In fact, we know very little about the healing properties of cherries, and yet it is not only tasty, but also a very useful berry!
Over two thousand years, more than four thousand species of this berry have been bred; they differ among themselves in the ratio of sugar and organic substances. The darker the cherries, the more beneficial, although light varieties are less likely to cause allergies. Dark berries contain a large number of bioflavonoids, which are very powerful antioxidants. They strengthen the heart, blood vessel walls, stimulate blood formation, protect against cancer and rejuvenate the body. Varieties with sourness are more useful than just sweet. After all, organic acids such as ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and folic acid (vitamin B9) give cherries a sour taste . The sweeter the sweet cherry, the more caloric, and the sweet sweet cherry causes the formation of a large amount of gas in the intestines (flatulence). Therefore, sweet cherries should be excluded for people with diabetes. This berry contains iron, which positively affects the formation of blood cells and relieves joint pain.
To enjoy healthy berries not only at the beginning of summer, but also year-round, you can make a variety of cherries. This is a variety of jams, jams, juleps (such a soft drink), drying or simple freezing of cherries in the freezer.
For sweet cherry jam, white varieties with small stones and large fruits are recommended. Cherry should be washed well under running water, remove the seeds without damaging the flesh. Place the berry in a saucepan and fill it with sugar, stand for an hour and a half. After that, pour a glass of water into the pan and cook until tender, constantly removing foam. As the jam thickens, you need to periodically try it. Then add a few grams of citric acid, vanilla sugar or lemon juice. Remove the jam from the heat and wait seven to eight hours. During this time, the jam will cool and well soaked in syrup.
Cherry jam with lemon and nuts
To prepare this jam, take one kilogram of white cherries, wash it well, remove the seeds. In place of the removed bone, put a quarter of a walnut. Put the cherries in an enameled bowl and pour in the syrup. Prepare a syrup from one kilogram of sugar, one glass of water, ten walnuts and half a lemon. In the same dishes, cut the remaining lemon and nuts. You need to cook for five minutes three times, with interruptions of five hours.
Cherry jam with vanilla
In this jam for one kilogram of sweet cherry add one kilogram of sugar and half a glass of water. Vanillin is added at the end. You can add slices of lemon.
Cherry and cherry jam
Wash the berries thoroughly in equal proportions. Divide the berries evenly: put one part immediately in the jars, and raise the seeds from the second. Cook the pitted cherries and cherries in a saucepan by adding one glass of honey. When the mass is ready, cool it and pour it into jars. Sterilize the jam and roll it up.
Sweet cherry jam with pits
Wash the cherries and dip in boiling water for two minutes. After that, fill the berry with sugar syrup and cook in three divided doses, with a break of five hours. At the end of cooking, add four grams of citric acid so that the jam is not sugared.
Also tasty, healthy and beautiful will look like cherry jam with strawberries and red currants. To do this, take half a kilogram of all berries, one and a half kilograms of sugar and one cup of water. In a boiling sugar syrup, dip the cherries (after removing the seeds), peeled strawberries and currants. Stir continuously, cook until cooked. Use cherries not only as a summer berry, but also prepare delicious dishes from it.