Mountain ash for winter without cooking

Everyone knows how useful this black and slightly astringent berry is, which grows in every garden and ripens closer to the cold season. Sometimes the owners of household plots get lost and do not know how to use these berries and what can be cooked from them. Nevertheless, there are many options - this is jam, compote, and homemade wine. There is also an option - to freeze the aronia (this is also the name of the chokeberry). Or you can just fill the berries with sugar - they are stored well and for a long time, especially in a cool place.

It is the latter method that this recipe offers. And you should start with the preparation of berries. We carefully sort out the black fruit, wash it, and then separate the berries from the branches. We lay them out on a large clean towel so that the rowan tree dries. There should be no excess moisture on the berries.

Next, we shift the rowan into the bowl of a blender, then fill it with the specified amount of granulated sugar and mash everything together with a chopper. Not necessarily too small - it is acceptable if there are small pieces of berries.Ate all the berries at once do not fit into the bowl, chop the black fruit in parts.

Transfer the berry mass into a large saucepan, mix. It is necessary that all sugar crystals dissolve. We leave the mass to stand for 2-3 hours, from time to time at the same time we mix the future "cheese". At the same time, it is better to cover the pan more tightly with a lid. If after three hours the crystals still remain, we mix everything and increase the time.

Sterilize small jars and suitable lids to them. We do this in any convenient way - in the microwave, oven or over steam. The lids can simply be boiled for a few minutes.

We lay out the rowan delicacy in prepared jars, hermetically close them with lids. We remove the so-called "cheese" in a cool place for storage (cold cellar or refrigerator).

Not only delicious, but also useful preparations!