Candied fruit or "dry jam" - this name was obtained by digesting dried fruits and berries in sugar syrup. Candied fruits from black chokeberry are especially popular, as they are not only a sweet treat, but also have medicinal properties.
Candied fruits from aronia in the home - recipe
Ingredients:
- berries of mountain ash - 650 g;
- sugar - 620 g;
- water - 135 ml;
- citric acid - 5 g.
Preparation
Start by preparing the berries themselves, within which they should be sorted, removing the damaged ones, then rinse and soak for a day. In this case, water should be changed during soaking.
Cook the base sugar syrup, shift the berries into it and cook for about an hour. At the very end of cooking, pour the citric acid, or add the juice of a natural lemon from half the fruit. Welded berries on a sieve and leave to drain the syrup for half a day, then spread the mountain ash on a flat surface in a single layer. Dry the berries in a ventilated room for a day, then roll in sugar and place in a glass container.
Candied fruits from aronia in the dryer for the winter
Preparation of candied fruits is a long process and consists of several stages. Before preparing candied fruits from aronia, the berries are soaked, and then boiled in syrup. The final stage - drying berries. This process can be alleviated by drying the berries in a special dryer. In her absence, the procedure can be repeated in an ordinary oven.
Ingredients:
- berries of mountain ash - 980 g;
- sugar - 290 g;
- citric acid - 5 g;
- powdered sugar - 135 g.
Preparation
Dissolve the lemonade, bring the solution to a boil and place the berries for 3 minutes. Blanched berries dry and lay out a single layer on the grate of the dryer and leave for half a day.
When cooking in the oven, preheat it to 200 degrees and place the fruits of ashberry, interspersed with sugar. Once the syrup starts to boil, reduce the temperature to 60 degrees and dry it for 45 minutes. Dried berries are taken out of the oven and dried naturally at room temperature.
Sprinkle the finished candied sugar powder. Transfer to storage by pre-transferring dry berries to glassware. For long-term storage, use parchment paper.