Forest berry juice is a vitamin-enriched healing drink. But to prepare it in its pure form is quite difficult, because for this you need to collect a large number of berries, and then add about the same amount of sugar, and this will not be at all as useful as we wanted at first.
Let's remember that in the old days this problem was solved quite simply: our ancestors prepared and drank magnificent berry fruit drinks with the addition of honey. By the way, the nutritional value of any fruit drink from frozen berries increases significantly if cooked using two or three types of wild berries. Nevertheless, any of the berry fruit drinks will have a beneficial effect on the body. Regardless of where the berries grew: in a forest glade or just in a rural area, they all equally supply our body with substances that are necessary for health.
You will say that fruit juice from frozen berries can be bought in a store today. Yes, only as part of fruit drinks made at the factory, most often you will find all kinds of flavors, colors, preservatives or other “chemistry” instead of berries. As a result, you can get the effect completely different from what you expected. Therefore, knowledgeable people say that it is better to cook fruit drinks yourself from frozen berries, or from fresh ones that you can harvest yourself or buy on the market.
How to make cranberry juice from berries
In order to make 1 liter of fruit drink, you need to take only 130 g of cranberries, about 120 g of honey (or as much sugar). Cranberries are picked, washed and thrown into boiling water. Boil no more than 5 minutes on low heat, then recline in a colander and squeeze. Mix the resulting juice with the remaining broth. They wait until it cools below 40 degrees, only then can honey be added. This is done because the healing properties of honey at temperatures above 40 degrees just disappear. Sugar must be added immediately, stir and boil for a couple of minutes over low heat. As you know, cranberry juice from frozen berries is one of the most healthy foods.
Most fruit drink recipes have been passed down from generation to generation for a long time. Therefore, it is not surprising that many culinary specialists today prepare tasty and healthy cranberry juice from berries.
How to make fruit juice
Assorted fruit drinks are very popular. We prepare such a drink a little differently. Today we offer you a recipe for fruit drinks from lingonberries, wild strawberries and black currants. Strawberries and black currants should be taken 100 g, but lingonberries are enough and a couple of tablespoons.
We wash the berries and pour it into a glass jar, pour boiling water to cover with water, and stir slowly. Then add boiling water to get a liter, add a few tablespoons of sugar and a couple of mint leaves. Then the glass jar should be tightly closed with a lid and wrapped in a warm blanket. When 3 hours pass, you can squeeze the berries, squeezing the flesh with a special spoon, and then strain. Pour fruit juice from berries into a bottle or jar. Store fruit juice in the refrigerator. The drink is not worth it for a long time, you need to drink it within 24 hours after preparation.
I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the taste and useful qualities of fruit drinks from frozen berries directly depend on the quality of the water from which you prepare it. It is not recommended to use tap water for cooking homemade fruit drinks. It is best to take spring water or from an artesian well.
The traditional composition of fruit drinks: berry juice, water and sugar. But you can depart from tradition. So, sugar, if possible, is better to replace with honey. You can increase the usefulness of fruit drinks by adding cloves, juice and citrus zest or infusions of medicinal herbs. In the cold winter, after drinking such a fruit drink from frozen berries, you can not be afraid of a cold or flu, because this is a wonderful preventative that is better to drink warm.
And finally, it is worth mentioning another wonderful quality of fruit drinks - they help to accelerate the metabolism in the body, and this helps to lose weight, which is very important for many. If at least twice a week you will arrange fasting days for yourself and drink two liters of different fruit drinks during the day, then in a month you will notice how your health will change and your figure will become slimmer.