The unpretentious wild bird cherry is considered a Slavic symbol. She is sung in verses and pictures, always excites with a fragrant color and pleases with taste. The bactericidal, anti-inflammatory, vitamin, and general strengthening properties of this plant are well known.
On the grocery stalls and shop windows of health food stores, you can almost always see small bags with the words "Bird cherry flour." For some, their contents are exotic and unknown, and for others, good greetings from childhood.
Healthy treat
Bird cherry flour is the berries of this tree that are dried and ground together with seeds. It has a dark color, the smell of amaretto and a sweet, slightly astringent taste. This is a healthy and tasty product, rich in vitamins, minerals, tannins.
At home, bird cherry flour is obtained if there is a good mill - hard bones of dried berries are difficult to grind - coffee grinder knives can suffer.
Like whole berries, bird cherry flour is used to make jelly, liquors, vitamin drinks, it’s good to make a base for cakes, rolls, gingerbread and a filling for sweet cakes.
Siberian pie
For many Siberians, one of the childhood memories is an open pie of yeast pastry with a thick layer of cherry filling, greased on top with a thick village sour cream with sugar. A base that is napripe, yellow from eggs, thick dark purple berry mass and white creamy tenderness gradually painted with it - an amazing dessert delighted the eye and begged in its mouth!
Siberian cherry was harvested and dried in large quantities and transported to the mill to grind.
Cherry cherry pie baked on a large baking sheet could be stored and even frozen for the future, only smeared with sour cream when serving.
Useful recipes
We begin to revise and change most of the usual recipes of sweets, motivating this not only with the high cost of products, but also with the aim of reducing calorie content or to cook in fasting.
So, yeast dough in milk, with lots of eggs, butter and sugar, is certainly delicious. But you can try other recipes. Bird cherry flour is great for these purposes.
Lean yeast cake
For the test, sift 450 grams of flour, dissolve 20 g of pressed yeast (or 8 grams of dry) in 250 ml of warm water, add 1/3 teaspoon of salt, 2-3 tablespoons of sugar (you can increase the amount to 0.5 cups). When the yeast disperses and rises “cap”, add flour and add a few tablespoons of vegetable oil.
Knead the dough, cover, let rise. Roll out on a baking sheet, lifting it at the sides.
(The same dough with less sugar can be used for lean buns and pies with any savory fillings: cabbage, potatoes, fish, mushrooms and even pickles!)
For stuffing bird cherry flour brewed with a small amount of hot water or milk. Sugar can not be added. Put the thickened filling on the dough with a thickness of 1-2 centimeters, bake at 180 degrees until the sides of the dough are browning.
For fudge, grind sugar into powder, drip a little lemon juice and add boiling water with a spoon to obtain a mass that can be spread or spread in the form of a grid on the cooled filling.
For such a pie you need at least a glass of ground bird cherry.
If you have a bag weighing 50 grams, you can make a variation of the American "Crazy Cake" by taking bird cherry instead of cocoa.
Light black cake
For him you need to take:
Mix bulk ingredients. Add:
Mix well, pour into a mold, bake until tender (check with a toothpick).
Cake from bird cherry flour can be cut into two layers and glue them with sour cream whipped with sugar. Put in the refrigerator for several hours to soak.
On top of the finished cake, pour fondant or sprinkle with powdered sugar. Enjoyment guaranteed!
Bird cherry roll with curd filling
A delicate, fragrant, black and white roll will please any sweet tooth.
For it, you need to beat 2 eggs with 100 grams of sugar and 200 grams of sour cream, add 50-60 grams of bird cherry flour and a pinch of soda.
Pour 100 grams of flour, mix quickly and pour the dough on a baking sheet covered with baking paper. Flatten and bake for 12-15 minutes. It is important not to overdry.
As a filling, use soft cottage cheese with cream and powdered sugar, cream cheese or sweet curd mass.
Spread the baked biscuit and gently roll the roll. Garnish with fondant, powdered sugar and / or coconut.
Raw jam
You can also make raw jam from bird cherry, but you will have to work hard for this.
Broken bones give a piquant taste to this jam, although such a consistency may seem rude to an unusual person.
Scroll the berries at least two times through a meat grinder, using first a large and then a small lattice. If desired, you can optionally rub through a sieve to remove large fragments of seeds. Then mix with equal or slightly larger amounts of sugar, mix well and arrange in jars. Store jam in a cool place.
A dense, viscous mass is good both on its own and as a filling. You can make fruit drink or jelly out of it.
Unfairly forgotten, but healthy products are gradually returning to our lives, giving pleasant memories and helping to maintain health. Among them, bird cherry flour occupies a worthy place.