Jam from a cornel and other preparations from this miracle-berries

Dogwood is a healthy and delicious berry. In addition to the fact that the dogwood jam has many useful properties, the plant itself is externally attractive and can serve as an ornament of the garden plot. If it is properly taken care of, it will bear fruit every year, and life is long - more than a hundred years. Dogwood is a shrub, although some consider it a stunted tree.

Fruits cornelian - berries of red color of the oval form. It seems that his berries are covered with wax, so they shine. From the dogwood, in addition to billets (jam, compote, marinade, sauce), prepare a variety of dishes, including pita bread from mashed berries.

The fruits of this bush well quench their thirst and hunger. In medicine, berries are used as an astringent, diuretic, restorative, stimulant and choleretic agent. The result is an improvement in vision, restoration of metabolism. Jam from cornel must be eaten for people with skin diseases, tuberculosis. Berry very well affects the body as a whole and is used for harvesting for the winter and cooking.

Canned corn preserves

It is necessary:

• Kilos of berries;
• One and a half kilos of sugar;
• A glass of water.

For jam it is necessary to take berries of dark red color. Rinse them and drain excess water. Then add a glass of water, a glass of sugar and cook for half an hour. Remember that the fire must be very small. Then cool the mass and add the rest of the sugar. Put it back on the fire and cook until ready, periodically removing the formed foam. If you brew a dogwood jam strictly according to the recipe, it will turn out to be fragrant and transparent, and the berries will remain intact.

Dogwood jam without cooking

It is necessary:

• One and a half kilograms of cornel berry;
• Two kilograms of sugar or one and a half kilos of honey.

Use the tool to remove the bones. They can not be thrown out, and cook the compote. If berries are not ripe - leave them on a towel at room temperature, spread out in one thin layer, for a couple of days. Then the berries are mixed or mashed in puree, add sugar and wait until it melts. When the sugar in the berry mass dissolves, you can pour the jam over the jars. Top up the sugar in the jar so that the layer is about one centimeter thick. If instead of sugar you use honey, then it must be pre-melted, using a water bath. Then mix the melted honey with berries and then pour the prepared jam over the jars.

Compote from dogwood

It is necessary:

• Four hundred grams of dogwood;
• Four liters of water;
• Eight spoonfuls of sugar;
• lemon acid.

Dogwood wipe in puree, fill with sugar and pour four liters of water. Bring to a boil and simmer a bit. Heat the hot compote and add the citric acid. Allow the compote to steep for a couple of hours under the lid in the heat. After that, strain and you can drink.

Cornelian puree soup

It is necessary:

• Two hundred grams of cornel;
• Twenty-five grams of sugar;
• Thirty grams of 20% cream;
• Two hundred and fifty grams of water.

Rinse the fruits, rinse. Wipe in mashed potatoes. Pour the mash with water together with sugar. Cook over medium heat until cooked. Strain. Add the puree to the syrup and mix. Refrigerate. Together with the soup, serve chilled whipped cream and vanilla biscuits.

The cornel berry is very versatile. In our time, even food for cosmonauts is prepared from it. It is rich in various vitamins and minerals. Its calorie content is more than the calorie content of plums, cherries, pears, sweet cherries. Therefore, people going on a long journey, prefer to take with them blanks from the dogwood. Also from berries of this useful plant you can make jelly, jam, gravies and sauces to meat, fish and vegetable dishes. If you cook soups and salads with cornelian, it adds piquancy and unusual taste to ready meals.