Kissel from cranberry. Recipe

Kissel can be considered a national dish of Russian cuisine. His recipe was borrowed and some other people, but adapted to their own tastes. Severe Germans add cloves to it, and romantic Frenchmen - vanillin. In ancient times, it was one of the favorite desserts - even in Russian fairy tales, dairy rivers have kisel shores. Kissel from cranberry, the recipe of which is simple, did not appear immediately. At first the drink was prepared from grain crops, the most famous is oatmeal, but our ancestors ate peas, rye, wheaten jelly. They were sourish and tasteless, and had a slightly grayish color. Later they began to add starch, and as a sweetener used honey, berries, jam, syrups. It is useful for children - not accidentally before it was given to children for breakfast in kindergarten. It is recommended to people suffering from peptic ulcer, gastritis with high acidity. In Russia all other jellies preferred cranberry.

Kissel from cranberry. Recipe

In order to cook a useful jelly from cranberries, you need to take berries, sugar, starch and water. First you need to make sugar syrup. For this, the sugar is dissolved in cold water. The resulting solution is put on the fire, brought, often stirring, to a boil. From the cranberries squeeze the juice. Next, a spoonful of starch is bred in a glass of boiled chilled water, everything is thoroughly mixed. In the boiling sugar syrup pour starch solution, while stirring. A minute later they turn it off. Stir until the mass becomes thick, then pour in the cranberry juice.

Kissel made from cranberries for baby

Small children eat better if the dish is not only delicious, but also beautiful. For them, you can prepare cranberry jelly "with snowflakes". To make it, you need to take a liter of water, a glass of cranberry, 8 tablespoons (those who do not like sweets can take less) granulated sugar, 5 tablespoons of potato starch, 1 tablespoon of powdered sugar.

How to cook a jelly from a cranberry for kids

Cranberries wash, pour boiling water for a few minutes, drain it. From the softened berries squeeze the juice. In a saucepan pour cold water, add cranberry cake, stir. Wait until it boils, cook for about 5 minutes. Then strain through a wire screen. In the resulting broth add sugar, again bring to a boil. Potato starch put in a glass, add water, stir. Should get 1 glass of starch solution, which must be poured into a boiling sugar syrup in a thin trickle. Do not forget to stir all the time so that there are no lumps. With such proportions, the kissel is thick. Turn off the heat, let it cool down. After 10 minutes, add to the kissel squeezed cranberry juice. How to mix, cool. At this time, take kremanki, moisten their skirts with water, and then lower them into granulated sugar so that it seems that their walls are powdered with hoarfrost. Spill the cold jelly in them, and put snowflakes from a thin layer of powdered sugar on top.

Than useful

Kissel from cranberry, the recipe of which is simple, contains a large amount of acetylsalicylic and ascorbic acid, so it can be used for colds and flu. He can satisfy not only thirst, but also hunger. Kissel from cranberries, the recipe of which is designed specifically for baby food and described above, is tasty and useful.