Lingonberry
#Taste: sour, slightly sweet
Lingonberry, also known as red blueberry, red berry.
#Both cranberry and lingonberry are distinguished by a very sour taste and red color. However, the similarities end there.
#Long-term use of lingonberry leaf extracts can cause vomiting, agitation, cramps, and anemia. At the same time, the tannins contained in decoctions can irritate the stomach and cause poisoning.
#Lingonberry can be used to make jams, preserves and other preserves. Medicinal tinctures and infusions can also be prepared on their basis.
#Lingonberry contains 47 calories per 100 grams and has almost no saturated fat, which is good news for our body.
#These berries contain small amounts of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats, carbohydrates (about 9 g), protein (0.3 g) and fiber.
#Lingonberry also contains vitamins A and C. It does not contain many minerals apart from calcium and iron, which are very beneficial for health.
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#Lingonberry juice - recipe
Lightly crush the washed, fresh lingonberry fruits, pour water to half the mass, cover with a little sugar, cover and leave for a few hours, then cook for 10 minutes.
Pour the fruit mass through a strainer.
The resulting juice can be sweetened - then it becomes a syrup and due to the high sugar content it will also strengthen and coat the cough - and then pour it into bottles and pasteurize it.
Lingonberry jam - recipe
#Ingredients: 1.5 kg of lingonberries, 0.5 kg of sugar. Make a syrup from sugar and 1 glass of water, bring to a boil, add the lingonberry and fry it for about 30 minutes, until the mass tends to solidify. Put the hot jam into the jars and pasteurize it.
Lingonberry fruit tincture - recipe
#Ingredients: ripe, red lingonberry fruits (1 kg), 1 l of 96% spirit, 0.5 kg of sugar, 1 l of water.
Preparation method: clean ripe, red lingonberry fruits, wash and slightly crush them. Put it in a jar and pour the spirit over it. Macerate in a warm place until the fruit is faded. After this time, boil the sugar syrup (from 0.5 kg of sugar and 1 l of water), cool it and add the spirit tincture to it. Filter and pour into bottles. Store for one year in a cool, dark place. The tincture has a bright red color and a sour taste.
Lingonberry leaf tincture - recipe
Pour half a cup of dry, crushed leaves with 0.5 liters of vodka, then macerate for 14 days and filter.