Frozen lingonberry juice can be prepared in the most different ways. I have chosen 4 of the most suitable ones for you - it’s more interesting when you choose from several recipes, rather than following one. By the way, I really like experimenting with vitamin drinks, add some components, remove others and enjoy a new taste every time. When will you learn to cook lingonberry juice from frozen berries, you can do the same: follow your imagination, changing small details in already mastered recipes.
Frozen lingonberry juice with mint
Ingredients:
- 3 liters of water;
- 1 cup of sugar;
- a few sprigs of mint to taste.
Preparation:
Weigh and measure the berries, sugar, water. Remove the lingonberries from freezer, defrost at room temperature, rinse and place in the bowl of a food processor or blender. You cannot defrost berries in the microwave or boiling water - they will lose most of their vitamins and beneficial microelements.
Beat the berries into a homogeneous slurry. Place the lingonberry puree in a thick-bottomed pan in which the drink will be boiled. Pour room temperature water over the lingonberry puree, stir well and place over medium heat. Bring frozen lingonberry juice to a boil and let simmer for 1 minute. IN hot drink pour in granulated sugar. Stir the contents until the sugar is completely dissolved. Add a few sprigs of fresh mint and let it brew, covered. Strain the cooled fruit drink through a sieve and pour into a glass container.
Lingonberry juice with honey
Ingredients:
- 2 cups frozen lingonberries;
- 2 liters of water;
- honey to taste.
Preparation:
I like to go sugar-free, so honey often makes my drinks sweet. Moreover, for fruit drink without sugar, I recommend taking more berries and less water. Then the honey sweetness will be felt brighter.
I won’t write much - do everything described in the previous recipe, just don’t add sugar. Add honey when the drink has cooled under the lid to a temperature of about 45-50 degrees. 1 tablespoon will be enough. Place honey in a saucepan with fruit juice and berries, stir until dissolved, strain through a sieve and place in a glass container to cool at room temperature, then put in the refrigerator.
Spicy juice from frozen lingonberries with lemon
Ingredients:
- 2 cups frozen lingonberries;
- 2 liters of water;
- 3 slices of lemon;
- 1 star anise;
- 1 clove;
- 1 cinnamon stick;
- sugar to taste.
Preparation:
This drink has an extraordinary aroma due to spices, and lemon in combination with lingonberries gives magical taste and a sea of vitamin C.
By the way, find out during the cold season.
Thaw the berries, grind them with a blender, add water and bring to a boil in a non-stick pan. Add star anise, cinnamon stick and cloves. Boil for 1-2 minutes, add sugar, stir until dissolved. Wash and peel the lemon, cut a few circles, remove the seeds from them. Lemon pulp place in a saucepan with fruit juice. Leave covered for 1 hour, then strain and let cool at room temperature.
Morse made from frozen lingonberries and garden berries
Ingredients:
- 1 cup frozen lingonberries;
- 2 cups of any mixture of frozen garden berries;
- 2 liters of water;
- sugar to taste;
- orange zest optional.
Preparation:
Into the fruit drink assorted berries In addition to lingonberries, I add any berries I find in the freezer: currants, strawberries, barberries and even dogwoods. You can choose your own berry bouquet: defrost it and prepare the fruit drink as described in previous recipes.
Remove from heat, add sugar and, if desired, orange zest. Let sit covered for an hour or a little more. Strain the pulp and zest, pour ready drink into a glass container, cool completely and place in the refrigerator.
You can share your recipes for frozen lingonberry juice in the comments.
Once upon a time, in the distant past, a man put a handful of berries in a bowl, mashed them with a stone, poured them with water, and a few days later, returning from hunting, he quenched his thirst with a tasty drink.
Archaeologists, based on facts, believe that such a drink could well have appeared 2.5 million years ago. Morse is a drink with berries and honey. So is ancient meaning words - “water with honey”. In Russian literature, the preparation of fruit juice is described in the book “Domostroy,” dating back to the 16th century.
A tasty and aromatic lingonberry variation of the drink has been prepared in Rus' for a long time and was in every home. This fruit drink is stored for a long time thanks to the natural preservative (benzoic acid) contained in the red berries.
The Slavs drank lingonberry water not only to quench their thirst, but also medicinal purposes. Residents didn’t lag behind them either. Western Europe. For example, the Dutch called healthy berries"red pearls"
From ripe berries
- For 3 liters of water take 500 g of lingonberries. The berries must be washed with running water, then immersed in warm water for a few minutes, and then in cool water.
- Extract the juice using a juicer. Fresh lingonberries can also be rubbed through a sieve. Do not use metal utensils during the process, otherwise it will become sour. berry juice will react with the metal.
- The pomace is poured with water, put on fire and boiled. Turn off immediately after boiling.
- The liquid is cooled and then filtered.
- IN warm drink add honey to taste (can be replaced with sugar), pour in the previously prepared juice and stir well.
Fresh lingonberry juice is ready.
Recipe without boiling
- To prepare fruit juice without boiling, it is better to take a glass jar.
- The berries fall asleep until half or a little more.
- Pour in cooled boiled water Add honey or sugar to taste and mix well.
- They insist for several days. As you use the fruit drink, you can add water.
This drink keeps well even at room temperature. If desired, place the jar of fruit juice in a cool place.
From frozen berries
Fruit juice is also prepared from frozen lingonberries.
- The berries are passed through a blender.
- Pour warm boiled water, sweeten to taste and let it brew.
- Then the drink is filtered through cheesecloth.
The berries lose some of their useful vitamins when heated, honey becomes a carcinogen. Therefore, no matter what recipe for making fruit juice you choose, try not to boil the lingonberry water.
To obtain additional flavor notes and beneficial properties, the drink is infused with mint, cinnamon, cloves, a slice of orange or lemon zest are added.
Hot fruit drink warms you up in cold weather, and cold fruit drink refreshes you in the summer on especially hot days.
Why is it useful?
100 g of unsweetened fruit drink can contain up to 40 kcal, but more sugar or honey increases the calorie content of the drink.
- glucose;
- fructose;
- vitamin C;
- tannins;
- organic acids;
- phosphorus;
- zinc;
- silver;
- sodium;
- chromium.
The beneficial properties of lingonberry water have been known for hundreds of years. In ancient times, it was prepared like this: the collected ripe berries were poured into barrels, filled with spring water, and pressed down under pressure. The soaked lingonberries were stored in cold cellars until the next harvest. The water was saturated with useful substances, microelements, and turned into a healing drink.
In every settlement the healer knew unique recipes lingonberry water against various diseases.
The Baltic people prepared medicinal “virintas” by boiling honey and lingonberry water. In a feverish state, one glass of drink, drunk in one gulp, relieved painful symptoms: temperature, headache etc.
If you have a prolonged cold, you should drink hot fruit drink with honey in small sips so that the cough subsides, shortness of breath and hoarseness stop.
Quenching thirst for colds and relieving fever, a drink made from brusyanaya berries normalizes intestinal function and increases the body's resistance.
Separately, it should be noted the benefits of lingonberry water for women's health:
- smoothes out small wrinkles;
- relieves menstrual pain;
- relieves nervous tension.
It removes poisons from the body, so its use can be recommended for cancer patients to alleviate the condition after courses of chemotherapy and radiation.
This is a potent drug for lowering blood pressure due to its diuretic effect. But for chronic hypotensive patients, lingonberry juice is contraindicated.
Scientists note the benefits of regular drinking in reducing appetite and vitality.
Stops diarrhea and helps the liver flush excess bile.
Lingonberry juice, once ingested by a nursing mother, will not cause allergies in the baby, but will help cope with tummy pain.
This drink is also irreplaceable in a Russian bath. Just one glass will help avoid overheating and burnout.
Other beneficial features fruit drink:
- anti-inflammatory agent;
- has antipyretic properties;
- helps with sunstroke and hypothermia;
- reduces blood sugar levels;
- assists in the treatment of pancreatitis;
- treats poisoning;
- fights nervous excitement;
- differs in diuretic properties;
- neutralizes alcohol;
- eliminates fungal infections;
- increases hemoglobin;
- the drink has no serious contraindications during breastfeeding;
- helps cope with pain from rheumatoid arthritis;
- improves the condition of the oral cavity, including periodontal disease;
- helps remove excess fluid from the body.
Are there any contraindications
Let's not forget about potential harm lingonberry juice, which:
- contraindicated for hypotensive patients;
- should be drunk with caution in case of increased stomach acidity.
- enhances the diuretic effect of drugs;
- when used in large quantities causes dehydration and headache;
- has laxative properties;
- It is recommended to use no more than 3 weeks so as not to cause severe stress on the kidneys;
- Children under one year of age are not allowed to drink.
The benefits of lingonberry juice make this homemade drink a harmless alternative to medications and industrial lemonades containing unwanted food colorings and other questionable additives.
It is known that all vitamins and medicines are “supplied” to us by nature free of charge. One of these storerooms of all needed by the body elements are found in berries called lingonberries. What are the benefits of red round berries? Lingonberry helps people predisposed to cancer, effectively fights infections, and has antipyretic properties. True, there are also contraindications - it is better not to consume lingonberries for those who suffer from gastritis, colitis and other stomach diseases. Berries can increase acidity and aggravate the disease.
Lingonberry juice has the same properties as lingonberries. This drink is easy and very quick to prepare, and it turns out much tastier than store-bought sodas. Plus, it should be noted that lingonberry juice is incredibly healthy for children and adults.
Lingonberry juice - preparing food and utensils
For three liters of fruit drink you will need approximately 500-600 grams of berries. Before you start brewing the drink, it is recommended to thoroughly wash the lingonberries, especially if they do not grow in your region. First, immerse the berries in warm water for 5-6 minutes, and then rinse in cool water.
Rub clean berries through a sieve, squeezing out the juice. Important point: Squeeze the juice exclusively into ceramic or glass containers, not metal. Lingonberry juice has high acidity and will immediately enter into chemical reaction with metal.
We will brew the drink from berry squeezes, and add the juice to the finished fruit drink.
In addition to lingonberries, prepare other fruits and berries that you want to add to the drink, spices, three liters of pure mineral water, sugar to taste.
Lingonberry juice recipes:
Recipe 1: Lingonberry juice
Lingonberry juice is very easy to prepare. Preparing the drink will not take you more than ten minutes.
Required ingredients:
- Lingonberry 500 grams
- Sugar to taste
- Water for fruit drink 3 liters
Cooking method:
- Squeeze the juice out of the lingonberries and place the juice in a saucepan for fruit juice.
- Fill the container with the berry juices with water, add sugar to taste, and stir well with a spoon. Place the pan on the fire.
- As soon as the fruit drink boils, remove the pan from the stove. As soon as the drink cools down a little, strain it, add lingonberry juice to the fruit drink, mix well.
Recipe 2: Lingonberry juice with cranberries
Lingonberries and cranberries go great together. These berries not only have useful qualities, but also sweet and sour taste, which will be transferred to the fruit drink.
Required ingredients:
- Cranberries 200 grams
- Lingonberry 300 grams
- Sugar to taste
- Water for fruit drink 3 liters
Cooking method:
- Rub the cranberries and lingonberries through a sieve. Place the juice in the refrigerator and place the berry squeezes into the pan.
- Pour water there, add sugar and put on fire. Bring to a boil and immediately remove the pan from the stove.
- As soon as the lingonberry juice has cooled, strain it through cheesecloth, add berry juice to the drink, and stir.
Recipe 3: Lingonberry juice with mint
If you want to give our usual drink spicy taste, add a little to the lingonberry juice peppermint.
Required ingredients:
- Lingonberry 500 grams
- Fresh peppermint
- Sugar to taste
Cooking method:
- Rub the lingonberries through a sieve. Place the pomace in a saucepan where you will cook the fruit juice, and place the juice in a cool place for a while.
- Pour water there, add sugar, and washed mint leaves, put on fire. Bring to a boil and immediately remove the pan from the stove.
- As soon as the lingonberry juice has cooled, you need to strain it through cheesecloth, add lingonberry juice to the drink and stir.
Recipe 4: Lingonberry juice from frozen berries
It is very likely that you will not be able to get fresh lingonberries. In this case, to make lingonberry juice, you can purchase assorted frozen berries. As a rule, such mixtures include lingonberries, cranberries, currants, and cherries. Fruit juice made from these frozen berries will be very tasty and just as healthy as fresh ones.
Required ingredients:
- Frozen lingonberries (or assorted) – 500 grams
- Purified fruit drink water 3 liters
- Sugar to taste
Cooking method:
- Thaw the berries naturally. Pass them through a meat grinder or grind them in a blender, turning them into berry puree. Add sugar to the berries and stir.
- Place the berry mixture into the saucepan in which you will cook the drink. Pour purified water into it and put it on fire. Bring to a boil and cook for about five minutes.
- Remove the fruit drink from the stove, strain it through cheesecloth, and cool.
Recipe 5: Lingonberry juice with beets
A very tasty drink that combines the beneficial properties of beets and lingonberries.
Required ingredients:
- Lingonberry 300 ml
- Beetroot 200 grams
- Purified fruit drink water 3 liters
- Sugar to taste
Cooking method:
- Rub the lingonberries through a sieve, put the juice in the refrigerator for now, and put the pomace in a saucepan.
- Fill the pomace with water, add sugar.
- Wash the beets, peel and grate on a coarse grater, also add to the pan.
- Place the pan with the contents on the fire, wait until the water boils, remove the pan from the stove. Once the fruit drink has cooled, strain the beet mixture and mix with the lingonberry juice. Lingonberry juice with beets is ready!
- Store prepared lingonberry juice exclusively in the refrigerator. But do not consume it more than two days after you have cooked it.
- Why should lingonberry juice be removed from the heat as soon as it boils? So that it does not lose its usefulness and valuable properties. Many vitamins cannot withstand heat treatment.
- Should I add sugar to fruit drink? Lingonberry juice without sugar will have a specific taste that children may not like. To make the drink healthier, use honey instead of sugar. But remember that honey loses its quality in boiling water, so add it to a chilled drink.
Taste it berry drink I have known him since childhood. At that time there was no miracle technology, blenders, mixers, and I remember how I crushed the berries with a spoon, mixed them with sugar, then poured them with water and drank them. It seemed to me then that there was nothing tastier in the world; this sweet and sour taste gave me pleasure. And today I’ll tell you how to make a fruit drink from frozen lingonberries without cooking and what’s next awaits you step by step recipe with photo. I really hope that my method of preparing this most useful and delicious drink you'll like it.
This lingonberry juice is a real storehouse of vitamins, which already makes it valuable during the season when the flu infection worries people. During a cold, doctors recommend drinking plenty of fluids and drinking fruit juice during an illness is a real salvation. But you don’t need to wait until the disease comes to visit you, because lingonberry juice is also an excellent remedy prevention. So, prepare this berry for future use and drink this delicious and healthy drink all winter.
How to make lingonberry juice at home
Products:
- Lingonberries – 1-2 cups
- Sugar – 1 glass
- Water – 2 – 2.5 liters
Step-by-step recipe for making lingonberry juice
There are recipes written on many websites on the Internet where lingonberry juice is cooked. But it seems to me that when cooked, it is no longer a fruit drink, but a lingonberry compote. I prepare fruit juice without cooking. For fruit juice, you can use any berries, fresh or frozen. In my case, I prepare fruit juice from frozen berries.
So, first I pour sugar into the water and put the water on the fire to boil. When the water boils, I turn it off and leave it to cool. 
I pour lingonberries into liter jar, add a little cooled water with sugar and beat with a blender until homogeneous mass.
Then, I filter the whipped mass through a sieve and add it to a saucepan with water. 
That’s all, the lingonberry juice is ready, as you can see, it’s not difficult to prepare. You can add other ingredients to the fruit drink, for example, a little vanilla or cinnamon. I don’t add anything other than sugar and berries, because I like fruit juice in this form. Drink to your health!
Fruit juice made from fresh or frozen berries is a source of vitamins and other useful substances. And if the main component is lingonberry fruits, then positive influence It’s difficult to overestimate the impact of such a drink on the body. The product helps tissues fight cancer cells and infectious agents, has tonic, strengthening and antipyretic properties. But to obtain the desired result, you need to know how to properly cook the composition so that important chemical compounds are not destroyed during processing. And you should start with proper preparation berries to the process.
General rules and nuances of working with lingonberries
To prepare 3 liters of drink you will need about 2-3 glasses of lingonberries. Before starting work, wash the product several times in standing water. Although the berries are covered with a fairly dense skin, if running liquid is used, it can burst. The fruits will lose juice, which will affect the quality of the final product. To obtain an ideal result, the components are first washed in warm water, then once in a cool place.
In addition, you should learn a few more rules:
- The prepared berries are ground through a sieve. Fruit juice is usually prepared exclusively from the pomace, and the juice is added to finished product. Ceramic or glassware. The high acidity of the composition in contact with metal can provoke a chemical reaction.
- You should not “cook” the drink for several minutes. It is better to remove it from the stove immediately after boiling. This will preserve vitamins and other chemical elements in the product.
Advice: Lingonberry drink tastier and healthier in fresh, so you should not cook it in large quantities at one time. After just a few hours, not even half of the elements that were there at the beginning remain in the mass. As a last resort, the product can be stored in the refrigerator, but no more than two days.
- When a recipe involves the use of sugar, and you want to get the maximum result useful composition, the sweet component should be replaced with honey. True, it is worth considering that it will only act as a sweetener, because when high temperatures useful material are destroyed in it. If you want to avoid this, then honey should be added to the already prepared fruit drink.
Some housewives prefer to blanch the berries before boiling the drink. This allows you to get the maximum rich taste, but the benefits of such a product are much less.
Classic and unusual recipes for lingonberry juice
The approach to preparing a drink from lingonberries depends on the presence of additional components in the composition. Most often, housewives use the following recipes and approaches:
- Classic fruit drink. For 0.5 kg of lingonberries, take 3 liters of water and sugar to taste. Squeeze the juice from the berries. Place the pulp in a saucepan, add water, and add a little sugar. Place the container on the fire and bring the mixture to a boil. There is no need to boil the composition, just remove it after boiling and cool. Then strain the mixture, add the squeezed juice and serve.
- Cranberry drink. For 300 g of lingonberries, take 200 g of cranberries, 3 liters of water and sugar to taste. Combine the berries, grind them, express the juice. Fill the cake with water and put it on fire. The mixture should be cooked for no more than a minute after boiling. Then remove it from the stove, add sugar and cool. Strain the product and add berry juice to it.
- Morse with mint. For 0.5 kg of berries, take several fresh mint leaves, 3 liters of water and sugar to taste. The drink must be brewed according to classic recipe. The only thing, along with water and sugar, is berry mass Add washed and dried mint leaves.
- Lingonberries with beets. For 300 g of lingonberries, take 200 g of beets, 3 liters of water and sugar to taste. Grind the berries through a sieve and express the juice. Place the pulp into a cooking pan, and add the peeled and grated beets there. Add sugar, fill everything with water and bring to a boil. Ready composition strain and add juice to it.
To prepare tasty and healthy lingonberry juice with other ingredients, we follow the same plan. The main thing is to select well-combined ingredients that do not interrupt the taste and aroma of each other, but emphasize each other.
How to cook fruit drink from frozen lingonberries?
The approach to preparing fruit juice from frozen lingonberries is slightly different from the usual method. In this case, the drink will have to not only be brought to a boil, but boiled. But here you don’t need to limit yourself to one component; you can safely use auxiliary components.
- For 500 g of frozen berries, take 3 liters of water and sugar to taste. If sugar is replaced with honey, then it is added only to the finished chilled composition.
- Defrost the berries naturally and grind them using a blender or meat grinder to a puree. Add sugar to it and knead the mixture.
- Fill the workpiece with water and put it on fire. Bring the mixture to a boil and cook over low heat for 5 minutes.
- Remove the finished drink from the stove, strain through cheesecloth and cool. If you want to get a richer taste, first infuse the product, then filter it.
Despite all its positive characteristics, fruit juice made from lingonberries has one contraindication. It should not be consumed by people experiencing problems with the stomach and other digestive organs. The abundance of acids in the product can aggravate chronic processes or simply cause discomfort.
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