the released juice. Sugar usually dissolves completely within 12 hours of simmering.
Step 4
Now you need to sterilize the cherries in their own juice so that the berries are preserved until winter. To do this, put a cloth folded in 6 layers on the bottom of a wide saucepan, put the jars, as many as fit, put lids on the jars and pour cold water into the pan so that the jars are about two-thirds of the height in the water.
Step 5
Place the pot and jars on the fire and bring to a boil. Simmer over medium heat for 10-15 minutes.
Step 6
Flip the cans, lids down, on a cloth and wrap them up. Leave to cool completely and then place in your cellar, closet, or refrigerator.
Cherries in their own pitted juice can be used as an independent dessert dish, as well as prepare jelly, compotes or filling for pies, pies, rolls, dumplings and cakes.
