Varied recipes of barberry billets for the winter

The unpretentious bush possesses very high healing qualities, that's why the recipes of bars from barberry for the winter are so numerous. Someone, especially not zamorachivayas, just dries all the parts of this plant, others try to pamper themselves and their loved ones with various delicacies, brewed from berries of this plant.

Today's story will be interesting to gourmets and gourmets, as the bars from barberry considered by us will be sweet or spicy.

Preparation of

Before proceeding to consideration of what can be done from barberry, briefly recall the rules of harvesting raw materials - berry bushes.

First, we will specify the correct time for this. Preparing fruits is best in late autumn, when they fully mature. For some recipes, frostbitten berries are generally required, the bitterness goes away from the effects of low temperatures, and the flesh loses its stiffness and is better recyclable.

Tip! If you have collected fresh berries, and the recipe requires frostbitten, soak them for several hours in the freezer compartment of your refrigerator.

After picking berries, they are sorted and washed under cold running water, placing first in a small layer in a strainer or colander. Hand wash the berries should not, so as not to damage their shell. This especially applies to those fruits that were previously frozen in the bush or at home.

Recipes, recipes, recipes. ..

Well, now it's time to talk about how to keep barberry for the winter, and what goodies you can make from it. Recipes are collected from various, including ancient sources, because the benefits of this healing berries were known even in the civilization of the Ancient Sumer.

Jam

Undoubtedly, the classical Russian sweetness is jam, all these jellies and jam with marmalade are foreign foods, they even have names that are not Russian.

Ingredients at the rate of one kilogram of berries barberry is as follows:

• sugar - from one and a half to two kilograms;
• water - about 200 grams.

The process of preparing treats includes several stages.

1. In the first stage of the 600 grams of sugar and a glass of water, cook the syrup.
2. At this time we fall asleep berries in the enameled pot.
3. After the syrup has cooked and cooled, pour them berries with sugar and gently mix. We reposition the dishes in a darkened cool place.
4. After 24 hours, drain the liquid from the pan and boil it again.
5. Again, fill the berries and again leave for 24 hours to insist.
6. At the last stage we add the remaining sugar, from 800 to 1400 grams, and put it on the fire.
7. Cook until the berries are clear.
8. after finishing the cooking, we spread the prepared jam over sterilized jars, roll it up and put it under the blanket or other warm thing.

Our jam is ready, you can eat it right after cooling down, and you can open it in winter, when it's cold outside and enjoy the sweet-sour tastes of the most useful jam.

Quick jam

However, you can make jam and less troublesome fast way. Here one kilogram of berries is taken one and a half kilograms of sugar and one and a half liters of water. Preparation is as follows:

1. The berries are poured with water so that they are completely covered. This is to soften their hard peel.
2. The syrup is prepared from the remaining water and sugar.
3. After 8-10 hours this syrup is poured into a container with berries.
4. Place the saucepan on a slow fire and cook after boiling for 30-40 minutes.
5. The jam is determined by drop of syrup.

Tip! Your jam is ready when the syrup on the porcelain saucer does not spread out, but keeps a thick, slightly flattened drop.

Jelly

Jelly from barberry for the winter is prepared from pre-boiled and mashed berries. For this, the berries are pre-filled with water and cooked until softened. Then they are wiped through a metal sieve and passed through a press.

After that, you need to add sugar based on the kilogram of the resulting pulp from three to four glasses of sand. This mixture is put on fire and welded to a gelatinous state.

Marmalade

In principle, jujube, this is the next stage of the mass density after the jelly. That is, if in the previous recipe to boil the mixture longer, then it will form marmalade, it should be decomposed to cool small layers, 1-1.5 centimeters, on parchment paper. After complete cooling, cut into small, delicious slices.

Pastila

Sour and useful pastille is obtained from barberry berries, if you proceed as follows. You need to take such a layout of products:

• barberry - 300 grams;
• sugar - 200 grams;
• powdered sugar - 50-100 grams.

Prepare the pastille as follows:

1. Wipe the boiled berries through a sieve and mix with sugar.
2. Beat the mass with a blender into the foam and spread it out on the forms previously lubricated with butter.
3. We put the molds in the oven for drying.
4. Take out the ready-made pastille from the molds, beautifully sliced ​​and sprinkled with powdered sugar.

Compote

Compote from some berries barberry is not prepared, because of its very dangerous concentration of active substances. It is combined with less saturated fruits, for example, with apples or pears. Here is an example of apple-barberry berry compote.

Ingredients:

• apples - 1 kilogram;
• berries barberry - 200 grams;
• water - 1000 milliliters;
• sugar - 300-500 grams, depending on the variety of apples.

We prepare this compote in the following order:

1. We make syrup from water and sugar.
2. Cut the apples into pieces, removing the core and stems.
3. In the bank we lay out quarterly apples and berries of barberry.
4. In a glass jar filled in this way, fill the prepared syrup.
5. Then the prepared containers are put in a basin and pasteurized for 25 minutes for a liter jar.

You can cook the compote in a simple saucepan, filling apples and barberry berries with sand and water. In this case, the amount of water is increased threefold, and we consume compote as a tonic after cooling.

Sauce

Oriental cuisine often uses sweet and sour barberry sauce with a variety of seasonings. In its composition, you can add a variety of spices, but we will focus on the classic recipe.



To prepare oriental sauce from barberry for the winter we take the following ingredients:

• barberry - 1 kilogram;
• sugar - 25 grams;
• ginger;
• cinnamon;
• carnations;
• other spices to taste.

Prepared sauce from pre-cooked and mashed berry strainer. Mix it with sugar and spices and constantly try. We add this or that ingredient to improve the taste. Then put the mixture and cook until thick. The finished sauce should boil in volume approximately on a quarter, but thus not to lose bright red color.

Tip! Adding ingredients to the sauce, remember that after evaporation of excess liquid, each spice will feel a little sharper.

Simple billets

In addition to cooking the delicious barberry can be harvested and in the form of semi-finished products. For this, the berries of the plant are dried or frozen. Dry the pre-washed berries in the oven at low temperature.

Freezing barberry for the winter is carried out in freezers, while the berries are laid out on cellophane bags portionwise, so that when cooking it is more convenient to get a certain amount of product.

At the end of our reportage, we advise our readers to watch a fascinating video report about the preparation of barberry vinegar!