Storing sea buckthorn: rules and 10 best ways for the winter at home, timing

Picking berries and preparing for storage

The period for picking berries depends on the purpose for which the gardener grows sea buckthorn. Before frost, the fruit contains the most vitamin C, then its amount decreases in favor of oil.

The berries are difficult to separate from the branches, so you must follow the following collection rules:

If sea buckthorn is transported over long distances, the branches are cut off and then the berries are picked on the spot.
Overripe fruits are trimmed with nail scissors.
The berries are collected starting from the top.
If you need sea buckthorn to make oil, you can place the container under the branch and run your hand over it.
Harvest in dry weather.

The container for storing the harvest is prepared in advance, covered with paper.

Collection rules

The fact that sea buckthorn is ripe is indicated by the bright, rich color of the fruit and the juiciness of the berries. Experts advise deciding in advance what storage and processing methods will be used. The collection time depends on this:

Early harvest - late August-early September. The berries are especially rich in vitamin C, the skin is dense, without damage. Compote and jam are prepared from such fruits; the berries do not fall apart and retain their shape.
Mid-autumn. The fruits gain juiciness and the skin is easily damaged when harvested. At a later date, the harvest is harvested for cooking jellies, jams, honey, and making butter.

The branches of the bush are strewn with sharp thorns; gloves are used for work to help protect their hands. The berries sit tightly on the branches. Folk experience suggests the following harvesting methods:

The berry branches are cut, then the fruits are removed while sitting comfortably in comfortable conditions. This method is good if the bush needs to be thinned out, otherwise next year you may be left without a harvest.
Eating fruits by hand starts from the upper branches of the bush. To facilitate collection, use rigid wire loops attached to the handle. The berries are cut (plucked) from the branch using a loop.
Small portions of berries can be cut from the bush with small nail scissors or tweezers. For large yields this method is very expensive.
At the end of autumn, when the berries are ripe, a cloth is laid under the bush and the sea buckthorn is shaken from the branches.

It is usually convenient to combine these methods in order to prepare sea buckthorn for future use in different ways and harvest within 1-1.5 months.

Is it possible to store sea buckthorn on a branch?

To prevent sea buckthorn from becoming sour when harvested, you can pick a twig with the berries stuck to it. For whole fruits, the fresh shelf life is significantly increased.

Conditions for lying down

Branches with sea buckthorn should be kept in a dry, cool place. A basement or refrigerator is suitable for this. The berries can also be separated from the branches, placed in a closed container, which is then placed in a cold room. The fruits are separated carefully, otherwise the likelihood of them rotting increases.

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Shelf life of fresh product

At a storage temperature of +3...+4 °C, sea buckthorn does not spoil for 4-5 weeks. It is constantly inspected, since even one spoiled berry can infect all the others with rot. If the fruits are placed in a plastic bag and the air is pumped out of it, the shelf life will increase significantly. Without oxygen, the respiration of berries slows down.

How to choose berries for long-term storage

Whole berries can be stored for a long time if provided with the right conditions. If you have a dry cellar, it is convenient to keep the fruits directly on the branches, hanging them on ropes or laying them out on clean paper. It is important to cut branches in dry weather, carefully remove spoiled fruits, and shake off debris. After this, the sea buckthorn is transferred to the cellar, loosely laid in one layer on paper or secured on ropes for ventilation. At a constant temperature in the cellar of 0-4 °, the fruits are stored for 4-7 weeks (with good ventilation and longer).

Only fruits with intact skin and no signs of spoilage are suitable for storage. Berries picked from a branch are not washed, sorted and dried. Small batches are placed in plastic bags. If you can seal the container and pump out the air, the sea buckthorn will last longer. In the refrigerator, you can prolong the freshness of ripe berries if you place them unwashed in glass or ceramic containers and keep them on the bottom shelf.

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Duration of fruit storage at home

You can store goods in different ways.

Freezing berries

This is one of the popular ways to preserve products. In order to maintain the consistency of the fruits after defrosting, they are quickly frozen. Ice crystals do not have time to form in the pulp, which subsequently leads to rupture of the shell. The procedure is carried out as follows:

the fruits are washed;
spread out in one layer to dry;
placed in the freezer for 24 hours;
poured into containers and stored for long-term storage.

Plastic bags are best suited for containers.

Drying

To dry products in the oven, perform the following steps:

the berries are washed and dried;
preheat the oven to 35-40 °, place sea buckthorn in it, located on baking sheets;
after 3 hours the temperature is increased to 60°.

The dried fruits are left for a day, then poured into jars and covered.

Important! The oven door should not be closed during drying.

Keep in the cold

Fresh sea buckthorn can be preserved in 2 ways:

pick branches with berries from the tree and put them in the vegetable compartment of the refrigerator;
remove the fruits, put them in a plastic bag, pump out the oxygen from it.

In the second method, the safety of fruits increases to 6-7 weeks.

In water

To preserve sea buckthorn in an aquatic environment, clean glass jars are used. The products are placed in them, filled with boiled water, and covered with a tight lid. Store containers with products in a cool place. Only whole, undamaged berries are selected for storage in this way.

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In sugar

To preserve the fruits in sugar, they are first washed and dried. Then the sea buckthorn is mixed in a 1:1 ratio with sugar and placed in prepared glass jars. Fill the mixture to ¾ of the volume of the container. The remaining free space is filled with granulated sugar, the jars are closed and placed in the refrigerator.

Storing dried sea buckthorn

Harvests harvested before frost with a durable shell are suitable for drying.

Before heat treatment, it is advisable to dry the sea buckthorn in the air, in the shade, under a layer of gauze. Then spread in one layer on a dryer or oven rack.

Drying is carried out in three stages:

The first 2 hours are heated to +35…+40 0С.
The temperature is raised to +60…+80 0С, and the formation of condensate is constantly monitored.
Bring to +40 0C, make sure that the berries do not burn.

The degree of drying is assessed by appearance: the finished berries are elastic, light brown in color. Keep them in a wooden box or cotton bag in a well-ventilated area.

Advice! Before consuming compotes, jams and similar canned goods, evaluate the quality of the product: check for cloudiness, swelling of the lid, formation of mold or foam. When the first signs of spoilage of the product appear, boil it additionally by adding 100 g of sugar per 1 kg of weight or 1 liter of volume.

Sea buckthorn preparations for the winter

In addition to the listed methods for storing sea buckthorn, it can be preserved. Juice, jam are prepared from it, soaked, and also oil used to treat various diseases.

Juice

Juice is extracted from sorted and washed sea buckthorn using a juicer. The cake is poured with water so that it just covers it, left for about an hour, and squeezed out. Then the juice and pomace are combined, filtered, and heated to 75 °. The resulting liquid is poured into a glass container, pasteurized at a temperature of 80 °, twisted, and placed in the basement.

Soaked sea buckthorn

Unwashed fruits are placed in sterilized jars and filled with boiled, chilled water. The containers are covered with film or a lid. The jars of soaked berries are moved to the basement or placed in a refrigerator.

Jam recipes

To prepare sea buckthorn jam, follow these steps:

Prepare syrup from 0.5 liters of water and 1.5 kilograms of sugar.
They pour 1 kilogram of berries and leave to infuse for 4 hours.
The syrup is drained, boiled for 15 minutes, then fruits are added to it, and simmered for half an hour over low heat.

The finished jam is poured into glass jars, sealed, and placed in the basement.

Freezing sea buckthorn

For this method, dry berries are used. They are placed in small portions (one-time use) in bags or containers and sent for rapid freezing.

Work begins as soon as the berries are picked, while protecting them from sunlight. Compotes, fruit drinks, and jam are made from frozen and fresh sea buckthorn.

Repeated freezing does not make sense, since all the beneficial qualities of the product are lost.

Nutritional value of frozen sea buckthorn

Berries frozen according to all the rules almost completely (up to 90%) retain useful microelements and vitamins. The exception is vitamin C, the most unstable element.

During quick freezing, about 20% of this vitamin is lost, then another 10% is lost during six months of storage in the freezer.

Nutritional value of frozen sea buckthorn (per 100 g of product):

BJU	Content, in grams
Squirrels	1
Fats	4.91
Carbohydrates	6,39

Calorie content of 100 g of sea buckthorn is 68.67 kcal (287 kJ).

Important! After a short period of time, the nutritional value of frozen berries becomes higher than that of fresh ones, especially after long-term transportation. When sea buckthorn is stored at room conditions, about 10% of vitamin C decomposes per day.

Sea buckthorn jam

Jam made from fresh or frozen berries using different methods has a different shelf life:

Pasteurized (resistant to mold and fermentation). Mix 500 g of fruit, 750 g of sugar and 600 ml of water. Mix the ingredients well, the sugar should all dissolve. The mixture is slowly brought to a boil, then placed in sterilized jars that need to be sterilized: 0.5 l - 15 min, 1 l - 20 min.
Unpasteurized. Products are taken in the same quantities. Dissolve sugar in water, wait for the syrup to boil, pour it over the berries, and leave the resulting mixture for 3-4 hours. Then bring to a boil over low heat and cook until tender, until the fruits are distributed evenly throughout the entire volume, the syrup should become transparent. Pour the cooled jam.

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During the cooking process, the jam is constantly stirred so that it does not stick to the dishes. The resulting foam is removed.

Sea buckthorn juice without sugar

This drink is a real storehouse of vitamins and benefits for the human body. It includes valuable unsaturated fatty acids, 10 vitamins and 15 microelements. At the same time, the calorie content of the drink is low - 52 kcal per 100 ml of finished juice.

What you will need:

Sea buckthorn - 1 kg.
Water - 0.35 l.

Remember that you cannot use metal utensils to prepare this drink, as it will destroy all the useful elements of this truly valuable product.

How to cook

Wash the berries and dry well. Then grind with a blender or rub through a sieve and squeeze well. Place the resulting juice in the refrigerator.

Mash or chop the sea buckthorn pomace again. Add warm water (+40°C) and stir. Water should be 1/3 of the total mass of pulp. Leave the mixture to sit for 30 minutes and squeeze again. This procedure can be repeated 2-3 times. Use an enamel or glass container. Uncoated metal pans can destroy the vitamin C in berries.

Strain all the resulting sea buckthorn juice through a double layer of gauze and heat on the stove to +75°C. While hot, strain it and pour into clean jars.

Place them for pasteurization at +85°C: pasteurize 0.5 liter jars for 15 minutes, 1 liter jars for 20 minutes.

Then immediately roll up the sea buckthorn juice with clean lids, wrap it in a warm blanket and leave to cool slowly.

How to preserve sea buckthorn oil

Sea buckthorn oil can also be made at home. There are several ways to prepare this oil.

You can squeeze the juice from sea buckthorn berries and let it sit for 24 hours. Then carefully remove the oil from the surface of the juice, which will float on the surface and have a lighter color.

Another way is to dry the sea buckthorn cake until brown, pass it through a coffee grinder and pour in vegetable oil (sunflower, soybean, olive, etc.) when the oil becomes transparent, it needs to be filtered.

Whole sea buckthorn with sugar - recipe without cooking

This fresh sea buckthorn, prepared only with sugar, and even in its own juice, is a real discovery for those who like to prepare such berries. In winter, it can be used for cooking compotes, fruit drinks, or simply brewing tea.

What you will need:

Sea buckthorn – 1 kg.
Sugar – 1 kg 500 g.

This amount of sugar is explained by the fact that this berry is quite sour. And to give it sweetness, you need to sweeten it well.

How to cook

Sort the berries, remove all debris, twigs, stalks, leaves. Then rinse in running water. You can use a colander for this purpose.

Jars and lids must be sterilized in any way convenient for you.

Place the washed berries on a paper towel in one layer and let dry. We need to get clean and dry berries.

Pour a layer of berries into the jar, 3 cm high, and then pour the same layer of sugar on top.

Then again 3 cm of berries, and again sugar. And so we fill the entire jar. In this case, it is better to take small containers, for example, half-liter or liter.

Cover the jar with a lid and leave it on the kitchen counter for 12 hours. During this time, the berries will give juice and the process of forming sugar syrup will begin.

We preserve all the benefits of berries without cooking

Store the preparation for the winter in the refrigerator for 3 weeks. Here the syrup will continue to release. In the future, store only in the refrigerator at a temperature no higher than +4 degrees.

Sea buckthorn jelly recipe

Jelly according to this recipe is easy to prepare, but it can only be stored in the refrigerator. The ingredients you need are sugar and sea buckthorn, they are taken in equal quantities.

Method for making jelly:

Pour the sea buckthorn into a saucepan with a thick bottom.
Place the container on low heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until juice appears. Do not add water.
Grind the raw materials through a sieve to remove the seeds.
Add sugar, bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly.
Remove the pan from the heat and let the mixture brew for 8 hours. You can leave it overnight.

By morning the composition will acquire the desired consistency. It can be put into small jars, covered with lids and put in the refrigerator.

If desired, you can add gelatin, then the jelly will be denser.

With honey and lemon - the best way to prepare your favorite berries for the winter

This delicacy can be served with tea instead of jam. And the color of the winter preparation is very similar to fresh May honey. If you are a big fan of baking, then be sure to add this filling to pies, pies and buns.

What you will need:

600 g sea buckthorn.
200 g honey.
One big lemon.

It is important to remember that honey should be taken only natural. It is best to buy it at an apiary, and not in a store, as there is a high risk of running into a fake.

How to cook

Sort the berries, wash, place on a towel and dry.

Wash the lemon, peel it, cut it into slices and remove all the seeds.

Place both prepared products into a bowl and grind everything with a blender into a homogeneous mass.

With honey and lemon - the best way to prepare your favorite berries for the winter

Add honey, mix thoroughly. Transfer the prepared aromatic puree into sterile jars, roll up the lids and store only in the refrigerator.

Five-minute sea buckthorn jam with sugar

The whole benefit of this sweetness is that we will cook the jam for only 5 minutes. During this time, you will have time to remove all the foam, and the berries themselves will not lose their benefits and vitamins.

What you will need:

Sea buckthorn - 1 kg.
Sugar - 1.2 kg.

You can regulate the amount of sugar yourself - you can take more of it if you want something sour, or you can leave the specified amount if you want a sweet treat.

How to cook

Wash slightly unripe berries and dry well on a paper towel.

Place them in a deep saucepan, sprinkling with sugar.

Place the contents in the refrigerator or any other cool room for 5-6 hours. During this time, the sea buckthorn will release juice.

Then place the workpiece on the stove and cook until it boils, skimming off the foam. Sea buckthorn is prepared in one step for 5 minutes.

Place the berries in prepared jars and immediately seal tightly with clean lids. Wrap them in a warm blanket and leave them to cool slowly.

Five-minute sea buckthorn jam - tasty, healthy, rich in vitamins

You can learn even more recipes for simple homemade sea buckthorn jam for the winter, very healthy and loved by many, from this article.

Juice and other recipes

Many canned products are made from sea buckthorn, and other ingredients are added to give dishes a special smell and taste. If sea buckthorn is not boiled, but only heated (pasteurized), it is necessary to maintain sterility and store the canned food in a cool place so that fermentation does not begin. After heat treatment, sea buckthorn only partially retains its beneficial properties, but for the winter period this is a big plus.

With sugar

Juice is squeezed out of sea buckthorn berries. Prepare sugar syrup - 0.4 kilograms of granulated sugar per liter of water. Combine - 3 parts juice to 2 parts syrup. Heat the mixture to 70°. Pasteurized and rolled.

Sugarless

The berries are crushed with a pestle until smooth. Pour in boiled water heated to 70-80 °. Stir and leave for 50-60 minutes. Squeeze out the liquid using a press or by hand. The extracted juice is slowly heated over a fire to 70 °, filtered through 2 layers of gauze and poured into sterile containers. Pasteurize in boiling water for 5-7 minutes. Per kilogram of sea buckthorn - 200 milliliters of water. Preparation for jelly, jelly, fortification of any dishes.

With pulp

Juice with pulp is much healthier than filtered juice, more aromatic and tastier. Ingredients:

sea buckthorn – 5 kilograms;
water – 1.5 liters;
sugar – 1.2 kilograms.

The berries are washed and allowed to drain. The water is brought to an active boil and the sea buckthorn is lowered. Keep on fire for 2-3 minutes, the fruits are removed and rubbed hot through a sieve. Boil the syrup in sea buckthorn water for 5 minutes. Combine the syrup and puree and mix. Heat over low heat to 60-70°, pour into jars, pasteurize for 3-5 minutes, seal.

Compote September

For compote, sea buckthorn is collected early so that the shell is dense and does not burst when heated. Products:

sea buckthorn, sugar – 1 kilogram each;
water – 3 liters.

The berries are washed and placed in sterile jars. Pour boiling water over the fruits to the top of the jar. Allow to warm up well and cool slightly. The water is drained, sugar is added, and kept at a boil for 3-5 minutes. Pour sea buckthorn into jars to the very top and roll up.

Compote concentrated

The washed sea buckthorn is placed in sterile jars up to the shoulders. Cook sugar syrup: per liter of water - 400 grams of sugar. Pour boiling syrup over the berries in jars, cover with prepared lids, and pasteurize for 10-15 minutes, depending on the size of the jars. The liquid in the compote has a rich taste and smell; it is diluted with water and added to tea.

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Jelly

Per liter of sea buckthorn juice take 0.6-0.8 kilograms of sugar. The mixture is slowly heated, boiled after boiling for 25-30 minutes until thickened and reduced by a third. The finished jelly is rolled into sterile jars.

Oil

The oil preparation technology is described above. The product can be made more saturated and concentrated by adding new portions of sea buckthorn cake 2-4 times. As a result, the medicinal properties of the oil will become higher, the taste and smell will be more pronounced.

Soap

Making sea buckthorn soap is easy. Melt the soap mass (200 grams) in a water bath or in the microwave, add 2 tablespoons of sea buckthorn oil and milk. Knead thoroughly and pour into molds to harden.

With carrots

Carrot-sea buckthorn juice contains a double portion of valuable substances. Ingredients:

carrots – 0.75 kilograms;
sea buckthorn – 0.8 kilograms;

Carrot and sea buckthorn juice are obtained using a juicer or another method. Carrots can be cut and steamed, then squeezed using a sieve and gauze. The components are mixed, heated to 75-85 °, pasteurized for 5 minutes, without letting it boil. Seal in sterile jars.

With apples

To prepare the juice you will need:

apples – 2 kilograms;
sea buckthorn – 0.5 kilograms;
sugar - to taste.

Juice is obtained using a juicer or press. Combine both types in one container, add sugar to taste. Bring to a boil and roll up.

Puree

To prepare the puree, take fully ripe fruits. Sea buckthorn is washed and ground into puree. Add a kilogram of sugar to 0.8 kilograms of the finished mass. In a basin over low heat, heat the mixture to 70°, stirring constantly until the sugar crystals dissolve. Do not bring it to a boil, otherwise the benefits of the puree will be reduced.

Pour into sterile jars and pasteurize: half-liter containers - 15 minutes, liter containers - 25 minutes. Store in the refrigerator or cellar.

Dried berries

When it is not possible to preserve berries frozen or canned, they can be dried. This preparation will retain its healing qualities in full and is suitable for making drinks and desserts.

You need to dry the berries in a certain sequence:

The fruits are sorted, washed and dried at room temperature.
Make a soda solution (1 teaspoon per 1 liter of water) and heat it almost to boiling.
The fruits are immersed in a hot solution for 3 - 4 seconds and immediately washed in clean water.
Lightly dried berries are placed on a baking sheet in one layer and covered with mesh or parchment. It will take time for them to dry completely. Drying sea buckthorn can take up to 1 month in hot, dry weather conditions.

You can also dry sea buckthorn in the oven. To do this, you will first need a low temperature (+35°C - +40°C) and 2 - 3 hours of time. Then the temperature is increased to +60°C, and the fruits are kept in such conditions with the oven door open until completely dry.

Dried berries are kept in natural conditions for another 1 - 2 days, after which they are placed in paper bags or glass containers.

Dried sea buckthorn should be stored at temperatures up to +18°C.

How to properly wash sea buckthorn?

It is best to pour clean water into a saucepan or deep bowl and pour sea buckthorn into it. Using your fingers carefully, rinse it thoroughly. Small leaves and other debris will still float to the surface; you can catch it with your hands or simply drain it with water.

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Recipe without cooking with sugar in a blender for the winter

One of the simplest and at the same time healthy recipes for preparing sea buckthorn for the winter. The berries are ground, very tender and tasty due to the presence of sugar.

What you will need:

Sea buckthorn - 1 kg.
Sugar - 1.5 kg.

Instead of a blender, you can use a masher or a wooden rolling pin with a flat side. They will also help mash the berries into a puree.

How to cook

Rinse the ripe berries and dry them well, placing them in one layer on a cotton or paper towel.

Combine the berries with sugar, mix and crush (grind) with a wooden pestle. You can use a potato masher. Or just run the blender for a minute until smooth.

Transfer the resulting sea buckthorn-sugar mass into prepared clean jars, cover the top with paper, and press the nylon lids on top of it.

Store pureed sea buckthorn with sugar in the refrigerator at +4°C or in the cellar.

Recipe for pureed sea buckthorn

This is the simplest recipe in terms of cooking principles. In the literature it can be found under the names “cold jam” or “raw jam”. According to the classic recipe, a little more sugar is taken than berries, the ratio will be approximately 1:1.5.

Cooking method:

Sort out the sea buckthorn, wash it, and lay it out on towels to dry.
Pour the berries into a bowl of a suitable size and cover with sugar.
Grind everything to a pasty mass. You can use an immersion blender or pestle.
Sterilize jars.
Transfer the sea buckthorn into the prepared container.

The jars can be covered with nylon lids or paper, securing it along the neck with twine.

You can add other ingredients to the ground berries, for example, apples or hawthorn. The main thing is that there is twice as much sea buckthorn, then you will get a tasty dish. The amount of sugar can be reduced slightly.

Such a preparation is stored only in the refrigerator or in the basement.