How to prepare viburnum with sugar for the winter: tips and recipes

This berry is amazing because its tart harvest is not collected at all in the period of mass fruiting of all trees. Only with the onset of the first frosts (late September-October), the viburnum is completely gaining its "bouquet", saturated with an amazing and special taste. Under the influence of weak minus temperatures, red berries become sweeter, and their tartness acquires a pleasant moderation. Most often, viburnum is cooked with sugar. For winter, this dish is most practical to close, laying out a lot of small jars. This article provides information on the benefits of vitamin berry and the way it is brewed. In addition to the curative effect, fresh viburnum, sprinkled with sugar, is also used to decorate various desserts and baked goods. An attractive red color will refresh any dish with bright colors.

What is useful for viburnum, ground with sugar, its flowers and bark?

Vitamin dainty is especially useful for colds, bronchitis and coughing. Also widely used is viburnum for the treatment of the following diseases:

• Berries are used in hypertension, because they lower blood pressure;
• Juice acts as a mild laxative, has a beneficial effect on the digestive system;
• Whole berries together with bones strengthen the heart muscle;
• Decoction of the bark of the viburnum is used as a hemostatic agent in case of heavy menstruation and in the postpartum period ;
• Tea from brewed flowers is an excellent anti-allergenic and soothing.

How can vinas with sugar be preserved for winter and without it?

Berries can be harvested as a whole, and in a crushed form. It is not necessary to carry out long-term heat treatment, since at prolonged elevated temperatures in berries the content of useful substances is significantly reduced. In addition to mixing with sugar, the viburnum can be frozen and dried. Also do sterilized compotes without adding sugar, jelly, marmalade, cook the pastille, jelly. Kalina can be used in various fruit assortments, introducing into the dish in small quantities, so as not to change the taste of the main fruit, but at the same time give the dish a special bright pink shade. Fresh bunches of berries, hung in a cool room, are kept long enough - until the winter.

How to harvest viburnum with sugar for the winter in the form of various thick masses?

Jelly from berries

1 kg of fresh berries try in the boiling water for 5-7 minutes. After this, immediately rinse under a cold spray in a colander. Dried kalina filled with two full glasses of water and cook until softened. After cooling the berries wipe through a sieve and mix with 1 kg of sand-sugar. Put the mashed potatoes on a weak fire until thick (about 40-45 minutes). Spread the hot mass in jars and roll them.

Wiped viburnum with sugar for the winter

Place the clean berries in the oven on the baking sheet for 1 hour. After cooling, rub them with 1 kg of sugar, spread on jars and sterilize for 10-15 minutes. Keep in a cool place.