While preserving vegetables and fruits for the winter, many for some reason bypass the gooseberry, although this berry produces very tasty pickled pieces. With what it is possible to pickle this product, recipes and features of the preservation of berries, we consider in more detail in this material.
Gooseberry Preparation
For harvesting for the winter is important to use high-quality berries. - they must be strong, round, without damages and dents. It is better to use slightly unripe berries than overripe ones - otherwise they will turn into a homogeneous mush. The twigs and leaves are removed from the berries, then they are thoroughly washed with running water.
Recipe 1
Many are accustomed to think that only sweet jams and compotes can be made from sweet berries. However, today we will dispel this myth by preparing pickled salted gooseberries as a snack.
Read more about harvesting gooseberries for the winter.
Ingredients
Required products per 0.5 liter can:
- berries - 300 g;
- carnation - 2-3 inflorescences;
- Allspice-peas - 3 pcs .;
- sugar - 1 tablespoon;
- salt - a third of a tablespoon;
- Vinegar 9% - 2 tablespoons;
- Cherry or currant leaves - 2-3 pieces.
To preserve vegetables and greens in the winter, read the recipes for preparing squash, eggplant, parsley, horseradish, sorrel, garlic, zucchini, green beans, tomatoes.
Step-by-step recipe
The sequence of cooking salted pickled gooseberries:
- Prepared washed gooseberries sort out, removing all the twigs and leaves and spoiled berries.
- We put the berries in a sterilized jar, add cloves and allspice.
- Pour boiling water into the jar.
- Cover with sterilized lid and leave to cool for half an hour.
- Drain the cooled brine from the jar back to the pan.
- Add the leaves of currant or cherry, and set on fire.
- After entering with the leaves boil, reduce the heat and let the leaves boil for 5 minutes.
- Then we get the leaves from the saucepan - they are no longer needed.
- Add salt and sugar to the saucepan with the brine and mix.
- You can add some more water (during the boiling process, the water may evaporate).
- Bring the brine to a boil, and pour the berries in the jar. Set aside until complete brine cooling (about 40-50 minutes).
- Then again, pour the brine in a saucepan, bring to a boil.
- As soon as the brine boils, add vinegar, mix well, and pour the berries with brine.
- Close the sterilized lid and roll the machine.
- Turn over the jar, carefully check for leaks and cracks, wrap a towel until it cools completely.
- After the billet has cooled, we turn it over and set it stored in a cool place.
Important! To prevent the glass from cracking, it is necessary to pour boiling brine into a warm jar. As a result of contact hot brine with cold glass is highly likely to form microcracks that completely spoil the workpiece.
Recipe 2 (salted marinade)
The following recipe is a Moldovan spicy snack, which is perfect for fish and meat. Due to the use in the marinade of vinegar and salt as the main components, this appetizer resembles the taste of salted cucumbers.
Ingredients
For the preparation of salty snacks on one liter jar, we need:
- gooseberry berries - 600-700 grams;
- leaves of currant and cherry - 2-3 pieces;
- garlic - 2 medium cloves;
- hot chili pepper - 0.5 pieces;
- dill with young seeds - 2 inflorescences;
- mint leaves - 2-3 pieces;
- Vinegar - 5 tablespoons;
- salt - 50 grams.
Did you know? The name of the berry has interesting translations into other languages - so, in Britain it is called "goose berry" ("gooseberry")and in Germany, the "stinging berry" ("Stachelbeere"). In Belarusian, the gooseberry is called “agrest”, the word comes from the Italian “agresto”, meaning “unripe bunch”.
Step-by-step recipe
- We put currant leaves and cherries, mint, 2 cloves of garlic and dill on the bottom of a sterilized jar.
- From above we fall asleep well washed gooseberry.
- Fill a jar with berries to the top with boiling water.
- Cover with sterilized lid, leave for 5 minutes.
- Then pour the marinade from the jar into the saucepan, boil and refill the gooseberries. Set aside for 5 minutes.
- Then again pour the liquid from the jar into the saucepan. Add salt and boil on the fire.
- After the marinade has boiled, remove it from the heat and add vinegar.
- Ready marinade pour into a jar with gooseberries, cover with a lid and roll the machine.
- Turning the jar upside down, we wrap it in a blanket and leave to cool for a day. Then turn over the cooled billet and set stored in a cool place.
Important! The gooseberry for such a blank must be punctured with a needle - this will allow the marinade to penetrate the pulp of the berry and warm it well from the inside, speeding up the heat treatment process.
Recipe 3 (sweet marinade)
Tasty preparation for the winter of gooseberry can be made in a sweet form.
Ingredients
On one liter jar:
- gooseberry fruit - 600 grams;
- ground cinnamon - 1 tsp;
- carnation - 5 stars;
- allspice - 4-5 pieces;
- sugar - 150 grams;
- Vinegar - 1.5 tablespoons.
Step-by-step recipe
So, prepare a sweet winter harvest:
- Fill a sterilized jar with berries prepared with a needle to the top. Tapping a can on the table, evenly shake off the berries.
- Pour cinnamon, allspice, cloves on top.
- We put a liter of water on the fire, boil and add sugar. Stir until it is completely dissolved.
- Add vinegar to the pickle and pour them a jar of berries.
- Sterilize the marinade jar by covering it with a lid (put the jar in an iron container and fill it with boiled water. Sterilize the jar over a very slow fire for 8 minutes). Do not overdo the jar on fire - otherwise gooseberry will turn out to be jelly.
- After sterilization, we roll up the jar, turn it down with a lid, wrap it in a blanket and leave to cool for a day.
- Then return the preservation to its original position (bottom down), and store in a cool place.
We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the recipes for the winter for sea buckthorn, viburnum, chokeberry, apricots, hawthorn, cranberries, corn, Bulgarian pepper, carrots, zucchini, cauliflower, broccoli, mushrooms.
Recipe 4 (salted gooseberries)
You can prepare a delicious salted gooseberry for the winter in a cold way, without sterilization or boiling.
Ingredients
To make a cold snack, you will need one liter jar:
- gooseberry berries - 600 grams;
- black pepper peas - 5 pieces;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- dill - 2 inflorescences;
- leaves of cherry or currant - 5-6 pieces;
- salt - 4 tablespoons;
- sugar - 2 tablespoons.
Did you know? The canning father can be considered the French chef Nicolas François Apper, who invented sealing and boiling the jar containers, for which he was awarded an award handed to him personally by Napoleon Bonaparte.
Step-by-step recipe
- Fill the prepared clean jar with cherry or currant leaves, put the garlic, dill and chopped pepper (it is better to crush it in a mortar into small pieces).
- Fill the jar with washed fruits to the top.
- In 1 liter of cold boiled water, add salt and sugar. You can add a few drops of balsamic vinegar to taste.
- Stir marinade well until sugar and salt are completely dissolved.
- Pour a jar of berries with the prepared brine.
- Close screw cap and refrigerate for storage.
What can marinate together
Gooseberry - Universal Berryfrom which you can prepare both sweet and salty winter harvesting. To prepare the marinade, you can use a different set of spices - for example, as for pickling mushrooms or for pickling cucumbers.
For the marinade of this berry, garlic, horseradish, currant leaves, dill, cloves and cinnamon are used - with each seasoning, the gooseberry gets a special piquant touch that will affect the taste of the dish and pleasantly amaze everyone who tastes such a preparation.
Where is the best place to store blanks
Best of all, blanks are kept in a cool place. - on the balcony, in the basement. Of course, if it is not possible to take out the cans in the cold, you can save them at room temperature, but in no case in a warm place or near an open fire. Billet made in the cold way, you need to store only in the refrigerator.
Useful tips for hostesses
In order for marinating and gooseberry preservation to be successful, and in the winter you can enjoy delicious preparations, you need to adhere to these rules:
- over-ripe berries can only be used if you are harvesting jam or jelly;
- the roll canister must be sterilized - this will ensure the storage duration of the workpiece. The same applies to the cover;
- blanks made in the hot way, be sure to wrap and leave to cool rolled up in a blanket or towel - so the fruit undergo additional heat treatment in hot water.
We advise you to familiarize yourself with the agricultural technology of cultivation of such varieties of gooseberry, such as: "Grushenka", "Kolobok" and "Komandor".
You can make unusual, savory, sweet and salty snacks from the gooseberry, which will become a real decoration of the winter table. We hope that the above recipes and tips will inspire you to prepare and preserve this delicious juicy berries. Enjoy your meal!
