Help the development of the site, sharing the article with friends!
Aronia berries are on everyone's lips as a vitamin-rich newcomer to the local fruit offering. The tart, sour taste gives rise to tempting ideas for preparation. Be inspired by these 2 fruity recipe ideas. How to process the aronia berry into jam and compote.
Aronia berry jam is delicious and healthy
Process aronia berries into jam - simple recipe
You can buy aronia berries fresh at the weekly market or dried in the supermarket. In the near-natural garden, hobby gardeners plant the aronia bush as bee pasture and for the fresh berry harvest. With this recipe you can conjure up a fruity jam from aronia berries:
ingredients
- 1 kg aronia berries
- 1 kg preserving sugar (1:1)
- 75 ml lemon juice
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 packets of vanilla sugar
preparation
Please provide the following kitchen utensils for the preparation: 1 saucepan, 1 hand blender, 4-5 jam jars. How to proceed correctly:
- Wash and trim the aronia berries and put them in the pot
- Add jam sugar, vanilla sugar and lemon juice
- Mix and puree the mass
- Add cinnamon stick
- Cook for 25-30 minutes, stirring regularly
- Remove cinnamon stick
- Pour the gelled, hot jam into the jars
- Close the jars tightly and place them upside down on a kitchen towel
Carry out the gelling test before filling the jam into jars. Give a taste with a small spoon on a cold plate. The aronia berry jam is ready when the mass thickens after a minute or two and no longer runs.
Fruity compote with aronia berries
Add a fruity note to warm dishes with aronia berry compote. Served as a tasty snack, young and old can nibble on healthy vitamins. The following recipe will make berry fans' mouths water:
ingredients
- 2 kg aronia berries
- 500 g preserving sugar (1:2 or 1:3)
- 250 ml red grape juice
For tipsy aronia berry compote in the adult household, swap the grape juice for red wine.
preparation
As accessories for the preparation you need a sieve, saucepan, mixing spoon, mason jars and 10 minutes of your time.
- Pick out the aronia berries, wash them and let them drain in a sieve
- Bring the grape juice and jam sugar to the boil in a saucepan
- Add berries
- Let cook for 10 minutes
Would you like a compote with an extra fine consistency? Then you can puree the aronia berries or mash them with a potato masher. Fill the hot berry puree into the clean, sterilized mason jars. Ideally, stir a teaspoon of Einsiesthilfe into the mass beforehand for a longer shelf life.
tips
Planting the aronia berry yourself promises the hobby gardener twice the pleasure. With shapely growth and spectacular autumn colors, the fruit tree inspires as a feast for the eyes in beds and tubs. In late summer, the fruity palate follows in the form of vitamin-rich berry pearls.