Viburnum has long been used as a folk remedy for hypertension, cardiovascular disease. Baths from the decoction of this berry help with diathesis and skin problems. But viburnum is not only an excellent doctor. From it you can make a delicious pie, fragrant drink, wine. Many will also like tender jelly from viburnum. The recipe is so simple that anyone can do it.
The main thing is to stock up on sugar and red berries. You can pluck it from the end of August, when it ripens. But it is better to harvest after the first frost, then viburnum is not so bitter, and dishes from it will be more pleasant. By the way, a tree is easy to grow in its garden plot. It feels great in the lowlands - where there is always enough moisture. Not every tree will grow in partial shade, where groundwater stands high , and viburnum perfectly tolerates such conditions and gives an excellent harvest. After the clusters are trimmed with scissors and the berries are separated, you can begin to create healthy sweets.
Jelly from viburnum: recipe
The berries are sorted, washed and poured with boiling water for 5 minutes. This will help get away the bitterness. If the crop was harvested before frost, then it is better to do this manipulation 3-4 times.
Ingredients:
- 0.5 kg of berries of viburnum ;
- 0.5 kg of sugar.
After the berries have stood in water for 5 minutes, the liquid is drained, and they are rubbed through a sieve. Now you can put the mass in a pan with a thick bottom and fill it with sugar. About an hour, jelly is boiled from viburnum. The recipe suggests that all this time the mass is periodically stirred. If there is a copper basin, then the preparation of sweets can be carried out in it. To mix the mass, it is better to use a special wooden spatula or spoon. It is interesting to look at such beauty. In viburnum quite a lot of pectin. Therefore, the mass will gradually thicken. When it cools, then due to this substance it will turn into real jelly. It can be eaten immediately or prepared for future use. It will be perfectly preserved until the future harvest.
Jelly from viburnum for the winter
While the dish is being cooked, cans are prepared. Better to take 500 grams. They are washed well with a clean cloth without the use of soda. Laundry soap will be suitable for these purposes, but then we must not forget to thoroughly rinse the containers with warm water. Now the container is put to steam sterilize. For 5 minutes, the iron caps are immersed in boiling water.
In the meantime, an hour passed, the mass was well boiled, so it was time to lay it out in jars, and then put covers on them and roll them up. The container is well wrapped for the night - so it is perfectly sterilized.
Jelly without heat treatment
It turned out delicious jelly from viburnum, the recipe of which is very simple. But when cooking, not all vitamins are preserved, although there will be plenty of them. Those who prefer to eat the most wholesome dishes have figured out how to make jelly without heat treatment. It will turn out more caloric, as sugar is taken 2 times more: 0.5 liters of viburnum juice - 1 kg of sugar. In order to make jelly from viburnum without cooking, the berries scalded with boiling water are dried and passed through a juicer. Now the juice is mixed with sugar in a large container, allowed to dissolve and laid out in sterile jars. Sweetness will be perfectly preserved until spring under plastic covers.