What can be prepared with chokeberry, recipes for jam, adjika, wine, liqueur

Chokeberry is grown in gardens; it was originally cultivated as an ornamental plant; today it is classified as a fruit and berry plant.

Chokeberry is also known as chokeberry, or chokeberry. It has been established that the fruits of the plant have unique properties.

Let's look at what healthy things can be prepared from chokeberry without spending a lot of time. We’ll also find out what delicious preparations can be made from berries.

Content:

• Chokeberry, description, beneficial properties
• What can you cook with chokeberry?
• What to cook from frozen chokeberries
• Chokeberry in sugar and pureed with sugar
• Recipes for liqueurs, wines and liqueurs
• Adjika from chokeberry
• For whom are chokeberry berries contraindicated?

Chokeberry description, beneficial properties

Chokeberry, depending on the specifics of crown formation, is a shrub or small tree; its fruits are quite large.

Its homeland is North America; at the end of the 19th century it was brought to European countries. Its fruits began to be used in cooking not so long ago.

The berries are black with a bluish coating and shaped like a ball. Inside they contain juicy pulp with a sweet and sour taste. The fruits can be used fresh, dried or frozen.

Caring for the bush does not require special agrotechnical techniques; the plant easily tolerates frost.

There are a lot of useful properties thanks to its constituent components.

Includes:

• beta-carotene;
• boron and molybdenum;
• vitamins, group B (B1, B6, B2), K, P, E and ascorbic acid;
• fluorine and copper;
• sucrose and fructose;
• glucose and tannins;
• manganese and iron;
• pectins.

In alternative medicine, leaves and fruits are used to treat the following pathologies:

• high cholesterol;
• hypertension, hypotension;
• low immunity;
• liver failure;
• removes heavy metals and radioactive substances from the body;
• intestinal diseases;
• cholecystitis.

If you use the product for medicinal purposes, you should consult your doctor, as there are contraindications.

What can you cook with chokeberry?

From this type of fish you can prepare:

• jams and sorbets;
• marmalade and juices;
• jelly and jam;
• smoothies and jellies;
• compotes and candied fruits;
• liqueurs and wine.

Recommendations for making juices:

• Fresh fruits need to be squeezed out and placed in a container.
• Set aside the squeezed juice, and pour boiled warm water over the berries (one glass of water per kilogram of cake).
• Let it sit for three hours and squeeze again.
• Now you need to mix freshly squeezed juice and decoction.
• Strain the drink through cheesecloth and heat to eighty-five degrees.

You can make delicious jam for the winter. Due to its high content of vitamins, it helps with colds and strengthens the immune system.

Ingredients:

• kilogram of rowan;
• three hundred grams of apple juice;
• 1.5 kilograms of granulated sugar.

Cooking method:

• The fruits are washed and peeled, then placed in boiling water for five minutes to blanch.Sugar syrup is prepared separately.
• Now the water is drained, the berries are poured into a container with syrup, and boiled for five minutes. Remove from heat and leave to steep for a day.
• After the specified time, the jam is boiled again until fully cooked; the berries should sink to the bottom of the container.
• The jam is poured into clean and dry half-liter jars and closed with regular lids.

You can also make a good marinade without using vinegar.

Ingredients for filling:

• a few pieces of cinnamon and cloves;
• liter of water;
• 4 allspice peas;
• 670 grams of sugar.

All components are mixed and put on fire, the product is brought to a boil.

Mixed apples and rowan berries are placed in jars and filled with the prepared filling. The marinade needs to be kept for six hours, then pasteurized for fifteen minutes on fire (temperature ninety degrees) and rolled up.

In fact, there are many dishes, each housewife can choose what her family prefers or come up with exclusive recipes.

What to cook from frozen food

Frozen chokeberry goes well with dairy products, especially yogurt, kefir and cottage cheese. Here are some delicious recipes.

Recipe No. 1: Sorbet or fruit and berry ice cream

Ingredients:

• a glass of sugar;
• lemons – 2 pieces;
• 800 grams of strawberries;
• 300 grams of rowan;
• one orange;
• a little less than half a glass of water.

Cooking principle:

• Peel the lemon and orange and squeeze out the juice. There is no need to throw away the zest; it can be grated using a fine-toothed grater.
• Grind strawberries and rowan berries in a blender.
• Sugar, zest, water are poured into a shallow container and placed on low heat to boil. Boil the mixture for no more than 5 minutes.
• The sorbet should now cool well. Lemon and orange juice, strawberry and rowan syrup are added to the finished mixture. Mix thoroughly.
• The berry mass is poured into molds and placed in the freezer to freeze. The ice cream will be completely ready for consumption in six to seven hours.

This ice cream is very tasty and low in calories, because it contains no eggs or milk.

Can be cooked in winter and summer. In winter, strawberries can be replaced with another berry.

Recipe No. 2: Smoothie

In addition to ice cream, you can make a delicious berry cocktail - smoothie.

Ingredients:

• Orange juice;
• yogurt;
• sugar;
• frozen rowan.

It is better to use natural yogurt, you can make it yourself.

Pour 200 grams of yogurt, nine rowan berries, three tablespoons of orange juice and sugar into one container.

The cocktail is ready, served on the table in a transparent container with a slice of lemon or a mint leaf.

Recipe No. 3: Yogurt Cake

You will need:

• crumbly cookies – 250 grams;
• butter – 250 grams;
• chokeberry – 300 grams;
• gelatin – 15 grams;
• a pinch of cinnamon;
• sugar to taste;
• cream – 600 grams;
• yogurt – 150 grams.

Cooking principle:

• In a blender you need to beat the butter and cookies (before this you need to knead the cookies with your hands and melt the butter). The resulting mass should be poured into a mold and placed in the refrigerator.
• Separately, take rowan berries, add sugar, cinnamon, gelatin and put on fire to heat. Then the mixture is cooled.
• Now the cream is being prepared. To do this, yogurt and cream are thoroughly whipped.
• Next, assemble the cake. First, a cookie crust is laid out, a jelly-berry layer is poured on top, and at the very end the cream is applied.
• The cake is placed in the refrigerator, and in the morning it is ready to eat.

It is important to keep in mind that this recipe is very high in calories, so people who are overweight or on a diet need to eat little by little.

Chokeberry in sugar, pureed with sugar

Here are some popular recipes.

Recipe one, ingredients:

• rowan fruits - one kilogram;
• granulated sugar - seven hundred to eight hundred grams.

Cooking principle:

• The fruits are washed and left to dry.
• Now the berries are crushed with a blender or meat grinder.
• The resulting puree mass is mixed with sugar. It turns out not boiled jam.
• Then it is poured into sterilized jars and closed with lids.
• You can store the jam in the basement or refrigerator.

The second recipe contains:

• chokeberry – one and a half kilograms;
• powdered sugar or sugar - a little more than a kilogram;
• lemon - two pieces.

Cooking method:

• Peel the lemon and remove the seeds. The fruit is divided into slices and passed through a meat grinder mixed with sugar. Chokeberry is also ground.
• Then the two purees are combined and left for half an hour.
• While the mixture is infused, you can prepare jars and lids; they can be steamed in a steam bath or in the oven.
• Pour the dish into the prepared containers and seal.
• The product is stored in the refrigerator. If you do not open the lid and do not let air in, this jam remains useful for a couple of months.
• You can experiment by adding other citrus fruits or berries instead of lemon.

And another way to make chokeberry jam, watch the video:

Recipes for liqueur, wine and liqueur

Alcoholic drinks prepared independently contain many useful microelements and are much tastier.

Three drinks can be prepared from chokeberry: wine, liqueur and liqueur. Here are some cooking options.

Option 1: Pouring

Ingredients:

• rowan fruits - one kilogram;
• ninety-five percent alcohol - half a liter;
• vodka – half a liter;
• honey - half a liter;
• sugar - one glass.

Preparation:

• Peel, wash and dry the fruits.
• Place in jars and sprinkle sugar. Grind the berries with sugar and leave for an hour to form juice.
• Now you can add alcohol, honey and vodka.
• Close the container and shake thoroughly to mix all the ingredients. Leave the liqueur for 35 days in the basement or cool, dark room.
• Now the drink needs to be strained through a bandage or gauze, and then poured into prepared bottles.

The liqueur will be completely ready in a couple of months. You can drink it right away, but the taste will suffer.

Option 2: liqueur

To prepare liqueur, you should use chokeberries collected at the first frost. It is during this period that the fruits become less tart and much sweeter.

Components:

• one kilogram of chokeberry;
• half a liter of vodka;
• half a liter of alcohol (food grade);
• five pieces of cloves;
• two hundred and fifty milligrams of water;
• half a kilo of sugar;
• vanilla stick (half);
• orange and lemon zest.

Cooking method:

• If you were unable to collect rowan fruits after frost, then the berries should be placed in the freezer, and then defrosted and mashed.
• This will reduce the astringency and improve the quality of the taste of the liqueur.
• Place vanilla, zest, thawed fruits and cloves into a container, and add alcohol and vodka.
• Leave the liqueur to infuse for a month in a cold place. After thirty days, the infusion is drained and filtered.
• Separately, cook the sugar syrup by mixing water and sugar.
• The syrup must cool before use.
• The drink is mixed with sugar syrup, filtered again and bottled (it is advisable to use dark bottles so that the liquor receives less light).

The liqueur should be left for three months, ideally the aging stage is six months. Now the liqueur is ready for tasting.

Option 3: Wine

Components:

• Half a liter of vodka.
• 4 kilograms of sugar.
• 5 kg of rowan.
• 5 grams of cinnamon.

Operating principle:

• The berries are sorted to find damaged and injured fruits. Then, using a wooden spoon or your hands, knead them thoroughly, add cinnamon and sugar.
• The prepared mixture should be poured into a bucket, placed in a warm place and covered with a cloth.
• The wine must be stirred constantly until it ferments.
• After eight days, you need to squeeze out the cake and filter the drink several times through a sieve or cheesecloth.
• Pour the purified juice into a container and wait until it stops fermenting.
• The wine is filtered one last time, mixed with vodka and bottled.
• The containers are closed and placed in the cellar.

The wine will be finally ready in 6 months. It tastes like liqueur, only a little sweeter.

Let's watch a video about making chokeberry wine:

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Adjika from chokeberry

The recipe is very simple, you will need:

• seven hundred grams of rowan fruit;
• four heads of garlic;
• two hot peppers;
• a bunch of celery or parsley (you can use other greens);
• one hundred twenty-five grams of granulated sugar;
• sixty grams of vinegar;
• two large spoons of salt;
• spoon of suneli or hops;
• the same spoon of cinnamon;
• seasoning and sugar (optional).

Cooking method:

• Garlic, parsley, rowan and hot pepper are minced in a blender or meat grinder.
• Salt and other ingredients are added to them.
• Adjika is left for a couple of days to be ready. It is not necessary to put the dish in the refrigerator; it can be cooked at room temperature.

Contraindications to eating berries

Fruits have both beneficial and harmful properties.

Chokeberry is not recommended for consumption if:

• gastroduodenitis
• varicose veins
• cardiac ischemia
• thrombophlebitis
• duodenal ulcer
• high blood clotting rate
• Stomach ulcer.

You need to be careful when giving fruits to children.

In other cases, if the product is consumed in moderation, then health problems should not arise.

On the contrary, nutritious and healthy berries will saturate the body with microelements and vitamins.

So, chokeberry is an ideal product for making desserts and sweets. All the housewife needs to do is stick to the recipe.