Kizil for the winter: 15 recipes for making delicious preparations, preservation storage

These berries are very useful fresh, because they contain a large amount of vitamins and valuable elements. In the first place is vitamin C, which helps to strengthen the immune system. There are a lot of recipes for harvesting dogwood for the winter. It can be dried, dried, harvested in the form of jam, compotes, jelly and even hot sauce. Most valuable substances are not lost during the harvesting process, which makes them useful and necessary, especially in winter.

Features of harvesting dogwood for the winter

When harvesting, it is recommended to use some tips:

• Proponents of proper nutrition can replace sugar with maple syrup or Jerusalem artichoke syrup;
• in order to preserve more vitamins during harvesting, it is recommended to observe the indicated heat treatment time.

How to collect dogwood?

Harvesting takes place in August-September, depending on the variety. It is necessary to collect when the berries have acquired a natural red color. Do not wait until they become soft or darken. Picking is done in dry weather, wet berries are poorly stored.

Harvesting is complicated by the fact that the berries do not ripen evenly, so several approaches are needed. The collected berries ripen in a dry place within a week. The fruits darken, acquire sweetness, and their aroma intensifies.

Kitchen utensils

Collected in wooden boxes or baskets, stored here until fully ripe.

What can be made from dogwood at home: recipes

Dishes with dogwood amaze with their variety. In addition to freezing, drying, you can cook delicious desserts.

Freezing dogwood

You can prepare berries in the freezer. To do this, they must be washed, dried, otherwise frost will form on them. Place in plastic bags or plastic containers.

Dried dogwood

You can save the maximum number of valuable elements by drying. But it needs to be done right.

In the oven

Arrange the washed fruits on a baking sheet. Tumble dry at 40-50 ^{o 5-6 hours.}

Outdoor

Under the influence of direct sunlight, valuable elements are lost. It is recommended to spread the washed berries on a baking sheet or tray and place in a well-ventilated place.

In the electric dryer

Spread the washed dogwood in the dryer, set 60 ^o for 5 hours, then dry at 50 ^o.

Cornwood jam

This delicacy is not only tasty, but also he althy. They make it with different amounts of sugar, it all depends on the preferences of the family.

Required:

• dogwood - 1 kilo;
• sugar - 650-85 grams;
• water - 90 milliliters.

Sequence of actions:

1. Combine water with sugar, boil syrup. Pour the washed berries, boil and leave to infuse.
2. Boil the jam for a quarter of an hour, arrange in a sterilized container, close tightly.

Jam

Jam is made from blanched and grated berries.

Required:

• dogwood - 1 kilo;
• sugar - 550 grams;
• water - 150 milliliters.

Cooking sequence:

1. Pour berries with water, boil for 5 minutes, rub through a sieve.
2. Pour sugar into berry puree, cook for a quarter of an hour, arrange in prepared containers.

Pastila

Marshmallow is prepared without pasteurization, heat treatment kills possible microorganisms.

Cooking is carried out according to the recipe above. Only the duration of heat treatment increases. The mass must be boiled until it decreases by 2-2.5 times. Next, grease the spacing with sunflower oil, distribute the berry mass and leave to dry.

Marmalade

For the preparation of marmalade, the pulp that remains from the preparation of jam is used. Remove the bones, grind the pulp, add 250 grams of sugar. Boil for 10 minutes. Divide into shapes, cut after cooling.

If harvesting is done for the winter, bury marmalade in a sterilized container.

Jelly

Dogwood jelly is not a complicated preservation, the output will be not only tasty, but also he althy. The fruits contain a lot of pectin, gelation occurs naturally. But if there is a fear that it will not harden, you can add gelatin.

Required:

• dogwood - 1 kilo;
• sugar - 450 grams;
• gelatin - 15 grams.

Sequence of actions:

1. Soak gelatine in 40 milliliters of liquid.
2. Make mashed potatoes as in jam recipe.
3. Melt gelatin, pour into hot berry mass and pour into containers.

S alted dogwood

You can preserve fruits as a s alty snack for meat. They are beautifully decorated with salads.

Required per liter jar:

• dogwood;
• s alt - 10 grams;
• laurel leaf;
• vinegar - 15 milliliters;
• sugar - 20 grams.

Sequence of actions:

1. Put a bay leaf on the bottom of the container, cover with berries. Pour in vinegar, add s alt and sugar, pour boiling liquid.
2. Put in a pot of warm water, sterilize for 10 minutes.
3. Seal hermetically, turn over, cover until completely cool.

Pinned dogwood

Canned dogwood will allow you to prepare a delicious snack for the winter that can be served with meat, added to salads.

Required per liter jar:

• dogwood;
• water;
• carnation - 2 inflorescences;
• allspice - 1 pea;
• sugar - 20 grams;
• laurel leaf;
• s alt - 10 grams;
• vinegar - 25 milliliters

Sequence of actions:

1. Put the washed fruits into a prepared, sterilized container. Pour in boiling liquid. Wait a quarter of an hour.
2. Drain liquid, add sugar, s alt, spices, bay leaf. Boil.
3. Pour vinegar into a jar, pour marinade over it, seal tightly.
4. Turn the container over, wrap it until it cools down.

Cornwood wine

To make a drink you need:

• berries - 2 kilograms;
• vodka - 2.5 liters;
• sugar - 600 grams;
• raisins - 50 grams.

Sequence of actions:

1. 5 days before working with berries, prepare a starter. Pour raisins into a bottle, cover with sugar, pour 50 milliliters of water. Close the bottle, but not with a cork. Put in a dark, warm place. During this time, the raisins should ferment.
2. Berries wash, crush.
3. Mix 250 grams of sugar and 1.5 liters of water, make syrup. Put berries in it. After an hour, pour another liter of water. Wait for complete cooling.
4. Pour in the starter, mix. Keep in room conditions, in the dark.
5. 3 days after the active fermentation process, strain the mass, squeeze the berries and discard.
6. Pour 150 grams of sugar into the juice, pour into a container in which the fermentation process will take place. Install a water seal on the neck of the container. Put in a warm place.
7. After 5 days, add 100 grams of sugar. To do this, pour out some liquid, dissolve sugar in it and pour it back.
8. After 4 days, add another 100 grams of sugar.
9. Fermentation lasts up to 60 days. The duration of the process depends on the temperature regime.
10. Drain the wine so as not to touch the sediment. For aging, the wine is stored for six months at a temperature not exceeding 16 ^o.

Drying dogwood

A tasty, he althy treat that can replace candy for kids.

Required:

• dogwood - 1 kilo;
• sugar - 450 grams.

For cooking you need:

1. Wash the berries, remove the seeds. Sprinkle with sugar, leave overnight.
2. Drain the resulting juice, boil and pour over the berries.
3. After cooling, put the berries in a colander.
4. Spread the berries on a baking sheet, dry twice a day for 20 minutes at a temperature of 60-70 ^o.

Syrup

You can roll up the syrup for the winter using the liquid obtained from the previous recipe. This recipe is unique: dried berries and syrup are obtained.

Feature of preparation: after removing the dogwood, boil the liquid over high heat for 5 minutes and pour into sterilized containers.

Compote for a three-liter jar

Such a he althy drink will appeal not only to children, but also to adults, it will serve as a pleasant reminder of the summer.

Required:

• berries - 350 grams;
• sugar - 210 grams.

Sequence of actions:

1. Pour washed berries into a jar. Pour in sugar, pour in boiling liquid.
2. Put in a saucepan to be sterilized. After boiling, after 10 minutes, tightly close, turn over and wrap until completely cool.

Cornwood sauce

Required:

• dogwood - 2 kilograms;
• sugar - 135 grams;
• s alt - 45 grams;
• water - 180 milliliters.

Sequence of actions:

1. Berries pour water, boil for 5 minutes. Put on a sieve, rub.
2. Add s alt and sugar to the puree mass, if desired - your favorite spices. Cook for a quarter of an hour. Divide into prepared containers.

Spicy dogwood sauce for winter

This sauce is prepared according to the principle indicated in the previous recipe. Cooking feature: use 1/2-1/3 hot pepper pod for the specified number of berries. The amount depends on personal preference. It must be crushed and added to the mashed dogwood.

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