In the cold season there are not so many available vegetables, fruits and, accordingly, vitamins needed by the body. Therefore, in the winter they make various preparations of greens, vegetables, fruits and berries. Today let's talk about one of the most vitamin berries - about cranberries.
Frozen
Before you freeze the cranberries for the winter, it is sorted out, discarded, sluggish and damaged, removed plant debris. 
Berries are carefully washed and, scattered on any matter, well dried. Dried fruits are placed in plastic boxes or cups and put into the freezer.
At constant temperature -18 ° C Shelf life is three years. It is advisable to defrost portions, as in this form, the cranberries should be eaten immediately.
Freeze and at the same time save the beneficial properties of berries such as blueberries, pumpkin, blackberries, cherries, black currants, viburnum.
Dried
How to dry the cranberries with the least loss of nutrients, we learn next. Fruits for drying are sorted, cleaned and washed thoroughly. To preserve a maximum of vitamins, the fruit is either blanched for a few minutes in boiling water, or kept on the steam bath for the same time. 
This cranberry harvesting is carried out two ways:
- In a dry ventilated area, the fruits are laid out on any flat surface and dried until they no longer stick to their hands. After that, they are collected and stored in bags of any natural fabric.
- Drying takes place in the oven or microwave, or in a special dryer. At the beginning of the process, the temperature should not be high - up to 45 ° C after drying the fruits increase the temperature up to 70 ° C. Store the finished product in glass containers under a lid for up to 3 years.
Important! Periodically dried berries should be inspected and remove the darkened ones to avoid product damage.
Mashed with sugar
Harvesting cranberries for the winter without cooking (ground with sugar) will allow to keep it fresh and without the risk of spoiling during storage.
For this method of harvesting berries and sugar take in equal proportions: for 1 kg of raw material 1 kg of sugar. The ingredients are ground into a mushy mass with a blender or meat grinder. 
The finished mixture is spread in sterilized jars and tightly covered with parchment, you can also cover.
Consider another way how to sugar a cranberry.
The product prepared according to this recipe is stored no more than two weeks, so you should not do it in large quantities. To prepare take the same amount of fruit and sugar (500 g per 500 g).
First, boil the sugar syrup, then the washed and punctured toothpick berries pour over the cooled syrup and put in the cold at night. After that, the fruits are removed from the syrup, dried, crumbled in sugar and stored in the refrigerator. Such "candies" are useful for children.
Cranberries with honey
This recipe - this is a magic wand during the period of colds: six teaspoons per day will help get rid of cough and runny nose.
Cranberries and honey in a 1 to 1 ratio are ground to a puree mass. The mixture is laid out in sterilized jars, stored in the pantry one winter. 
Cranberry jam
For the jam will need:
- berries - 1 kg;
- sugar - 1.2 kg;
- water - 1 l
Next, the fruit fray with sugar and placed in a clean and dry jars, and then sterilized for 20 minutes, roll covers. When the banks cool down, they are removed to the pantry.Did you know? In 1816, Henry Hall, a US resident, began domesticating cranberries. Today, the area with culture occupy more than 16 thousand hectares. Cranberries were brought to Russia in 1871 by the director of the Imperial Botanical Garden, Eduard Regel.
Cranberry Jam
Jams and preserves - the best for the duration of the option, how to store cranberries in the winter.
Important! If the recipe has not been violated, the raw material is washed, and the product is sterilized according to the rules, jam or jam is stored for up to two years.
For jam will need:
- berries - 1 kg;
- sugar - 2 kg;
- lemon;
- vanilla.
At this stage, add sugar, zest of one lemon and vanilla. With the new ingredients should be cooked, stirring for 20 minutes. Finished products are laid out in sterile jars and closed with sterile caps.Also make jam from tomatoes, apricots, gooseberries, melons, roses, cloudberries and honeysuckle.
Cranberry puree
For cranberry puree the amount of ingredients each housewife will determine herself, focusing on the capacity of the refrigerator and the desired amount of mashed potatoes.
Fruits are mashed with a blender or meat grinder, then sugar is added to taste. For a while, the mixture is left: the sugar should completely dissolve. 
The finished puree in glassware is stored in the refrigerator for up to a month. The freezer will provide much longer storage, only in this case the product is transferred to a plastic container.
Bait cranberries
In ancient times, when there was no talk of refrigerators, our ancestors prepared for the winter urine products. She was kept in good oak barrels in the coldest corners of the dwellings.
Today, moistened cranberries are prepared as follows: for 1 kg of raw materials, take a tablespoon of sugar, a teaspoon of salt. Dry ingredients are boiled in two glasses of water, cooled and poured fruit. 
This product is put in a cold place, seasoning is added for spice: cinnamon, cloves, laurel.
Soaked cranberries for the winter stored up to a year.
Cranberry juice
To prepare the juice carefully washed berries (2 kg). Then they are ground into mashed potatoes and, having transferred to the pan, they are boiled for ten minutes in 0.5 l of water, not boiling.
Next, using gauze to separate the liquid from the cake. Sweeten the resulting liquid to taste and boil, without bringing to a boil, another five minutes. Juice is poured into sterile jars and rolled up, stored for about a year.
Delight family and friends with sap from dogwood, maple, cloudberry, yoshta, apples and chokeberry.
Cranberry juice
For morse, take 500 g of fruit, 100 g of sugar, 1.5 liters of water. Washed berries mash, squeeze over a bowl through cheesecloth, collecting juice. The cake is put in a pot of water, add sugar, bring to a boil and leave to infuse and cool.
The cooled, but warm mass is filtered, the liquid is poured into the prepared jar to half. Then add pure juice, collected earlier. Rolled up in a sterilized jars fruit drink store year.
Cranberry compote
Cranberry compote is not only beneficial due to vitamins, but also perfectly removes thirst. Will need:
- 1 kg of fruit;
- 600 grams of sugar;
- litere of water.
Cranberry pouring
For a classic liqueur recipe, you will need:
- berry - 500 g;
- water - 500 ml;
- sugar - 700 g
Important! Remember, the berries do not wash: on their skin, natural yeast, without which fermentation may not start.The rest of the ingredients are added to the fruit, mixed and, wrapping the container around the throat with gauze, are left for several days in a cold room without access to light. The mass is mixed from time to time.
When the process of fermentation begins, a rubber glove is punctured at the throat of the container, and a needle is punctured on one of the fingers. The drink is left to "play" for 40 days, then filtered from the cake and poured into bottles. For long storage pouring put in the refrigerator.Did you know? North American Indians used cranberries as a preservative. The berry was ground into paste and dried meat was rolled in, thus it was kept longer. And the first preservation of cranberry sauce was made in 1912.
This little red berry is record holder by the amount of vitamins and antioxidants. Preparations for the winter from it will support the immune system, cure colds, normalize blood pressure and clean the vessels.
