2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
Currant grows literally in every garden - black, white or red, it invariably pleases its admirers with a wonderful aroma and pleasant taste. To enjoy the great taste of these healthy berries for as long as possible, you need to learn how to store them correctly. And you can save currants not only in the freezer or in the refrigerator, but also in the form of delicious fragrant blanks
How to pick berries?
If the berries are planned to be eaten as soon as possible, then it does not matter at all when and under what weather they will be harvested. If you would like to keep the harvested currants longer, then the berries are harvested in clear and dry weather, always after the dew has melted. Currants that were harvested after rain are much worse stored.
Collect the currants with brushes, carefully separating them from the bushes and trying not to crush or damage the juicy berries. For picking berries, it is best to take small baskets, as well as small buckets or boxes - ideally, their volume should not exceed two to four kilograms, and the width should be slightly greater than the height so that the delicious berries do not crumple under each other's weight.
Cold storage
Black currants can easily be kept fresh in the refrigerator for about a couple of weeks - while the berries practically do not lose their beneficial properties. As for white and red currants, they can be stored for about two months if stored at high humidity and a temperature of about one degree. If you really want the berries to last as long as possible, it is recommended to pick them a little unripe - they will gradually ripen in the refrigerator. But you should not wash the currants before sending them for storage. In the event that the berries turned out to be wet after picking, they must be scattered in a thin layer on the table and dried for several hours.
And the container in which the currants will be stored in the refrigerator must necessarily allow the harvested berries to "breathe".
Freeze and thaw currants
All types of currants are perfectly stored in the freezer for up to three months, without losing their useful properties. If the berries are stored longer, then their taste will remain unchanged, but the beneficial substances will be hopelessly lost.
It is best to place freshly picked currants in the freezer in convenient portioned sachets. It should be laid out in bags already chilled, that is, before starting this event, the berries are cooled in the refrigerator for several hours in advance. The best temperature for storing currant crops in the freezer will be a temperature of minus two degrees.
To fully enjoy the taste of frozen currants, you need to be able to properly defrost them. For the best preservation of vitamins and taste, defrost this berry gradually. First, it is recommended to put it in the refrigerator and keep it there for several hours at a temperature of four to six degrees, and when the currants practically thaw and become softer, the temperature is brought to room temperature.
Currant blanks
A great variety of blanks can be made from currants: jelly or jams, bright mashed potatoes or sweet jam, tender marshmallow, jam, syrups and juices. You can wither or pickle this delicious berry, as well as close it in your own juice. And so that any blanks are a success, it will be useful to take on board a few useful tips.
Currant blanks are best placed in small jars no more than half a liter in volume, so that their contents can be consumed in one or two times.
It is recommended to close jars with blackcurrant blanks either with lacquered tin lids or glass lids - when in contact with metal, syrup, and berries often acquire a specific "ink" shade.
If you want to preserve the berries whole, it is advisable to sort them by size - this will ensure both uniform cooking of the berries and their more attractive appearance. And if the berries are to be crushed or crushed, they are first cleaned of twigs and leaves and washed thoroughly.
So that the black currant berries do not wrinkle, but are tender and filled with wonderful sugar syrup as much as possible, they are blanched in boiling water for a couple of minutes, counting the time from the moment they are immersed in boiling water. And then the water is allowed to drain. By the way, the water remaining after blanching can be used to prepare the syrup. As for the white and red currants, these berries are not blanched for blanks.
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