Lingonberry jam ( sv, lingonsylt, no, tyttebærsyltetøy, da, tyttebærsyltetøj, et, pohlamoos, fi, puolukkahillo, german: Preiselbeermarmelade, lv, brūkleņu ievārījums, lt, bruknių uogienė) is a staple of

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and otherwise highly popular in

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and

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. Lingonberries (''

Vaccinium vitis-idaea ''Vaccinium vitis-idaea'', the lingonberry, partridgeberry, mountain cranberry or cowberry, is a small evergreen shrub in the heath family Ericaceae, that bears edible fruit. It is native to boreal forest and Arctic tundra throughout the Norther ...

'') grow on a short evergreen shrub in the

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throughout the

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from

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to North America.

History

In Sweden, lingonberries may be sold as jam and juice, and as a key ingredient in dishes and

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s. Lingonberry jam may be served with meat courses, such as

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s, beef

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dishes (such as ''

maksalaatikko Liver casserole ( fi, maksalaatikko, sv, leverlåda) is a Finnish food that is made of rice, ground liver, butter, syrup, egg, onion, and raisin. It is traditionally served with lingonberry jam. It is also sold ready-to-eat and eaten as an ever ...

''); regionally, it is served with fried

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. Traditional dishes such as '' kroppkakor'', ''

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'',

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s, ''

kåldolmar A cabbage roll is a dish consisting of cooked cabbage leaves wrapped around a variety of fillings. It is common to the cuisines of Central, Northern, Eastern and Southeastern Europe and much of Western Asia, Northern China, as well as parts ...

'', ''

fläskpannkaka Fläskpannkaka is a Swedish oven-made pancake baked from eggs, milk, flour, salt (similar to a Yorkshire pudding) containing pieces of sliced pork or bacon. The ingredients are placed in a pan and baked in the oven. It is commonly served with ...

'', ''

mustamakkara Mustamakkara () is a type of Finnish blood sausage traditionally eaten with lingonberry jam. It is available in many stores across Finland, but is considered a specialty of Tampere, Pirkanmaa. Mustamakkara is at its best when bought and eaten ...

'' and

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are also commonly combined with lingonberries. The jam can also be paired with

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(sometimes together with

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es and some

Composition

Fine lingonberry jam is prepared with berries,

sugar Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Simple sugars, also called monosaccharides, include glucose, fructose, and galactose. Compound sugars, also called disaccharides or double ...

and, optionally, a small amount of water. Cheaper varieties can be diluted with

apple An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple fruit tree, trees are agriculture, cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus ''Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, wh ...

s. Sweetened lingonberries (''rårörda lingon'') or (''rørte tyttebær'') is prepared fresh by just mixing berries and sugar, without boiling. Because of the

benzoic acid Benzoic acid is a white (or colorless) solid organic compound with the formula , whose structure consists of a benzene ring () with a carboxyl () substituent. It is the simplest aromatic carboxylic acid. The name is derived from gum benzoin, wh ...

, which is found in high amounts in lingonberries, the berries keep well without any preservatives.

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