Cranberries ripen by mid-autumn. Important rules must be followed when picking berries. Frost and boiled water will help the berries to survive perfectly. If you store cranberries correctly, then all the important vitamins will be present in it after a year.
Instructions
Step 1
Cranberries grow in swampy areas. Small bushes can choose a place for themselves in the floodplain of rivers, on the banks of a pond. The main condition for the growth of cranberries is standing water. In such places, she begins to ripen by mid-autumn, you can follow her into the forest in spring.
Step 2
The main berry picking season is October-November. Some people do irreparable damage to plants using a hand-held berry harvester. It is a rounded blade with metal teeth at the end. Holding the handle, carry it through the bush like a comb. In this case, the collectors damage stems and branches. You can collect cranberries with a similar device, but make a harvester out of plastic that will not harm the plants.
Step 3
It is better to collect cranberries one berry at a time, placing them in buckets. Behave with extreme caution. After all, it grows in wetlands, so there is a chance of falling into the bog. It is necessary to go to the forest for this berry in a company, not alone and take a slab with you. This is a long, and most importantly, strong stick. Feel the ground where you want to stand with it, and then just step on it with your feet.
Step 4
After a fruitful walk, when you come home, sort out the berries. Sort out debris, dried specimens. If you have a roomy freezer, place the cranberries in small bags and store them there. Then at any time you can take a portion of the berries without defrosting all of them for this. After all, repeated freezing does not affect the quality of the fruit in the best way.
Step 5
The beak is perfectly stored at + 4 ° C. After you have sorted it out, put it in a colander, rinse with cool water. Dispense into 3-liter jars almost to the neck. Pour in cooled boiled water and put in the refrigerator. In this form, the cranberries will remain until the next harvest. Before the onset of frost, you can keep jars on the glassed-in loggia in a cabinet.
Step 6
Rub some of the berries with sugar. In this form, the beneficial properties of cranberries will not disappear until spring. Place the washed and dried cranberries in a blender bowl and chop well. Add 2 parts sugar to 1 part mass. Place in jars, close them with plastic lids. Store at room temperature in a dark place.
Step 7
When you are picking the cranberries, separate the largest ones. Rinse, pat dry and place in stirring egg white. Pour the icing sugar onto a tray. Take out the cranberries with a perforated spoon, place them on a tray and shake them lightly so that the powder covers the berries on all sides. Dry the berries until the sugar layer dries, put them in cardboard boxes. In this form, cranberries will also be perfectly preserved.
