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Preserving foods is one of the most common and best-known methods of food conservation, and thanks to it they will remain unchanged for many years.
Preserved foods
Preserving now inevitably belongs to the summer months, because the harvest ripens in our gardens and we can prepare supplies of great preserves. From cucumbers, mixed pickles and sweet fruits, to jams, ketchups or homemade sauces.
Use the dishwasher — this trick of clever housewives will save you work, time and allow you to can a larger number of jars at once.
How to do it?
Place filled, sealed jars (ideally without labels) into the dishwasher.
Set the program to 70 °C (1:30) without using detergents.
Let the program finish, but do not open the dishwasher and allow the jars to cool inside the dishwasher. When they have cooled, remove them and store — ideally in a dark place.
Don’t have a dishwasher? Try canning in the oven, it’s a breeze!
Have you tried canning in the oven? I don’t can any other way anymore and I truly recommend it to everyone, I even convinced my mother-in-law Once you try it, you won’t can any other way!
Ingredients
- Firm (not overripe) cherries (or other fruit) with stems removed
- 1 l of water
- 30 dkg of sugar
Instructions
Remove the stems from the cherries and rinse under cold running water. Fill into thoroughly washed jars and meanwhile prepare the sweet syrup that you will pour over the cherries.
Syrup: for 1 l of water add 30 dkg of sugar and boil.
Pour the hot syrup over the cherries and can them.
Canning
Thoroughly seal the jars with clean, dry lids.
Set the oven to 250 ° C. Place an old cloth or towel on the bottom of the baking tray and pour hot water to a depth of about 2-3 cm. Put the jars on the tray and process them for 5-8 minutes at 250 ° C with the hot air on. Add hot water as needed.
Then turn all the processed jars upside down onto their lids and leave them to stand until the next day.
If you preserve cucumbers this way, don’t be alarmed that when you take them out of the oven they will be half-raw. They will gradually “finish” on their own and when opened they will be wonderfully crunchy.
