What blackberries can be made for the winter, 13 recipes
In the season of harvesting berries, especially with a large harvest, each housewife asks the question - what can be made from blackberries for the winter? This tasty and healthy berry, due to its composition, has a beneficial effect on the body. Many valuable substances are not lost during heat treatment, which makes the blanks useful and necessary in the winter. In addition, delicious delicacies - jam, preserves, jellies and others - will decorate any tea party on a long winter evening.
Features of harvesting blackberries for the winter
From the correct choice of berries and the preparation of containers for storage, the success of winter harvesting is envy.
Selection and preparation of raw materials
The berries are recommended to be used fully ripe. If they are collected slightly unripe, you need to leave them for a day in a room, away from direct sunlight.
The amount of sugar used depends on the ripeness of the berries and taste preferences.
How to prepare the dishes correctly?
Storage containers must be clean. It is recommended to wash them with baking soda. If the recipe assumes sterilization, the dishes do not need to be sterilized. Otherwise, the containers should be sterilized in any convenient way and dried.
What can be made from blackberries at home?
Many delicacies can be made from this healthy berry. All ready-made dishes surprise with their taste and aroma, and the recipes for their preparation are varied. But do not dwell on the proposed components, it is quite possible to improvise by adding new ingredients.
Sugar-free berry juice
An excellent low-calorie drink that allows you to preserve the maximum of valuable vitamins. The number of berries does not matter.
Cooking sequence:
- Put the washed berries in prepared jars. Fill completely.
- Pour boiling liquid over.
- Put in a container with warm water, sterilize for a quarter of an hour. Close hermetically.
Blackberry compote without cooking
Varieties of garden blackberries are in no way inferior to forest ones, the compote turns out to be fragrant and tasty.
It is necessary:
- blackberries - 1 kilogram;
- citric acid - 5-7 grams;
- sugar - 350 grams.
Sequencing:
- Place the washed and dried berries in sterilized containers. Fill in 1/3.
- Pour boiling liquid over for a quarter of an hour.
- Drain the liquid, add sugar, acid to it, boil, pour into jars. Close hermetically, turn over, cover until it cools completely.
Blackberry jam
Preparing blackberry jam is not difficult, since it is prepared according to the general rules for making jam.
It is necessary:
- blackberries - 1 kilogram;
- sugar - 700 grams;
- water - 90 milliliters;
- lemon or orange (optional).
Sequencing:
- Boil the syrup from water and sugar, place the berries in it.
- Grate orange or lemon zest, then squeeze the juice. Add to berries, boil.
- After cooling, boil again.
- Cook the last time for half an hour over low heat, stirring occasionally. Arrange in prepared containers.
Freezing blackberries
There are many recipes for making blackberries, but when the berries are frozen, the maximum amount of valuable vitamins and substances is preserved.
It is necessary:
- Wash the berries and dry.
- Spread out on a rack, put in the freezer. When the berries have hardened, transfer them to a plastic bag or plastic container.
Blackberry jam
There are various ways to preserve blackberries. Jam, thanks to pectin, solidifies well.
It is necessary:
- blackberries - 1 kilogram;
- sugar - 650 grams.
Sequencing:
- Cover the berries with sugar, pour over them with a crush, leave for 2 hours to let the juice go.
- Rub through a sieve. The remaining cake can be used to make jelly.
- Boil the resulting mass, boil for a quarter of an hour, pour into a prepared container.
Wine
The wine has a pleasant, slightly tart taste. Making it is not difficult, the main thing is to follow the recipe.
It is necessary:
- blackberries - 2 kilograms;
- sugar - 1 kilogram;
- water - liter;
- raisins - 45 grams.
Sequencing:
- Mash the blackberry, put the mass in a container with a wide neck.
- Pour in raisins, granulated sugar (400 grams), pour in water, stir.
- Put in a dark place at a temperature of about 20-22 about, cover with a cloth, wait 3-4 days.
- After the time has elapsed, pass through cheesecloth, pour into a container, fill 3/4 of the volume. Squeeze out the rest, pour into a container.
- Pour in granulated sugar (300 grams), stir. Put a water seal on the neck, you can use a glove with one hole. Maintain at 18-25 °.
- After 4 days, add the remaining sugar, stir until dissolved.
- After 35-55 days, fermentation stops. Transfer to another container using a tube, being careful not to touch the sediment.
- Close hermetically. Place in a dark room with a temperature of 4-16 ° C.
Homemade marmalade
Such a delicious delicacy is prepared according to a jam recipe, but gelatin must be added to it: 20 grams per 1 kilogram of berries. First, pour gelatin with 50 milliliters of water, heat after swelling and pour into the hot berry mass. Arrange in prepared forms or sterilized containers.
Drying berries and leaves
You can dry berries in an electric dryer, in an oven, at a temperature of 50-60 about... When drying outdoors, avoid direct sunlight.
Leaves for drying are recommended to be picked after blooming and before flowering. Dry in a well-ventilated place.
Jam
Prepared according to the jam recipe above. Cooking peculiarity: before the last boil, beat the berry mass with a blender and boil for 10 minutes.
Jelly
Blackberry jelly is made according to the recipe for making jam. The amount of gelatin per 1 kilogram of berries is 15 grams. It must be poured with 40-50 milliliters of water, wait until it swells, melted and poured into the berry mass. If desired, you can put whole berries in the jelly. It is recommended to add them 10 minutes before the end of cooking. It will turn out very nicely.
Kissel
The cake remaining after cooking can be used to make jelly.
Additional components:
- sugar - 240 grams;
- starch - 45 grams;
- water - 1 liter;
- lemon - half.
Sequencing:
- Pour blackberry (cake) with water, boil for 10 minutes.
- Throw in a sieve, strain.
- Add sugar and lemon juice to the resulting liquid.
- Dissolve starch in 50 ml of water. Stir quickly, pour a thin stream into the berry compote, boil, stirring occasionally. You can add a sprig of mint if desired.
Morse
A healthy and tasty drink is made very simply. The concentration of the drink depends on the number of berries.
It is necessary:
- blackberries - 250-350 grams;
- water - 1 liter;
- sugar - 80-100 grams.
Sequencing:
- Separate the juice from the berries using a juicer.
- Pour the cake with water, boil and pass through a sieve.
- Add the indicated amount of sugar. When the liquid has cooled, pour out the blackberry juice.
Liquor
For cooking in a 3-liter container, you must:
- blackberries - 1.5 kilograms;
- vodka - 1-1.2 liters;
- water - 400 milliliters;
- sugar - 350-450 grams;
- lemon zest - optional.
Sequencing:
- Pour the lemon over with boiling water, wipe. Remove the zest with a knife, without the white part.
- Put the washed blackberries in a jar, put the zest on top.
- Pour with vodka. It should cover the layer of berries by 1-1.5 centimeters.
- Close, put in a dark room with room temperature.
- Withstand 2 weeks, shaking after 2-3 days.
- Filter the berry mass through a cloth, squeeze.
- Mix water with sugar, cook for 3-5 minutes.
- Pour the cooled syrup into the berry infusion, mix.
- Close the container, put in a dark cool room for 3-4 days.
- Filter the liquor through a cotton pad. The drink will become clear.
Pour into a dry container, close hermetically.
