Blackcurrant is a surprisingly tasty and healthy berry. It is considered an excellent source of many valuable vitamins, so it is widely used in cooking. Sweet pies, jams, jams, mousses, jellies and other goodies are prepared from it. This article presents a selection of simple recipes for blackcurrant desserts.
Berry sorbet
This incredibly light and wholesome treat has a wonderful refreshing taste. Therefore, it will be a good substitute for traditional ice cream. Due to the fact that this sorbet does not contain a single gram of artificial colors and preservatives, it can be offered not only to adults, but also to small sweet tooth. To create this blackcurrant dessert you will need:
- a glass of fat cream;
- a pair of cups of black currant;
- a glass of sugar.
Washed and sorted berries are stacked in a deep container and combined with sweet sand. To the resulting mixture add the right amount of cream and beat well with a mixer. The thick mass is placed in a beautiful bowl and cleaned for a couple of hours in the refrigerator.
Cottage cheese and berry dessert
From blackcurrant, you can cook many delicious and healthy sweets. To make one of these treats, you will need:
- 400 grams of cottage cheese;
- a tablespoon of powdered sugar;
- 100 grams of black currant;
- 60 milliliters of sour cream;
- 120 grams of condensed milk.
In a deep bowl combine half the available cottage cheese, icing sugar and sour cream. All this is carefully processed with a blender. Part of the resulting mass is spread in a bowl. Half of the available berries and the remnants of whipped sweet cottage cheese are placed on top.
After that, put the rest of the currant in a bowl and add a couple of tablespoons of condensed milk. In a separate bowl, beat 200 grams of cottage cheese. The remaining condensed milk is added to it and the resulting mass is poured onto the finished blackcurrant dessert.
Homemade marmalade
This delicious treat is prepared using an extremely simple technology, which involves the use of a minimum set of components. Therefore, such marmalade will be an excellent substitute for store counterparts made in an industrial environment. It has a pleasant sweet and sour taste and is equally suitable for both an adult and a children's menu. To create a homemade blackcurrant dessert, you will need:
- a kilo of fresh berries;
- sugar (to taste).
Washed and sorted currants are placed in a deep saucepan and steamed, covered with a lid, in a small amount of water. The softened berries are ground through a sieve and boiled over minimal heat to the desired density. The required amount of sugar is added to the practically prepared marmalade, mixed, laid out in tins and put in the refrigerator. Once the dessert has completely hardened, it can be served on the table.
Blackcurrant Jelly with Gelatin
The dessert prepared using the technology described below has a pleasant sweet and sour taste and a pronounced berry aroma. To create it, you will need:
- a glass of powdered sugar;
- 300 grams of currant;
- ½ cup of drinking water;
- 10 grams of gelatin;
- ½ cup cream;
- lemon balm leaves.
Since we are preparing blackcurrant dessert with gelatin, you need to start the process with this ingredient. It is filled with water and left for a quarter of an hour so that it swells.
In order not to lose precious time, you can tackle the berries. They are washed, sorted, covered with icing sugar, filled with half a glass of water and simmered for twenty minutes. Then another hot mass is filtered through a sieve.
Swollen gelatin is poured into berry syrup and warmed to completely dissolve. The resulting liquid is distributed over beautiful glasses and left to solidify. Finished jelly is decorated with berry puree remaining after straining and mixed with plums, as well as lemon balm leaves.
Blackcurrant Mousse
This delicious and refreshing treat is served cold. Therefore, it can often be cooked on hot summer days. To make this dessert with currants (black), you will need:
- 350 milliliters 33% cream;
- 300 grams of black currant;
- squirrels from three eggs;
- 120 grams of sugar;
- a bag of gelatin;
- 110 grams of white chocolate;
- 200 milliliters of drinking water.
Washed and sorted berries are put in a stewpan and mixed with 55 grams of sugar. All this is poured with 120 milliliters of water, brought to a boil and boiled over moderate heat for three minutes. Then the currant mass is ground with a blender and rubbed through a sieve. Melted chocolate, swollen gelatin, dissolved in 80 milliliters of cold filtered water, beaten egg whites and fat cream, previously combined with the remaining sugar, are added to the resulting puree. Everything is carefully mixed, laid out in a bowl and cleaned for four hours in the refrigerator. After this, completely frozen blackcurrant mousse is served on the table.
Smoothie
The drink made using the technology described below has not only amazing taste qualities, but also unique properties. It contains a mass of valuable vitamins and minerals necessary for the normal functioning of the human body. To make a blackcurrant smoothie, you will need:
- a glass of yogurt (no flavoring);
- a pair of ripe bananas;
- a glass of black currant.
In a deep container, peeled banana slices and washed, picked berries are combined. Everything is thoroughly processed with a blender and filled with natural unflavored yogurt. The resulting mixture is again whipped and served on the table.