A simple and quick way to preserve the crop and make useful stocks is to freeze cherries for the winter. It will taste almost like fresh, perhaps not so elastic, but for compotes, smoothies, jelly and sweet sauces it is quite suitable. To take up less space in the freezer, you can freeze whole berries and crushed in the form of mashed sugar. But before you decide what and how much you will need, what you will cook from it. For smoothies, both are suitable, but for stewed fruit, jam, pies, it is better to leave the whole, removing the seeds.

How to freeze cherries for the winter in the refrigerator

We will need:

• Cherry ripe in any quantity;
• sugar;
• tight bags and containers for freezing.

Freezing sweet cherries for the winter with whole berries

There are two options: freeze with a stone and without. When you need to quickly process a large batch, and you know that it will go to compotes, you can leave it with a bone. If the workpiece is needed for pies, dumplings, then it is frozen without a stone and so that the berries do not stick together. But in any case, first place the berries in cold water for half an hour to get rid of the worms, then rinse, break the tails. We dry that batch intended for compotes, dry it on a towel, pack it in bags, put it in the freezer.

The next way is to freeze the cherries without pits. You can remove it with a special machine or hairpin. Try to less damage the pulp so that the juice is not lost.

We spread the cherries on a baking sheet, a flat plate, previously covering the surface with polyethylene or cling film. We put in the freezer for several hours. Then pour in a bag. After such freezing, the berries do not stick together, it will be easy for you to pour as much as you need, the rest will be returned to the freezer. But berries are not always needed in bulk. For example, for a smoothie or sauce, we immediately pack it in bags and send it to the freezer. Even if they stick together - it's okay, cut off with a knife as needed.

Are cherries frozen for the winter with sugar

To take up less space, the sweet cherries are mashed, mixed with sugar and frozen in containers. Such sweet briquettes go to the preparation of jelly, smoothies, berry sauces or instead of jam for tea, pancakes, cheesecakes. Pre-remove the seeds, pour the prepared berries into a blender, add sugar to taste.

Grind until smooth or with pieces of pulp. If you need to make a homogeneous puree, then a submersible blender copes with this well, if you want pieces of pulp to remain, use the “knife” nozzle. Pour the crushed pulp with syrup into a container covered with cling film. Freeze. We take out hardened briquettes, wrap them, label them. Store in the freezer.

Instead of containers, ordinary dense bags will do. They spread the berry puree, tightly knotted and frozen in the form of a “sausage”. If necessary, cut with a knife as needed, wrap the rest and return to the freezer.

Which way to choose and how to freeze cherries for the winter depends on how you are going to use it, and of course on the size of the freezer. In any case, it is very easy to make this useful preparation at home, and in the winter you will be with vitamins and delicious pies.

Probably there is no such person on Earth who would not like such a sweet and juicy berry as a cherry. Unfortunately, the cherry season is very short, so enjoying the fruits in full is not always possible. But thanks to a simple freezing, you can eat cherries at least all year round, and most importantly, all its beneficial properties are preserved.

All about freezing cherries

If you like sweet cherries or you had a rich harvest of this berry, then you must decide how to preserve it. You can dry the cherries, but it takes a lot of time and effort. You can make jam, but all the beneficial properties of the fruit will be lost. A great option is to freeze it, despite the fact that it is a rather watery berry.

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The benefits of cherries for the body

1. Contains vitamins A, B, E, as well as healthy fruit acids, fiber and pectin.
2. This is a great natural analgesic. It is recommended for people with rheumatism, arthritis and gout.
3. Lowers blood cholesterol.
4. It fights acne perfectly, tightens the skin and smoothes fine wrinkles.
5. Helps to get rid of constipation, normalizing the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract.
6. 100 g of the product contains only 50 calories.

Can frozen cherries be harmful?

Harm from this beautiful berry can only be if you eat it too much at a time. Also, people who have gastritis should be careful when eating, because cherries can increase the acidity of the stomach. But the product is completely contraindicated for people with diabetes.

It is best to eat cherries at least 15 minutes before eating. If you eat it immediately after a hearty lunch or dinner, it can lead to gas production and indigestion.

How to freeze cherries for the winter?

One of the main nuances when freezing cherries: it is necessary to use late varieties of this berry, since the early ones are too juicy (water predominates), which means that cherries will not preserve their taste and will not benefit the body. For freezing, take large, dense and fleshy berries without late-class worms, and do not use cracked, rotten or crushed.

You can make compotes and other fruit drinks from frozen sweet cherries in winter, but they won’t go to the pie because the seed has not been removed. For freezing, take no more than 2 kg of berries - this is enough to wait for the next harvest.

Remove the stems and leaves from the cherries, thoroughly wash the berries and lay on a towel or napkin. Then the dry product is laid out on plastic or wooden kitchen boards and placed in the freezer, shifting the layers with matchboxes. After 2 days, frozen cherries are packed in a container or bag.

How to freeze sweet cherry without pits?

If you want to use frozen cherries to the maximum in the kitchen, for example, for pies, casseroles, pies or puffs, then it is better to resort to this method.

As in the previous case, remove the stems and leaves from the berries, wash them thoroughly and dry on a towel. Then use a pin or hairpin to remove the seeds, and place the cherries in a colander or strainer above the bowl. When the juice drains, transfer the berries to flat dishes or lids from the pots and put them in the freezer. The next day, pack frozen cherries in suitable containers.

By the way, from the allocated juice you can cook a delicious compote.

How to freeze cherries with sugar?

You will need:

• sweet cherry - 1 kg
• sugar - 2 cups
• water - 2 cups
• lemon - 1 cup

Instruction:

Sugar and juice from one lemon are brought to a boil. Clean and dry cherries are placed in portions in boiling syrup and removed after 5 minutes, placed in a container. A bowl of cherries is placed in the freezer.

Good luck and have a nice winter!

• sweet cherry - 4 kg;
• sugar - 2 kg - for jam and 0.5-0.7 kg - for freezing.

How can I save cherries for the winter (photo recipe):

So, well my berry. To wash all the garbage that fell during the collection, we transfer the cherries into a large deep basin, fill them with cold water and let the berries stand for a while - everything that does not suit us for further use will simply pop up. We remove garbage by hand or slotted spoon. With the washed cherry, drain the water and proceed to the longest preparatory stage - the removal of seeds.

Jam with a bone also has the right to take its place on a shelf in your cellar, but it is better to remove them from the berry in advance. You can do this with your hands, a pin or a special device that is sold in hardware stores. But, as practice shows, ripe cherries are separated from the seed with a flick of the fingers.

We transfer the prepared berry to a suitable container, but not all. We put the third part in a separate bowl, about 1.5 kg, you do not need to weigh, do it “by eye”.

  We will grind this cherry with sugar and put it in storage in the freezer, but a little later, but for now we’ll do jam.

Pour sugar into the bowl, mix and place the container on the stove on a large fire, stirring occasionally.


  When the jam begins to boil, reduce the heat to less than average and cook the sweet cherry for 1.2-1.5 hours.


  Do not worry if at first it will be liquid, during the cooking process you will notice how the jam is boiled and becomes a viscous consistency.

In order not to lose time, wash the jars and sterilize them (the best way is to put clean bottles in a cold oven, turn it on and leave the container for 25-30 minutes).

While the jam is being cooked, and the jars for it are sterilized, we will prepare the cherries for storage at our home by freezing them in an ordinary freezer.

Pour sugar into a bowl in which part of the sweet cherry has been laid. If for jam the ratio of sugar and berries should be 1: 1, then to freeze sweeten sweet cherries you need very little (1.5 kg of sugar is enough for half a kilogram of sugar).


  We mix and squeeze the berry with our hands.


  It is not necessary to bring it to a state of porridge, it should be slightly crushed, but at the same time, the integrity of the berries must be preserved. The resulting sweet sugar-cherry mass is laid out on a clean plastic container, tightly closed with lids and put in the freezer.


  Cherry can be thawed and eaten, or you can cook stewed compotes and jelly without thawing it. The main thing is that with this tab, the beneficial properties of cherries are preserved.

When the jam is cooked, let it cool slightly and lay it out on the already cooled sterilized jars.


  Cover with lids and store in a cool, dark place. If you plan to roll up the flasks, then boil the metal covers first. Enjoy your berry appetite!

Cherry is one of the most delicious and healthy summer berries. It ripens in early summer, the harvest time of this wonderful berry lasts only a few weeks. And, of course, I want to prepare it for the winter, so that in the cold season we can enjoy fragrant berries. From sweet cherries, you get gorgeous, jam, berries in your own juice, which go “with a bang” like a filling for dumplings and pies, drunk cherries, jelly, etc. Sweet cherries are a sweet berry, so you will need very little sugar when harvesting for the winter.
Judging by the honorable list of compliments we give out to sweet cherries, she has a lot of advantages. She's not just sweet and juicy! No one is ever allergic to it.

● If the cherry grows in favorable conditions, its fruits contain up to 17.5% sugars (glucose, fructose), 1.2% organic acids and 0.32% fiber. It is rich in vitamins A, B1, B2, PP, E, C and useful trace elements: potassium, magnesium, iodine, iron. Cherry berries have pectins and malic acid.
● This berry is not only tasty and healthy, but can also help with many diseases. Cherry can be consumed with diabetes. It neutralizes excess acidity and normalizes the intestinal microflora. It is recommended to include it in the diet for dysbiosis.
● Cherry is very useful for children, and it also has a general strengthening effect, increases appetite, and is recommended for anemia.
● Dark cherries contain a lot of coloring matter from the group of carotenoids and anthocyanins.
● Cherry berries are rich in potassium, phosphorus, sodium, iron, magnesium, calcium, fluorine, iodine, silicon, chromium, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, manganese. Also contain in large quantities ascorbic acid, nicotinic acid, provitamin A, carotene, vitamins B1, B2, B6, coumarins.

How to freeze cherries for the winter

Fresh cherries, offered to us by supermarkets in the winter, have a rather high price. To save the family budget, cherries can be purchased in season and frozen for the winter in the freezer. Freezing is the most useful way to harvest berries. The only negative is that it takes up a lot of space in the freezer.

Preparation of berries for freezing

It is advisable to collect the cherries early in the morning, until it is warmed up in the sun.
Let's not forget that cherries, like any other berry, must be sorted out before freezing. Only ripe, dense fruits without mold, rot and dents can be placed in the freezer.
It is not advisable to wash the cherries before freezing, but if necessary, you can do this in a large basin (pan) or in a colander under running water. After water procedures, berries should be dried on towels. You can put a tray with a berry on a draft, so they will blow them faster.

Recipe 1. Freezing sweet cherries with pits

To spread washed and sorted cherries on pallets in one layer and send to the freezer for 2-3 hours. During this time, the berry will seize, and it can be poured into containers or bags for further storage.
Such cherries can be used for cooking stewed fruit, for decorating confectionery or just defrost for dessert.

Recipe 2. Freezing sweet pitted cherries

The freezing procedure differs from the previous recipe only in that you must first remove the seeds from the berries before placing them in the freezer. There are special devices for this. If this was not at hand, then you can use the usual pin.
Cherry frozen in this form will not look very good after defrosting, but it will be completely ready for use.

  Recipe 3. Freezing sweet cherries with sugar

Berry seeds and lay in containers in layers. Sprinkle each layer with sugar. For 1 kilogram of berries, 100-200 grams of granulated sugar will be required.
Such berry freezing is very convenient to use as a filling for sweet pastries or dumplings.

Recipe 4. Freezing cherries in their own juice

In this form, it is better to freeze the cherries without stones.
  Sorting berries, about 1/3 of the (softest and overripe) to set aside separately, and then they need to be crushed with a blender in mashed potatoes. If desired, sugar can be added to the berry mass to taste.
Put the rest of the cherries in containers, filling them in half. Then pour the berries with berry puree, cover with lids and remove in the cold.
This preparation is convenient to use as an independent dessert or as a sauce for pancakes and pancakes.

Recipe 5. Freezing sweet cherries in syrup

Option 1
Dilute 300 g of sugar in 700 ml of water, add 3 tbsp. tablespoons of lemon juice, bring to a boil and cool. Pour the berries with syrup and put in the freezer.
Option 2
To make syrup, you need water and sugar in equal proportions.
Water put on the fire and bring to a boil. Add sugar and wait until it is completely dissolved. Before pouring cherries with syrup, it must be well cooled to a temperature below room temperature. To do this, place the container with syrup for a couple of hours in the refrigerator.
Rinse the berries and remove the seeds.
Put sweet cherries in clean containers, taking up no more than 2/3 of the volume. To save space in the freezer, you can pre-insert a clean plastic bag in the container. Berries syrup pour directly in the package.
Ready freezing will take the form of a container. In the future, it can be removed, and the package tightly tied, releasing air.

Cherry is a very tasty berry that is loved by both adults and children. I bring to your attention a very simple recipe for freezing cherries for the winter. Thanks to this method of freezing, we will preserve the natural color, the maximum amount of vitamins, and of course the taste of this beautiful berry. You can freeze cherries with pits and pits. Cherry frozen for the winter with pits is perfect for making stewed fruit and jelly. And cherries frozen without seeds are used for baking, dumplings and smoothies. Freeze cherries according to this recipe and then even on the coldest winter day you can please your loved ones with dishes with this delicious berry, and of course remember bright sunny days.

Ingredients

In order to freeze cherries for the winter you will need:
sweet cherry - any quantity;
food containers for freezing (or bags for freezing with a clasp, or plastic bags).

Cooking steps

We will prepare products and containers for freezing.

Then spread the cherries on a double paper towel and leave them for 25-30 minutes (the cherry should dry completely).

If you have a quick freezer compartment with a tray in the refrigerator, cover it with foil. Or just use a tray with high enough sides, covered with foil.

Berries do not lose their shape after freezing.

Frozen sweet cherries in a food container or bags with a fastener for freezing.

Try not to pack bags or containers tightly (as in the photo), and then close. Frozen cherries with pits should not be packed together with pitted cherries, as they are best used for preparing different dishes. If desired, you can sign containers (or packages), indicating the date and type of procurement. Put in the freezer.

Tasty and enjoyable moments!