Dogwood is a healthy and tasty berry. In addition to the fact that cornel jam has many useful properties, the plant itself is externally attractive and can serve as a decoration for a garden plot. If he is properly looked after, it will bear fruit every year, and his life is long - more than a hundred years. Dogwood is a shrub, although some consider it a stunted tree.
Dogwood fruits are oval-shaped red berries. It seems that its berries are covered with wax, so they shine. Apart from the cornel, in addition to the preparations (jam, compote, marinade, sauce), many dishes are prepared, including lavash from mashed berries.
The fruits of this shrub well quench thirst and hunger. In medicine, berries are used as an astringent, diuretic, restorative, stimulant and choleretic agent. The result is improved vision, restoration of metabolism. Dogwood jam should be eaten by people with skin diseases, tuberculosis. The berry has a very good effect on the body as a whole and is used for winter preparations and cooking.
Dogwood Jam
It is necessary:
- a kilogram of berries;
- one and a half kilograms of sugar;
- glasses of water.
For jam, you need to take berries of a dark red color. Rinse them and allow to drain excess water. Then add a glass of water, a glass of sugar and cook for half an hour. Remember that the fire should be very small. Then cool the mass and add the remaining sugar. Put it on fire again and boil until cooked, periodically removing the resulting foam. If you cook cornel jam strictly according to the recipe, then it will turn out fragrant and transparent, and the berries will remain intact.
Dogwood jam without cooking
It is necessary:
- one and a half kilogram of cornel berries;
- two kilograms of sugar or one and a half kilograms of honey.
Use the device to remove the bones. You can not throw them away, but cook the compote. If the berries are not ripe - leave them on a towel at room temperature, laid out in one thin layer, for a couple of days. Then grind the berries or grind in a puree, add sugar and wait until it melts. When the sugar has dissolved in the berry mass, you can pour the jam into jars. Pour sugar on top of the jar so that the layer is about one centimeter thick. If you use honey instead of sugar, you must first melt it using a water bath. Then mix the melted honey with berries and only then pour the finished jam into the jars.
Dogwood compote
It is necessary:
- four hundred grams of dogwood;
- four liters of water;
- eight tablespoons of sugar;
- lemon acid.
Wipe the cornel in mashed potatoes, cover with sugar and pour four liters of water. Bring to a boil and slightly darken. Cool the hot compote and add citric acid. Let the compote infuse for a couple of hours under a lid in the warmth. After this, strain and drink.
Dogwood Soup
It is necessary:
- two hundred grams of dogwood;
- twenty five grams of sugar;
- thirty grams of 20% cream;
- two hundred and fifty grams of water.
Sort the fruits, rinse. Wipe in mashed potatoes. Pour the pulp with water along with sugar. Boil over medium heat until cooked. Strain. Add the puree to the syrup and mix. Chill. Serve chilled whipped cream and vanilla crackers with the soup.
Dogwood is very versatile. In our time, even food is prepared from it for astronauts. It is rich in various vitamins and minerals. Its calorie content is greater than the calorie content of plums, cherries, pears, cherries. Therefore, people traveling on a long journey prefer to take dogwood blanks with them. Also, from the berries of this useful plant, you can cook jelly, jam, gravy and sauces for meat, fish and vegetable dishes. If you cook soups and salads with dogwood, then it adds spice and unusual taste to ready-made foods.