Prune rowan syrup for winter

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make syrup for the winter? Prepare all the ingredients for the syrup. You can use both fresh and frozen chokeberry (scientifically aronia chokeberry). Cherry leaves should be rinsed in advance under running water. They are needed in order to give the future syrup a characteristic taste and aroma.

2. Step 2:

   

   Put the cherry leaves in a saucepan and pour water. Put the pan on medium heat and bring to a boil.

3. Step 3:

   

   Add citric acid and stir the mixture. Citric acid can be replaced with a teaspoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice.

4. Step 4:

   

   Then transfer the aronia fruits to the pan. Mix it up. The fire is medium. Be careful with the juice of aronia! He has an extremely persistent blue-violet pigment. If the juice gets on the work surface, immediately wipe it with a damp cloth.

5. Step 5:

   

   After boiling, boil the syrup for another 5 minutes. After that moment, we no longer need the leaves and berries: they have given everything we need to syrup. Use a slotted spoon to remove the leaves and berries. Berries can be used in the future for jam, for example.

7. Step 6:

   

   Add granulated sugar to the pure syrup and mix. Cook the syrup over medium heat until the sugar grains dissolve. It took me 10 minutes.

8. Step 7:

   

   During this time, you need to wash and sterilize the bottles (or cans) in any convenient way. I do this. I pour a centimeter of ordinary tap water into each and warm it in the microwave for 3 minutes at 800 watts. The water should boil. I was counting on two bottles, but I only got one ready-made syrup. Just pour boiling water over the lid.

9. Step 8:

   

   Pour the hot syrup into the bottle with a ladle. It is convenient to do this with a funnel.

10. Step 9:

    

    Wrap the bottle with a thick blanket and leave it to cool at room temperature. The syrup can be stored all winter at room temperature.

11. Step 10:

    

    I make compote from such syrup. For a standard glass of water, I take 1 tablespoon of syrup. It turns out to be delicious in autumn!