Practically one and all love raspberry, but fresh it is possible to regale on it all one or one and a half months therefore fine option is preparation of the ground berry with sugar. It is possible to cook also raspberry jam, but during heat treatment a part of vitamins will be lost, therefore, this option can use only in case there is no opportunity to store the prepared berry in the fridge.
Home-made raspberry delicacy has saturated aroma, a pleasant sweet taste, and, above all is a well of vitamins and useful substances which are capable to lower temperature and to improve the general state at cold. The advantage of raspberry is invaluable! Also ground raspberry can be added to yogurts, cottage cheese and ice cream, to part tasty fruit drinks with mint.
That the raspberry ground with sugar turned out tasty, didn't turn sour and didn't lose the useful properties, it is necessary to know several simple secrets:
Features of preparation of raspberry:
- It is more preferable to pick berry from bushes in the afternoon and in a clear, sunny weather;
- ""It is necessary lick into shape"" raspberry right after collecting or at least in the same day as it has property quickly to sour;
- Before direct preparation of preparation it is necessary to fill in raspberry with cold, salty water (on one liter of water about 2 teaspoons of salt) and to leave for 15-20 minutes. It is necessary that all insects emerged, then it will be necessary to drain water, to wash out and touch berry. It will exclude hit of the spoiled berries in bank;
- It is important to remember that raspberry needs to give time to dry as wet berry reduces a preparation expiration date significantly;
- Ready, so-called ""jam"" needs to be displayed in the clean, dry, sterilized banks and to close also clean covers which can be boiled within 5-7 minutes;
- It is also important that in preparation time, berries adjoined only to not oxidized ware - from stainless steel, a tree, glass, plastic etc.
- Skilled hostesses advise to cut out a circle from white white paper and to put a baking plate a cover for the best preservation of raspberry;
- The main condition is that the more to add some sugar to raspberry, the preparation will longer be stored.
- If suddenly on a surface of ""jam"" foam begins to appear - it means that raspberry began to ferment. Availability of moisture in banks, insufficient amount of sugar etc. can be the reason, however it is possible to add to preparation of sugar, to boil and roll up a baking plate an iron cover. It is also possible to make for example very tasty raspberry tincture.
The classical recipe of the ground raspberry with sugar
Necessary ingredients:
- Raspberry - 2 kg.
- Granulated sugar - 3 kg (a proportion 1:1.5)
- Icing sugar - 200 g.
Step-by-step recipe:
1. Collected raspberry carefully to touch, choose all spoiled berries, to remove the stuck leaves, to remove fruit stems, bugs and worms, to wash out in cold water and to allow berry to dry (it is possible to lay out a thin layer on paper towels).
2. Addition to raspberry of granulated sugar will be the next stage. Further it is necessary to mash berry a wooden masher or the clean blender. Carefully ground raspberry at storage isn't stratified and appetizingly looks.
3. The turned-out weight needs to stand one or two hours that sugar crystals were completely dissolved in a berry juice.
4. In the clean, sterilized, dry banks it is necessary to spread out raspberry ""jam"", having left from above a little place.
5. Fill up weight with icing sugar, (height not less than 1 cm, differently powder will be dissolved) for creation of so-called ""stopper"", the t.e powder dries up, and the lid which protects raspberry from contact with air, and, therefore, from emergence of a mold turns out.
6. Close banks covers and send to the fridge or to the basement, however then it will be necessary to eat raspberry in 2-3 months whereas preparation can be stored in the fridge about a year.
The frozen raspberry with sugar
The method of deep freezing of berries, fruit and vegetables is very widespread. The freezer maintaining temperature of -18 °C is for this purpose necessary. In such freezer raspberry can be kept within a year without loss of vitamins and useful substances, that is till the next season. Before freezing it is important to choose suitable ware. Plastic containers, glasses with densely closed cover, as a last resort an ordinary plastic bag will be the best choice. It is the best of all to freeze berries entirely (as in the photo). For this purpose raspberry is poured out on a simple tray in one layer (it prevents adhesion of raspberry in whom) and frozen during three - four hours then, the frozen berries pour into a package or a container. The second way is that in a usual container on a bottom fill granulated sugar, then on it spread raspberry, again sugar, raspberry, and so up to the end, but it is important that berry was the last layer. Densely close a container and place in the freezer.
It is also possible to freeze raspberry in the form of puree. It is the for this purpose best of all to use overripe berry. Preparation of puree requires the blender, granulated sugar in a proportion about 1:2 though in this case it is possible to defer to the taste as preparation will be frozen. Further to fill in puree in containers, having left a little place as when freezing liquid can extend and place them in the freezer. If for some reason there weren't enough containers, then it is possible to pour puree on plastic bags, and for secure to put them in one more package. Not forget to include fast freezing. Puree is better defreeze berries and gradually, in the camera of the fridge then to enjoy tasty and fragrant raspberry!