Remove the mountain ash / rowan berries cleanly from the stem and wash them well, then cook for five minutes. Pour away the cooking water, so that the first bitter substances are washed out) and cover the berries with fresh water and cook them for 20 minutes until they change their color from red to an intense orange.
Press the berries through a sieve or the Lotte liquor. Add applesauce, cinnamon and vanilla sugar and stir. Bring the appropriate amount of preserving sugar (500 grams for 2: 1 preserving sugar) to the boil for three minutes and immediately pour hot into twist-off glasses.