Candied currants at home

When making preparations for the winter, many housewives prefer jam, compotes and freezing. Candied blackcurrants are a real delicacy that preserves vitamins and excellent taste. You should find out how to cook an original homemade dessert on your own in order to add it to pastries, decorate cakes, and use it as a treat for tea.

Due to the high sugar content, dessert consumption should be moderate.

Candied Black Currant

It is not difficult to prepare candied currants at home, for this you will need the ingredients:

• blackcurrant – 2 kg;
• water – 400 ml;
• sugar – 2,5 kg.

It is necessary to perform a series of sequential actions:

1. Sort fresh berries, remove debris, tear off the stalks.
2. Wash the blackcurrant and dry a little, scattering a thin layer over the fabric.
3. Boil water, add sugar.
4. Wait for its complete dissolution and transparency of the liquid.
5. Place the blackcurrant in a saucepan and pour over the syrup.
6. Bring to a boil, turn off the heat and leave for 12 hours.
7. Prepare a large baking sheet, on which pour a thin layer of granulated sugar.
8. Carefully remove with a slotted spoon and put blackcurrant berries on it in one layer.
9. Gradually, over six days, dry them in the oven without closing the door and turning it on for 2-3 hours a day.
10. At the stage of full readiness, pour into a tightly closed glass container.

To give the original taste to the syrup, add the zest of lemons or oranges.

The recipe can be slightly modified:

1. Pure berries are immediately laid out in one layer on a baking sheet.
2. Sprinkle them with sugar (200 g per 1 kg of blackcurrant).
3. Preheat the oven to 200 ⁰С and place future candied fruits there.
4. Withstand about 20 minutes, making sure that they do not burn, but warm up evenly.
5. When ready, pour them into foil and dry.
6. Add any nuts.
7. Store in a clean glass container with a tight-fitting lid.

Candied red currants

For the preparation of candied red currants, it is worth choosing varieties with a high dry matter content and a minimum number of seeds.

First, sugar syrup is boiled. To do this, pour one glass of water into the pan, dissolve 1,5 kg of sugar, boil until completely transparent (about 10 minutes).

The procedure for preparing candied fruits is as follows:

1. Fresh berries are washed in cold water, thrown into a colander.
2. Pour them into a saucepan with syrup, boil for 5 minutes.
3. Leave for 10 hours.
4. Put it back on the stove and boil for 20 minutes.
5. The boiling mass is removed from the fire and filtered.
6. Leave for two hours so that the syrup completely drains and the currant berries cool.
7. Sprinkle a tray or dish with powdered sugar.
8. Cooled candied fruits are laid out on it in slides of 10-15 pieces.
9. Keep in this state at room temperature for a week or in the oven – 3 hours at 45 ⁰С.
10. Balls are rolled from the dried berries, rolled in sugar and dried again in the oven at a temperature of 45 ⁰С for 3 hours.

To determine the readiness, you need to squeeze the ball with your fingers. It should be elastic and not secrete juice. So that the cooked product does not dry out, it is packaged in glass jars with tight lids, where it is stored.

Berries reach the stage of readiness at a syrup temperature of -108 ⁰С

Candied currants in the dryer

The use of a dryer for the preparation of candied fruits makes it possible to simplify the process and prevent burning.

To get a tasty and healthy product, you need to follow the step-by-step instructions:

1. Peel the berries and wash them in cold water.
2. Pour blackcurrants with granulated sugar, taking the ingredients in a 1: 1 ratio.
3. Leave overnight or 8 hours for the juice to stand out.
4. Boil for 5 min. and again leave for 8 hours.
5. Drain in a colander and let all the juice drain.
6. Place on dryer trays for 10-12 hours.
7. Arrange the finished product in clean glass jars.

Candied fruits are prepared not only from currants, but also from other berries, vegetables and fruits.

In the refrigerator, the delicacy is stored for up to six months in a hermetically sealed container. The syrup can be used to impregnate cakes, ice cream and make drinks, so it is poured into sterile jars and tightly corked.

Conclusion

Do-it-yourself candied blackcurrants are in no way inferior to the product that you can buy in the store. Their appearance may not be as presentable, but the naturalness of the ingredients and their high quality play a decisive role in the choice. Candied fruit recipes are simple and available for experienced and novice housewives.