Cherry kissel: recipes

In Russia, jelly was prepared more than a thousand years ago. True, then for this they used mainly grain or flour. Only a few centuries later did this drink become what it is used to see today. The product began to be prepared from berries and fruits, which made it even more tasty and fragrant. To this day, cherry jelly is very popular . There are many recipes for its preparation. For example, you can consider some of them.

Simple option

It’s easiest to make juice-based cherry jelly. This greatly simplifies the process and makes it less time consuming. To work, you will need the following ingredients: per liter of concentrated cherry juice 100-120 grams of sugar and a couple of tablespoons of potato starch.

The process is carried out in three stages:

1. First, the juice must be poured into a saucepan and brought to a boil over a fire.
2. Separate the starch with warm water separately in an ordinary glass. The mixture should not have lumps, since subsequently they will no longer be able to dissolve.
3. Gently inject the composition into a boiling juice with a thin stream and, continuing to stir for 3-4 minutes, wait for the product to thicken. Cooking is not worth it. Otherwise, it, on the contrary, will become liquid.

You can use such a cherry jelly both in cold and in hot form. In both cases, the taste of the drink will be equally pleasant: a combination of a unique aroma and light natural acidity. Such a product will surely please anyone who wants to try it.

Healing broth

Many housewives do not even suspect that cherry jelly is not just a pleasant soft drink. Along with this, it has properties that are extremely beneficial for the human body:

1. The viscous consistency of the product gently envelops the inside of the stomach wall. This helps people who have an ulcer or gastritis to suppress inflammation and cope with unpleasant pain.
2. It helps maintain beneficial microflora in the stomach, which prevents dysbiosis.
3. With its help, vitamins and minerals that are found in berries easily get inside and have their beneficial effect. Such a drink is very good to drink in winter or spring, when there is a clear lack of these elements.
4. Kissel cleanses the body, removing wastes and harmful heavy metals from it.
5. It contributes to the good functioning of the stomach. If you drink a glass of such a drink with food, you can avoid unwanted overeating.

Knowing all these tricks, you can rid yourself of many health problems using the most common product.

From dried raw materials

There is another option with which you can cook cherry jelly. The recipe differs only in the main ingredient. In this case, dried berries are used. For a regular consistency drink you will need: for 1 liter of water, 3 tablespoons of starch and a glass of sugar.

In this case, you must perform the following steps:

1. Pour the washed berries with cold water and cook until they are softened properly.
2. Wipe the mixture by squeezing it through cheesecloth.
3. In 200 milliliters of water, dilute potato starch, and then pour it into a boiling composition with a thin stream.

Now the product only needs to be poured into glasses and put on the table for cooling. To make cherry jelly based on berries in your own juice, the recipe does not need to be completely changed. It is only necessary to exclude sugar from it. Sweet fill will be enough. In principle, this can already be determined at the very first stage and, if necessary, bring the concentration to the desired value.

Product ratio

According to the technology, it is necessary to cook cherry jelly with starch. This component is no less important than the berries themselves. After all, it is with its help that you can achieve the desired consistency of the finished product. A good housewife must know the generally accepted ratio, so as not to spoil the prepared drink.

In this case, the amount of starch is taken based on 1 liter of water or other liquid:

• for a drinkable product - 1 tablespoon (possible with a slide);
• for liquid jelly of medium consistency - 2 tablespoons;
• for a half-thick drink - 3 tablespoons;
• for a very thick product - 4 tablespoons;
• for jelly, which is more like a jelly, - 5 spoons.

Knowing these proportions, you can determine in advance how much fruit decoction is needed and how much water you need to take to dissolve the starch. In addition, it must be remembered that after the combination of the two solutions, the color of the finished product itself changes. It becomes more juicy and pronounced.

For the smallest

Quite good turns the jelly from frozen cherries. It can even be prepared for young children in their second year of life. To prepare the drink, you will need the following components: a glass of cherry berries frozen 0.5 liters of water, as well as a tablespoon of sugar and starch.

Here the cooking process must be conducted in a slightly different way:

1. First you need to boil water, and then pour berries and sugar into it, and then wait for literally 5 minutes.
2. Shake the starch well with water. After that, it must be slowly poured into a boiling mass.
3. Without stopping stirring, wait until the product finally thickens.
4. Cool the drink.

Now it can be poured into a cup and given to the child.

Perfect option

But it’s best to still cook fresh cherry jelly. Moreover, berries can not be removed from the drink. Everything is done very simply. For work you will need: a glass of ripe cherries 2 tablespoons of sugar, 0.5 liters of water and 1.5 tablespoons of starch.

Sequencing:

1. The first step is to wash the berries, and then remove the seeds from them. If this is not done, then the product will have a peculiar aftertaste.
2. Pour cold water into the pan and place it on the stove.
3. Dilute starch with water until smooth (no lumps).
4. Pour sugar into boiling water and put prepared berries.
5. Let the food cook for literally 3 minutes.
6. Constantly stirring foods, slowly introduce dissolved starch.
7. Wait for the moment when the jelly normally thickens, and turn off the fire.

After cooling, the drink can be poured into cups or glasses and drunk with pleasure. Such a product will have a pleasant enveloping taste, and an addition in the form of berries will turn it into a real dessert.