Anyone who has collected strawberries in the forest at least once will never forget its unique aroma and taste.
There is still garden strawberry, but some people are allergic to it, but forest one causes only positive emotions.
The berries contain a whole complex of vitamins, as well as pantothenic and folic acid.
The main value of strawberries is a high content of ascorbic acid. By the way, not only berries are useful, but also strawberry leaves, which are dried for the winter.
Strawberries, mashed with sugar for the winter - the basic principles of preparation
Harvest strawberries in dry, clear weather in the morning. It is advisable to collect it in containers that can be placed in the refrigerator, if you do not plan to make the workpiece on the same day. It can be stored in the refrigerator for a week, but nevertheless, it is better to process the berry immediately, since every day it loses its taste.
Many housewives who have never encountered this berry are wondering how to sugar strawberries in order to maximize the benefit, taste and aroma of the berry.
There are several ways to prepare wild strawberries with sugar.
First of all, you need to prepare strawberries. The berries are peeled from the stalks, sorted out, removing rotted fruits. Strawberries are transferred to a sieve and washed under running water. Then the berries are laid out in a thin layer on a linen towel so that they dry slightly. By the way, you can not throw out the leaves, but dry them, and make tea from them in winter.
Strawberries are laid in a deep cup, covered with sugar and left for a while to let the juice flow. Then the strawberries are mashed using a pusher or a blender.
You can grind the berries first through a sieve, and only then add sugar and mix.
Arrange the prepared mass in sterile hot jars, cover with lids and store in the refrigerator, or lay in containers and freeze in the freezer.
Recipe 1. Wild strawberries with sugar for the winter
Ingredients
granulated sugar;
wild strawberries;
containers.
Cooking method
1. Strawberries carefully sorted, remove all forest debris and leaves. We put the berries in a sieve and rinse under a stream of cold water. During washing, do not mix the berries. We spread strawberries with a thin layer on a linen towel and dry.
2. Then pour the strawberries into a blender bowl and interrupt until mashed. If you want the mass to turn out not so liquid, mash the berry with a crush of mashed potatoes.
3. Pour sugar in a grated berry in a ratio of one to one. You can add a handful of whole berries to the grated mass. Mix everything thoroughly so that the sugar crystals dissolve.
4. We spread the strawberry mass in special containers and tightly close the lids. We send for storage in the freezer.
Recipe 2. Strawberries, mashed with sugar for the winter
Ingredients
a kilogram of strawberries;
1 kg 200 g of granulated sugar.
Cooking method
1. Sort berries of wild strawberry, removing stalks, leaves and garbage. Then put the strawberries in a colander and rinse thoroughly under a stream of cold water. Lay the berries in a thin layer on a linen towel and dry.
2. Put the strawberries in a suitable bowl, sprinkle with granulated sugar and leave for a while to let the juice flow. It will take from three to four hours. It is better to do this in the evening, and leave the berries with sugar for the night.
3. Then chop the strawberries that gave the juice in mashed potatoes. This can be done using a submersible blender, pusher or meat grinder. However, it is worth remembering that if you rub strawberries with a blender, you will get a fairly liquid mass.
4. Wash jars of half a liter thoroughly using a detergent. Dry the container slightly and place it in the oven, heated to 120C, for five minutes. Dip the lids in boiling water, remove and dry after a couple of minutes.
5. Put the crushed strawberry mass over the cooled banks and cork with lids. Put the cans in the refrigerator and store no more than six months.
Recipe 3. Rubbed wild strawberries with sugar for the winter
Ingredients
kilogram of granulated sugar;
1 kg of wild strawberries.
Cooking method
1. First, you need to sort out the strawberries. Remove leaflets and other forest debris. If you picked strawberries yourself, you can not wash it. If the strawberries are purchased, rinse it under the tap and dry on a linen towel. Put the berries in a wide enameled basin.
2. Strawberries to kill with a submersible blender to a puree state. If you do not have such a kitchen appliance, you can make it a pusher with small holes.
3. Pour sugar in strawberry puree at the rate of one to one. It is this proportion that will help to interrupt the sour taste of berries.
4. Stir the mass with a wooden spatula until the sugar crystals are completely dissolved. Arrange the strawberry mass in jars, having previously sterilized them over steam or in the microwave. Close the cans with boiled plastic lids and store in the refrigerator. The shelf life of such a workpiece is about six months.
Recipe 4. Strawberries, mashed with sugar with lemon juice
Ingredients
a kilogram of strawberries;
500 ml of distilled water;
kg of sugar;
50 ml of concentrated lemon juice.
Cooking method
1. To sort out a fresh dugout, removing damaged and rotten berries. Trash, leaves and twigs should also be removed. Put the prepared berry in a colander and rinse under a stream of cold water to get rid of grains of sand and earth.
2. Cut a peduncle with a sharp knife from each berry. Put the berries in a blender bowl and beat at high speed until a puree mass.
3. Now take a clean, fine sieve and put strawberry puree in a tablespoon of it. Rub the whole mass through it into a deep clean cup.
4. Pour distilled water into the saucepan and put it on fire. Pour in sugar and bring to a boil. Then twist the fire and cook the syrup, stirring vigorously with a spoon, for 20 minutes. Remove the finished syrup from the heat and cool it to a warm state.
5. Pour a slightly warm sugar syrup into a container with strawberry puree and mix with a wooden spatula. Pour concentrated lemon juice into the resulting mass using a measuring spoon. Stir and put on fire. Bring to a boil, remove from heat and cool.
6. Spread the grated strawberries with sugar in sterile, dry jars and close tightly with lids. Store in a cool place.
Recipe 5. Wild strawberries with sugar for the winter. Method 2
Ingredients
a kilogram of strawberries;
1 kg 500 g of granulated sugar.
Cooking method
1. Sort freshly picked strawberries, removing small debris and spoiled berries. Put the berries in a colander and rinse under a stream of cold water. Lay the strawberries on a flaxen towel and pat dry so that the mash does not become too thin from excess moisture.
2. Crush the berries to a puree condition of any way convenient for you. This can be done with a small hole pusher or a hand blender.
3. Gradually pour sugar into the grated strawberries, constantly stirring, and leave the mass to infuse for an hour.
4. During this time, prepare the jars. Rinse glass containers well with soda or detergent, rinse and dry. Place the cans in the oven and sterilize for five minutes. Boil the lids for a couple of minutes.
5. Arrange strawberry puree in still hot jars, tightly seal with lids and wrap. Leave the workpiece until completely cooled, and then return to the refrigerator for storage.
Recipe 6. Wild strawberries with sugar for the winter with citric acid
Ingredients
citric acid - 2 g;
wild strawberry - a kilogram;
sugar - 300 g.
Cooking method
1. Sort fresh strawberries, remove garbage and spoiled berries. Rinse the strawberries in a sieve or colander. Lay the berries on a linen towel in a thin layer and dry. Then transfer the strawberries to an enameled pan and leave in a cool place so that it releases juice.
2. Beat the berries with juice to a puree condition in any way convenient for you. Add citric acid to the mixture and mix.
3. Wash and dry half-liter jars thoroughly. Place the container in the oven and sterilize at 85 C for about ten minutes.
4. Arrange the strawberries in hot jars and cover them with lids after boiling them. Keep such a workpiece in the refrigerator for no more than six months.
How to sugar strawberries - tips and tricks
After you have washed strawberries, be sure to dry the berries on a linen towel so that excess moisture does not make the workpiece too liquid.
Try not to sprinkle the berries often from one dish to another, as strawberries spoil very quickly after that.
Strawberries can be stored in the refrigerator for no more than a week.
Pounded strawberries with sugar for the winter is best done from freshly picked berries.
