Lingonberries have a tart, acidic, and slightly sweet flavor. Some people think they taste similar to cranberries but less tart. Lingonberries are also slightly bitter, so people rarely eat them raw. People often cook and sweeten lingonberries to make them more palatable.
What Do They Taste Like?
Their bright red color is appealing, but dont let that fool you: Lingonberries taste sour with a bit of sweetness and might not be something youd enjoy eating raw. These red berries are smaller, juicier, and bear a softer flesh than their distant cousin the cranberry—another fruit thats not commonly eaten raw. Theyre also small and sour like red currants, which have a similar interior.
What Are Lingonberries?
Small, deep ruby in color and tart, this fruit is the Scandinavian equivalent to North American cranberries in terms of both taste and use. They also come from the same family of plants. The berries grow abundantly on low-lying evergreen bushes in acidic soul throughout Scandinavian and northern North American forests (New England, the upper Midwest, Pacific Northwest, and Canada).
These berries show up most often in jams and condiments, but if you should find them for sale somewhere, fresh or frozen (the latter is more accessible) consider yourself very lucky. This fruit is mostly wild harvested, and not cultivated for mass consumption as a fresh fruit. Consequently, the price typically reflects this reality—theyre not cheap. But the effort is worth it.
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