Canned cherries

Cherries are the closest relative of cherries, and they are so close that before they were practically not distinguished. Cherries are the most diverse in color: yellow, pink, red, burgundy, but there is always one thing - their exquisite aroma and amazing taste. Mature cherries are also very tender, juicy.

Cherries prefer a warm climate - the main areas of its cultivation are in the south of Europe, Central Asia, as well as the mountains of the Caucasus. Nevertheless, there are varieties of cherries that easily take root in areas with a temperate climate - from this the berries do not lose their beneficial properties, which it knows a lot.

In the season of a large cherry harvest, summer residents intensively begin to think about ways to harvest berries for the winter. Undoubtedly, it is best to eat sweet cherries fresh - then our body receives up to 95 percent of the natural compounds and valuable substances that are contained in the fruits. But, unfortunately, you can't eat a lot of cherries and besides, the berries begin to deteriorate quickly, losing their taste and consumer properties.

In this case, recipes for jam, compote, as well as see and jams come to the rescue. Often, cherries are simply frozen or dried, and in winter, vitaminized drinks are prepared from berries. There is another way to harvest cherries for the winter - this is conservation. By the way, canned cherries can be used not only as a useful dessert dish or supplement to ice cream.

Canned cherries are great for decorating homemade pastries and a variety of cakes. It seems that many have tried a cake, on top of which canned cherries flaunt. Canned cherries are also great for making a fruit salad, in which you can add whipped cream - the result is a tasty and light dessert.

Perhaps at first glance unusual, but canned cherries are often added to some meat-based dishes, and are also used as a component for sauces. Then the taste of the meat turns out to be much brighter, as it is perfectly shaded by a sauce of sweet canned cherries. The recipe for cooking canned cherries does not cause difficulties even among beginners in cooking - you only need berry and water itself.

Mature cherries are washed and laid out in jars that do not require preliminary sterilization - wash them well enough. Cherries should not be mixed into cans much. Berries are poured with boiling water, and cans are put in a pan of boiling water - this is how they are sterilized and covered with lids.