The very first berry, which can be seen on the shelves at the beginning of the summer - a strawberry. Sure, if it has a fresh, the benefits will be greater. Strawberry is rich in variety of nutrients and vitamins needed for good health of the person.
Strawberry cleans the blood vessels thus helps with cardiovascular diseases. It normalizes the functioning of kidneys, removes unwanted fluid from the body due to its diuretic properties. She also beneficial effects on the intestine and leads to normal digestion.
It prevents development of cholecystitis, has choleretic effect and cleanses the liver. Strawberry helps the body fight viral and colds, as it has anti-microbial agent.
This berry can reduce blood sugar, so it is very useful for people with diabetes mellitus.
Strawberries can act as a cosmetic. Face masks of strawberries dries the skin and gets rid of acne. You can also whiten the skin, but also it helps narrow pores.
Desserts with strawberries
Application of strawberries in a cooking universally, it is combined with almost all products. With chocolate - milk, white, black; milk and yogurt; with a variety of fruits and some vegetables; with any test. Much tastier than this berry in all kinds of desserts and cakes.
A strawberry with cream is simply a masterpiece! And you can cook quickly - pour the strawberry whipped sweet cream, that's all. There are many options. Like dumplings - in the spring you can prepare them with strawberries.
Follow figure - make jelly with strawberries. There is a desire to surprise guests - then you can wrap each strawberry in curd, is delicious and unusual.
Importantly, do not be afraid to experiment. Strawberry jelly - it's a great summer dessert that is so loved by children.
Jelly is preparing a variety of ways.
It can be made of strawberry puree and mix with gelatin, which is dissolved in a small amount of hot water. Or cook the jelly from the juice of berries and pour them fresh strawberries. To make jelly new flavors, you can add the zest of citrus and vanilla.
Jelly can be used not only as a standalone dessert. Effectively it looks like a jelly made of several layers. Also sliced jelly strawberries can spice cake, ice cream or other dessert souffles. It all depends on the imagination and desire.
Description strawberry jelly recipe for winter
To prepare the jelly of strawberries should have 1 kg of ripe strawberries also need 1, 500 kg of sugar, and in order to give the state a jelly dessert will have a half teaspoon citric acid.
Cooking process
Berries have to go through, remove the stem and rinse thoroughly. Then place the strawberries in a container for cooking and fill with sugar, only half the parts and leave the juice separated. After the juice to fill the other half of sugar, put on the fire to boil.
After such as the weight comes to a boil cook for 15 minutes, it does not forget to stir. Meanwhile, dilute citric acid and add hot syrup is dissolved in the cooking strawberry jelly. Boil 5 minutes, still stirring constantly.
Hot jelly is poured into a pre-prepared sterilized jars and lids roll up for the winter. It is not cool banks should stand upside down, after cooling in a cool place.
All flavored dessert with tea and not get sick!
How to cook the jam of cherry recipes
To the south of Ukraine begins with summer cherries. This article describes how you can cook delicious cherry jam, recipes for the winter, the necessary ingredients, jam classic pitted and a second version with walnuts, as well as how to cook a thick jam.
Summer happiness - Cherry
Bright juicy berries in a wreath of green leaves attract the attention of not only rebyatni and their parents. They love yummy and all the feathered companions. Although, as they say in the south of Ukraine - the most delicious berry bite.
Therefore, there is an unspoken war - and we are the first, or they. But it suffices, as a rule, people, starlings and sparrows.
When the first and the second hunger is satisfied - and in fact waiting for the miracle of the sun should be 11 months - raises the question of harvesting cherries in the winter. Cherry is good in compotes, and dried, but it is best cherry jam.
How best to cook the jam of cherries
Cooking Jam simple process, but there are some subtleties.
1. Cook the berries in small portions, no more than 2 kg at a time. This will keep the fruit intact.
2. Stir the jam only need a wooden spoon. At the touch of metal berries may darken.
3. The need rolled up in a clean, scalded with boiling water the banks of small capacity.
4. You can make jam and cherry wood with bone and boneless. You choose. But for me - there is no sadder story in the world than the jam with a bone.
Jam classic "from her mother Vera" seedless
Ingredients:
• Cherry pitted - 1 kg
• Sugar - 1 kg.
This is a very simple recipe, which is many years my mother cooks.
The most labor-intensive - to get rid of stones. But we have always been a machine, so my sister and I been doing. Cherry clean, remove seeds. Fill with sugar and leave for several hours. During this time, let cherry juice.
Pelvis with cherry juice and put on the stove. Bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes. And forget about the jam hours at 12. During this time, fed with cherry syrup. Again we bring to a boil and set aside for another 12 hours.
Thus, at least three or four times. Last time we boil and poured into banks.
Jam turns thick and fragrant berries cooked with such a prescription remain tight and intact.
Cherry jam with walnuts
I found my sister and the old (last year) walnuts. As my grandfather missed the sight of them, and they have lain in the attic all winter - is unknown.
Jam apricot with a bone - or rather, from the solid bone removed nut and apricot stuffed with them - cooked. Why not try this with a sweet cherry. In addition, we have the question was waste nuts.
The recipe is simple, but be prepared for the fact that the walnut will bring his unusual characteristic taste.
Ingredients:
• 1 kg of cherries,
• 1 kg of sugar,
• 300 ml. water
• walnuts, lemon
My cherries, remove pits. Of water and sugar syrup boil. Willingness to check the syrup - dripping a drop of syrup into a bowl of cold water. A drop of syrup should freeze, but remain soft.
Farshiruem walnut our berries and pour the syrup. Boil and set aside for 12 hours. Then bring to a boil.
Jam tormented over very low heat for 2 to 3 hours. At the end of cooking, add the diced lemon. Poured into banks in the form of hot and rolls.
As you can see, black cherry jam and it is easy to cook flavorful berry harvested in these recipes will bring a piece of summer in the cold winter.
Bon Appetit!
Blackcurrant jam recipes
The article describes in detail how to properly jam black currant, benefits and recipes for winter preparations. Whole black currant syrup, useful peretёrtaya fresh berries with sugar and delicious jam.
The use of black currant jam
It's no secret that black currant is a storehouse of vitamins and minerals. Doctors recommend eating jam from blackcurrants for the prevention of diseases and beriberi, as well as colds and diseases of the respiratory system.
So blackcurrant jam must have in any home. In addition, the blackcurrant increases metabolism and is suitable for people with poor metabolism.
If there are problems with the digestive tract, it will also help, because it is able to reduce the acidity of gastric juices and reduces the fermentation processes in the intestine.
How should I make jam of black currants
Before cooking currant jam, you need to carefully prepare the banks, which will be stored in a jam, and container where it will cook. Banks should be thoroughly washed, pour over boiling water and dried in the oven, the lid must be varnished or plastic.
Capacity to make jams must be enamelled. All this is due to the fact that black currant oxidizes the metal. So when making jam is best to avoid metal utensils.
Black currants should be collected in the morning in the sunny weather after drying the dew. Pluck berry sprigs better to start, and then to separate the berries from the stalks and sepals with scissors. Berries rinse in a colander under running water.
There are several options for making jam, some prefer cooked jam, other fresh peretёrtye berries with sugar.
Recipe № 1. Whole black currant syrup
The first recipe for the winter for lovers of whole berries in syrup. For its preparation must be 0, 5 liters of water, 1 kg of blackcurrant fruit, 1, 5 kg of sugar.
From the sugar and water syrup boil, strain it through cheesecloth and pour into a bowl for cooking jam. We bring the syrup to a boil and slowly sinking into it currants.
When the jam starts to boil it is necessary to remove all the foam and cook for 10 minutes. Jam pour banks and roll.
Recipe № 2. Peretёrtaya fresh black currant with sugar
This recipe is widespread and known to almost all. Peretёrtaya black currant with sugar is the Bank of vitamins in the winter table. The recipe is simple and is light.
For every kilogram taken berries take 1, 5 kg of sugar. Berries fray with a wooden or plastic tolkushkoy can, of course, to scroll through a meat grinder, but there is metal.
In peretёrtuyu currants add sugar and mix thoroughly, the mixture to stand for 15 minutes, then it should be stir again and put on banks. Keep a jam at not more than one degree during the year.
Recipe № 3. Tasty jam blackcurrant
Jam blackcurrant is a wonderful filling for cakes, pies and cakes. Cook it very simple.
To do this, take 1 kg of sugar and 25 kg rubbed blackcurrant. Mix half of the sugar with the puree and cook jam for 20 minutes, stirring constantly.
After adding remained sugar, mix well and cook for another 20 minutes, after which decompose on the banks to jam.
Enjoy your tea with jam.
