Very tasty pieces for the winter can be made from cranberries with orange and / or other citrus, for example, lemon. Citrus in a remarkable way shade and complement the taste and aroma of cranberries. This combination is quite harmonious.
A recipe for cranberries with orange and lemon
Ingredients:
- cranberry fresh - 3 kg;
- oranges - 2-3 pcs .;
- lemons - 1-3 pieces;
- sugar (or rather honey) - 1-2 kg.
Preparation
Cranberries are washed with running cold water, dried and crushed in a combine or manually. Peeled oranges and lemons are sliced. Mix with crushed cranberries and fall asleep with sugar (or pour honey). We wait until the fruit-berries are allowed to juice, after which we carefully mix. We lay out on the banks, close the lids and store it in the refrigerator. Extremely useful vitamin delicacy, especially in the version with honey: the caloric content is minimal, has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect, contains a lot of vitamin C, which prevents the formation of blood clots and cholesterol plaques on the walls of the vessels, increases their elasticity and strength.
However, people with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and high acidity should be treated with caution with this delicious medicine, strictly dose and not get carried away.
Jam with cranberries and orange
Another recipe for "cold jam" from cranberries with orange, lemon and lime. You can serve with meat and fish dishes - very tasty.
Ingredients:
- cranberry fresh - 2 kg;
- oranges - 0.5 kg
- lemons - 2 pieces;
- lime - 1-2 pcs.
- granulated sugar - 2 kg.
Preparation
Cranberries are washed, dried and together with oranges (without peel and pitted), we pass through a meat grinder with a suitable nozzle. Lemon and lime cut into slices with skin, remove the bones. We will add slices of lemon and lime to the ground mix, fall asleep with sugar (or pour honey), carefully mix and store in the banks of the refrigerator.
In a classic way, jam from cranberries with oranges is better not to cook - you will lose most of the nutrients.
To cranberry lovers we offer one more recipe of preparation - jam from cranberries with apples .