The berry, popularly called simply chokeberry, is nothing more than chokeberry or chokeberry. This inhabitant of parks, forests and copses, already familiar to us, or modestly towering near a village fence, was once brought to Europe from North America. And took root in the Old World as if it was here that her homeland was always located. Aronia no less organically blended into the Russian landscape, along with its rosy sister - red rowan.
Homemade blanks
Experienced housewives know: almost all the fruits and berries created by Mother Nature are not only suitable for us to eat, but also very useful. Aronia in this regard is not special. Fresh, of course, it is not very tasty: bitter, too tart, tough. But as the main ingredient for home preservation for the winter, such mountain ash is just perfect. Remarkably tasty, for example,
compote from apples and aronia or with it and plums. And what kind of jam, jam, marmalade is obtained - an overeating! And, most importantly, during heat treatment, the berry does not lose its beneficial properties. From our article you will learn how to cook and preserve stewed apples and blackberries, stewed fruit only from chokeberry, and many other useful recipes.
Rowan with apples
This drink is wonderful in many ways. Its noble dark color resembles the good old wine of many years of aging. Delicate apple aroma with a delicate bouquet of
wild berries literally intoxicates. And the taste is so pleasant that a compote of apples and chokeberries will become your favorite from the very first sips! The consumption of products for 1 batch of preservation is as follows: berries without brushes need 400-450 gr., Apples 1 kg or 1.2 kg, sugar for each liter of pouring from 650 to 750 gr. (depending on the variety of fruits). A compote of apples and aronia is boiled like this: cut the apples in halves or quarters (if small, tender summer varieties). You can’t remove the peel, and don’t blanch the slices themselves (however, if the workpiece is made from autumn-winter varieties, it is better to lower the fruit slices in boiling water for a couple of minutes and cool immediately). Aronia berries that you will put in the apples "Aronia with chokeberry", carefully sort, rinse. Shuffle them in 3-liter jars, filling approximately half. Prepare the fill: dissolve sugar in warm water, boil, descale. Fill the jars with hot syrup, cover with lids, sterilize for 45 minutes and roll up.
Chokeberry compote
Chokeberry itself is preserved
. Compote for the winter from it will be a good help to maintain health, increase hemoglobin, strengthen immunity. True, the aronia tastes too tart and bitter. Therefore, before canning, soak the already selected berries in cold water for 2 days. Change the water several times a day. Then lay them out so that the glasses are filled with water, distribute them in jars and pour hot syrup. The fill is as follows: for every liter of water, 400 g is required. Sahara. Sterilize for 40-45 minutes. and close. How simple it is, isn't it? And how delicious!
Compote assorted
Fans of goodies can be pampered with another wonderful drink - compote from aronia and plums. You will need: for every kilogram of fruit, 200 g. berries. Soak the choke in water as described in the previous recipe. Wash the plums. Mixed with black chokeberry, put them in jars, 3 quarters or half full of containers. Fill the remaining space with hot fill (300 grams of sugar is required for each liter of water). Sterilize the compote for 35 minutes and close.
Original compote
Do you want to try a completely amazing drink - a chokeberry compote based on apple juice? First, of course, you should stock up on the fill itself. Juice must be fresh. Preheat it, add sugar (500 to 600 grams of sugar for each liter of liquid), boil, remove the foam. Put the berries in jars, pour juice, sterilize 3-liter jars for 45 minutes. And drink the drink of the gods to your health!