What ratio of berries, water and sugar is used?

1 liter of bird cherries and 2 liters of lingonberries are cooked with 2 liters of water. After straining, count 375 grams of sugar for each liter of juice.

Cook the berries with the water until they are cooked out, strain off the juice, and then bring the juice to a boil with the sugar as in ordinary cordial-making. Count on about 70 minutes in all.

Where does the recipe come from?

From Henriette Schønberg Erken's "Stor kokebok" (1914), page 604, in the chapter on preserving and cordials.

Lingonberry and Bird Cherry Cordial

A mixed cordial of 1 l bird cherries and 2 l lingonberries cooked with 2 l water, strained and cooked like ordinary cordial with 375 g sugar per liter.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 604 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

A mixed cordial in which bird cherry (hegg) lends an almond-like, robust flavor to the lingonberry juice. From the "Mixed cordials" section of the preserving chapter.

How to make it

1
Cook the berries
Cook the bird cherries and lingonberries with the water until the berries are cooked out.
2
Strain
Strain the juice through a straining cloth and measure it.
3
Cook the cordial
Dissolve 375 g sugar per liter of juice before it comes to a boil; boil 4–5 minutes and skim.
4
Bottle
Fill the cordial hot into dry, warm bottles, cork and seal with wax.

Changes from the original

Units modernized; the method has been filled out with Erken's general cordial-making (the sugar is dissolved before boiling, boiled 4–5 minutes, skimmed and bottled).

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Fra1914 1949 Modernisert

Til1914 1949 Modernisert

1914 (korrekturlest, s. 604) → 1949 (korrekturlest, s. 725)~68% av teksten endretfjernetlagt til

1 l. heggebær 2 l. tyttebær 2 l. ~~vand~~ vann 375 gr. sukker til hver 1. l. saft. ~~Bærene koker med vandet, siles. Saften~~ De rensede, vaskede bær kokes ~~som almindelig.~~ med vannet til de er godt utkokt, siles, fylles varm på tørre, varme flasker, korkes, lakses.

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Frequently asked questions

What ratio of berries, water and sugar is used?: 1 liter of bird cherries and 2 liters of lingonberries are cooked with 2 liters of water. After straining, count 375 grams of sugar for each liter of juice.
How do I proceed?: Cook the berries with the water until they are cooked out, strain off the juice, and then bring the juice to a boil with the sugar as in ordinary cordial-making. Count on about 70 minutes in all.
Where does the recipe come from?: From Henriette Schønberg Erken's "Stor kokebok" (1914), page 604, in the chapter on preserving and cordials.

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