Black currant with sugar for the winter, harvested in a hot way, saves the maximum amount of nutrients. Connoisseurs of traditional medicine call these berries “pantry of vitamins”, because a large bunch of black currants contains the daily rate of vitamin C, and besides it - iron, calcium, zinc, vitamins of group B, E, K and many more trace elements.
Currants, wiped with sugar, are recommended for lack of vitamins, especially in winter and early spring, when the body needs to be fed with useful substances. Just a few spoons of sweet and sour delicacy will replace the multivitamin pill.
Harvesting berries for this recipe is necessary when they are fully ripe (but not overripe!). Harvest should be immediately prior to preparation, so that the berries are not moldy for a long time and will not turn soured.
- Cooking time: 25 minutes
- Quantity: several cans of 500 g
Ingredients for black currant with sugar for the winter
- 1 kg of black currant
- 1.5 kg of granulated sugar
Method of cooking black currant with sugar for the winter of the “hot” method of harvesting
For the harvesting of berries in this way is only suitable currant. We touch the berries, remove the dry, with signs of damage, tear off the berries from the twigs.
We send the crop in a bowl with cold water, soak it. We change the water several times, remove the surfaced trash, finally pour the berries into a colander, rinse with running water.
Rinse clean berries with boiling water, shake off water.
Pour the berries into a bowl, add granulated sugar, mix.
Take the wooden tolkushku for potatoes and gently knead the berries.
When the currant launches the juice, we transfer the berry puree to a stewpan from stainless steel or enameled. If there are whole berries, then they also need to crush.
Put the saucepan on the stove, heat it quickly over high heat, until the currant and sugar begin to “puff” for the winter, you do not need to bring it to a boil. It is necessary to stir the mass, otherwise it will burn.
Shake and shake the saucepan, drive the foam to the center, collect the foam with a spoon. The spoon should be clean, it is better to scald it with boiling water.
Banks are carefully washed with soda in warm water, rinsed, and dried in the oven for 10 minutes (temperature 110 degrees Celsius).
Fold hot currant, ground with sugar, in dry warm jars, fill almost to the top. Banks are covered with paper or a clean towel, after cooling, we spin with lacquered covers.
Fully cooled billet is removed for storage in a dry cool place. Due to the high content of vitamin C, canned currants are well preserved.
Whatever useful qualities are attributed to this marvelous berry, among other things, it is also very tasty. It is enough to take a slice of fresh loaf, spread it with butter, and from above put a generous portion of black currant with sugar rubbed - I assure you, this is the most tasty and healthy cake in the world.
With such a black currant with sugar, you can make a cheesecake or homemade cake without baking, it will be very tasty!
