Pickled strawberries

When snowstorms and high snowdrifts outside the window, you so want to warm up and feast on something tasty, especially those that remind you of warm summer days. For example, with berries of aromatic juicy strawberries. However, buying fresh berries in the cold season is quite problematic, and that's when canned strawberries help out.

It is believed that in order to preserve the natural taste and as much nutrients as possible, you need to preserve strawberries in your own juice. And in fact, this method of home blends is almost ideal for people who like to indulge themselves in sweets, but are afraid to buy extra centimeters.

Today, you can easily find canned strawberries on sale, made not only in your own juice, but also in rich sweet or light syrup. In addition, canned and even pickled strawberries are sold both in tin containers and in glass jars of different volumes.

In general, it is recommended to purchase pickled strawberries, which have a rich and slightly savoury taste, in transparent industrial packages to ensure that the product has a proper appearance. So there is no doubt that the berries you need in the jar are not damaged and whole - then they can be used to decorate sweet dishes and desserts.

By the way, there are quite a few options for using pickled strawberries in cooking, for example, in confectionery. Pickled strawberries can not only decorate cakes and cakes, but also use it, having previously been turned into mashed potatoes, when preparing creams or interlayers for the cakes of the future cake. As an aromatic base, crushed pickled berries are often included in mousses, sorbets and sweet sauces.

Making pickled strawberries at home is no more difficult than rolling up compote or boiling jam from these berries. To do this, you need to thoroughly rinse, dry and process the berries, that is, save them from pedicels. If you plan to serve pickled strawberries immediately after cooking, transfer the berries cut in half to a bowl and add granulated sugar and balsamic vinegar to them. Gently mixing, you need to leave the berries for half an hour at room temperature and pickled strawberries are ready to be served.

For long-term storage, pickled strawberries are prepared in a slightly different way. First of all, this requires a different set of necessary ingredients - in addition to fresh berries, juice and citrus zest (lime, lemon and grapefruit), onions, garlic, natural honey, sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove florets, water and vinegar are used.