Everyone knows about the healing properties of rose hips . Today, in almost every suburban area, you can find this plant. In the autumn, all the hostesses collect rose hips and dry them. But not all of them know how to do it right. If you do not adhere to the technology of harvesting these medicinal fruits, then as a result they lose all the useful trace elements and vitamins. You can familiarize yourself with the information on how to dry the dog rose correctly in this article.
When and how to pluck a dog rose?
The collection of rosehip berries from the bush is carried out in late September - early October. It is during this period of time that the fruits are as rich in vitamin C. For storage, choose bright red dense berries. In a mature fetus, the sepals around the fetus should be puffed in different directions, and not adjacent to it. Tear and dry the berry with the stem. Collect berries in dry sunny weather. Rosehip in freshly picked form can be stored for no more than a day. It’s better to start drying it right away. How to do it right, we will tell you in the next part of the article.
We prepare wild rose for the winter in a natural way
If you have an attic or a dry shed in your summer house, then this is an ideal place to dry the dog rose. Lay the berries on a flat surface in one layer. It is important that there is air access to each fruit, so try to place all the berries as freely as possible from each other. And even more so, do not pour the dogrose in several layers, this will lead to the process of decay. The fruit should not be exposed to direct sunlight. The room should be dry and warm.
Turn the berries over and over. Cover them with foil at night. In this way, the dog rose dries in 3-4 weeks. Then it must be collected in a cloth bag and stored in a dry place.
How to dry rosehips in the oven?
In an apartment where there is no place to lay out the dogrose for a long time for natural drying, this process can be performed in the oven. The result is good, all vitamins and trace elements in the berries are preserved. Rosehip is laid out on a baking sheet in one tier and aged in the oven for 8 hours at a temperature of 45-60 ° C. Please note that during this process the oven door must be slightly open so that moisture can evaporate outward. Stir the berries on a baking sheet every hour. To make sure that the berry is completely dry, crush it with your fingers, it should easily crumble. Next, the dogrose needs to make a “steam room”. To do this, pour hot fruits into a wooden box, close the lid and leave for 72 hours. Then pour into linen bags.
Miracle Technique - Electric Dryer
Progress does not stand still. To help the hostesses, the industry now produces electric dryers in which fruits, vegetables and berries can be dried quickly and easily. How to dry rosehips with this appliance? And just like in the oven, only the door does not need to be opened. Rosehip, placed in the device, from fresh berries to dry turns in 6-8 hours at temperatures up to 70 degrees.
Microwave and dogrose - things are not compatible
Many housewives try to dry the fruits of a wild rose in a microwave oven. This cannot be done. In addition to the fact that radiation kills the beneficial properties of berries, the technology for processing them is disrupted. Rosehip in the microwave turns out to be very dried outside and absolutely raw inside. Such berries will not be stored for a long time, they will quickly rot.
Now you know how dried rose hips. It remains now to properly preserve it. Use fabric bags or plastic pails with a tight-fitting lid for this purpose. Drink healing aromatic rosehip tea all year round and be healthy.