Black chokeberry syrup

The blackberry is famous for its unusual taste and great benefits. There are several recipes for preserves, compotes and jams. Each hostess chooses to her taste. Chokeberry syrup is also an excellent preparation option for the winter. It is not difficult to prepare a drink, and you can add a wide variety of ingredients, depending on the wishes of the hostess and personal preferences.

How to make chokeberry syrup

Blackberries contain a huge amount of nutrients. It grows on a shrub, which for a long time was considered decorative at all. Only fully ripe berries should be used to prepare the drink. Unripe fruits can be too tart and spoil the taste of the drink. The ripeness of a berry can be checked by its color. A ripe blackberry does not have a reddish tint. It is completely black with a bluish tint. Only such fruits must be chosen for the preparation of the drink. Additional ingredients can soften the slightly tart taste. Adding apples, pears or lemon will soften the drink. In order for the aroma to become pleasant, you will need to add a cinnamon stick or other spices to the taste of the hostess.

Be sure to rinse and sort out the berries to remove all rotten, diseased and wrinkled specimens. Then the taste will be excellent, and the drink will stand for a long time. The best sterilization option is in the oven. Some housewives sterilize over steam at the spout of the kettle.

The classic chokeberry syrup recipe

To prepare a classic recipe, you need simple ingredients:

• 2.5 kg blackberry;
• 4 liters of water;
• 25 g citric acid;
• sugar - 1 kg for each liter of the resulting drink.

The recipe is simple: mix all the washed chokeberry with water, which must be boiled beforehand. Add citric acid. Mix everything and cover. After a day, strain the resulting liquid. For each liter of the resulting liquid, add 1 kg of sugar. Mix and heat for 10 minutes. Pour the hot workpiece into clean, sterilized jars and immediately roll up hermetically. To check the tightness of the cans, turn over and leave for a day.

Simple chokeberry syrup for the winter

Products for cooking:

• blackberries - 2.3 kg;
• 1 kg less sugar;
• mint - a bunch;
• 45 g citric acid;
• 1.7 liters of clean water.

Procurement steps according to the simplest recipe:

1. Rinse blackberry and put in a plastic container with mint.
2. Pour boiling water over chokeberry, add citric acid.
3. After a day, drain the liquid into a saucepan.
4. Twist the mountain ash through a meat grinder and squeeze.
5. Mix juice, infusion, granulated sugar and put on fire.
6. Boil for 15 minutes.
7. Pour boiling liquid into jars and seal tightly.

After cooling down, it can be put back in place for long-term storage.

Chokeberry syrup with cherry leaves

Products for harvesting:

• 1 kg of chokeberry;
• 1 liter of water;
• 1 kg of sugar;
• 2 small spoons of citric acid;
• 150 cherry leaves.

Cherries will give the preparation a special aroma; this is one of the most common additional ingredients for a drink.

Instructions for the cooking steps:

1. Rinse the cherry leaves, cover with water and put on fire.
2. After boiling, turn off, cover and leave for 24 hours.
3. Rinse chokeberry.
4. Put the leaves on the fire again and boil.
5. Add citric acid.
6. Add chokeberry, boil and turn off.
7. Cover with a cloth and leave for another 24 hours.
8. Strain the liquid.
9. Pour in all the granulated sugar.
10. Stir and put on fire.
11. Cook for 5 minutes.

Then pour the hot drink into cans and roll up.

Chokeberry syrup with citric acid

Citric acid is the main ingredient that is used in most recipes for preparing a black chokeberry drink for the winter. This is due to the fact that for the preservation of the workpiece, which is sweet in itself, the presence of acid is necessary. Citric acid is the best option. It will give both a pleasant taste and ensure the safety of the workpiece during the winter.

How to make frozen chokeberry syrup

For a simple recipe, frozen berries are also suitable. You will need the following products:

• 1 kg of frozen berries;
• half a liter of water;
• a teaspoon of citric acid;
• 1 kg 600 g sugar.

Cooking instructions:

1. Mix water, black chokeberry and acid, as well as 1 kg of sugar.
2. Refrigerate for 24 hours.
3. Hold for another day at room temperature.
4. Strain.
5. Add granulated sugar.
6. Boil for 10 minutes, pour into clean glass containers.

Wrap hot jars with a warm blanket and after a day, hide in the basement or in the closet for storage.

Chokeberry syrup recipe for the winter with honey and cinnamon

This is a very aromatic version of the drink, which is prepared for the winter. It is not only tasty and aromatic, but also very healthy. The components are simple:

• a glass of chokeberry;
• 5 carnation buds;
• a large spoonful of grated ginger;
• cinnamon stick;
• water 500 ml;
• a glass of honey.

Cooking stage:

1. Add ginger, black chops, cinnamon, and cloves to a saucepan.
2. To fill with water.
3. After boiling, cook for half an hour.
4. Strain the syrup through a sieve or cheesecloth.
5. Add honey and pour over clean jars.

You can store it in the refrigerator. If sterilized, then it can be lowered into the cellar.

Black chokeberry syrup with cherry leaves and citric acid

Black rowan syrup with cherry leaf is one of the most common options. The ingredients for the preparation are as follows:

• chokeberry - 2.8 kg;
• granulated sugar 3.8 kg;
• water - 3.8 liters;
• 85 g citric acid;
• 80 g cherry leaves.

You can cook like this:

1. Pour blackberry, cherry leaves, citric acid into an enamel bowl or saucepan.
2. Pour boiling water over, leave for 24 hours.
3. Drain the liquid separately, and squeeze the juice from the berries.
4. Stir the juice and infusion, add sugar.
5. After boiling, cook for 15 minutes.

Then immediately pour into sterilized hot jars and roll up.

Chokeberry syrup with apples and cinnamon

One of the classic flavor combinations is apples and cinnamon. Therefore, many housewives make a drink from chokeberry with the addition of these ingredients. It turns out delicious and unusual.

It is easy to prepare such a drink. The step-by-step algorithm looks like this:

1. Rinse the berries, coarsely chop the apples.
2. Pour boiling water over everything, add citric acid, leave for a day.
3. Strain the liquid, add sugar there and put a cinnamon stick.
4. Boil for 10 minutes, remove the cinnamon, pour the prepared syrup into glass containers and roll up.

In winter, the whole family will enjoy the aromatic drink.

Chokeberry syrup for the winter: a recipe with lemon

To prepare a delicious drink, you can also use fresh lemon, from which you can squeeze juice. In this case, the drink will turn out to be even healthier. Ingredients:

• 1.5 kg blackberry;
• 1.3 kg of sugar;
• half a glass of lemon juice;
• bag of pectin.

Cooking instructions:

1. Boil the chokeberry over medium heat.
2. Squeeze the chokeberry using a press or through cheesecloth with your hands.
3. Add juice and pectin to the resulting liquid.
4. Add sugar and stir.
5. While stirring over the fire, let the drink boil.
6. After boiling, cook for 3 minutes and can be poured into hot prepared jars.

The drink will last perfectly all winter and will help fight colds, strengthen the immune system.

Chokeberry syrup with citric acid and mint

Chokeberry cherry syrup per recipe allows for various modifications. For example, you can perfectly replace cherry leaves with mint or lemon balm, you can add currant leaves. The following components are required:

• 3 kg of chokeberry;
• the same amount of granulated sugar;
• 2 liters of water;
• 300 grams of currant and mint leaves;
• 3 tablespoons of citric acid.

Cooking recipe for the winter:

1. Grind chokeberry with a meat grinder.
2. Add currant and mint leaves.
3. Pour with cooled boiled water and leave for a day.
4. Strain the liquid and squeeze out the juice.
5. Pour the resulting juice into a saucepan and add sugar and citric acid there.
6. Put on fire and bring to a boil.
7. If unstrained parts of the berries rise during boiling, then they should be removed with a slotted spoon.

As soon as everything boils, it is necessary to pour into hot prepared jars and roll up hermetically. Then turn the cans over and wrap them in a warm cloth, you can use a blanket. Once, after a day, all seams have cooled, they are moved to a cool and dark storage room during the winter.

Chokeberry cherry syrup with spices

This is a black chokeberry syrup with cherry leaves that uses a lot of the leaf and many different spices. Ingredients:

• 2 kg blackberry;
• about the same volume of cherry leaves;
• 2.5 liters of water;
• 25 g citric acid per liter solution;
• sugar in the amount of 1 kg per liter of semi-finished product;
• spices to taste: cardamom, saffron, cinnamon, cloves, vanilla.

The cooking recipe consists of simple steps:

1. Wash the leaves and put in a saucepan with the black chokeberry.
2. Pour boiling water over, leave for 24 hours.
3. Bring to a boil every other day.
4. Pour in the required amount of lemon.
5. Throw away the leaves, pour the berries with infusion and put them again for a day.
6. Drain the semi-finished product again, discard all the berries.
7. Bring the infusion to a boil, add 1 kg of sugar for each liter, add all the necessary spices to taste.

Immediately after the liquid has boiled, the syrup must be poured into hot prepared jars and rolled up. The drink should be poured into the container under the very lid, since after cooling the volume may decrease.

Rules for storing chokeberry syrup

Cherry leaf and black chokeberry syrup is stored in cool and dark rooms. Do not allow sunlight to enter, as the drink in this case may deteriorate. If we are talking about an apartment, then an unheated pantry and a balcony are suitable for storage. But the balcony must also be insulated in winter, since the temperature for the syrup cannot drop below zero. If the balcony is frozen, then you should not store blanks on it.

If a cellar or basement is chosen for storing the workpiece, then there should be no mold and traces of moisture on the walls.

Conclusion

Chokeberry syrup will help you freshen up in the cold season, as well as strengthen the immune system and cheer up. You can add cherry leaves, apples, pears, and cinnamon to prevent the taste from being too tart. In order for the drink to be better preserved, it is advisable to add citric acid or freshly squeezed lemon juice. Then the workpiece will also have a pleasant sourness.

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