What to cook blackberry?

Blackberries are a tasty and healthy berry that grows in the forest and on the garden plots.Of course, it will bring more benefits to the body in fresh form and in desserts, where it is not subjected to heat treatment. But unfortunately, it can not be kept fresh for a long time, and gardeners involved in the cultivation of this berry, you need to recycle it. And in the winter blackberry jam or jam will be a great addition to tea drinking. Therefore, it will always be useful to know what can be cooked from blackberry. Moreover, the range of desserts is quite wide.

Garden blackberries - not only a delicious treat in itself. It combines well with a wide variety of products, which makes it very widely used in cooking.

First of all, blackberry is combined with other berries, such as raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, cherries. They can be combined in salads, compotes and desserts. Many fruits are also relevant next to blackberries. These include apple, banana, pear, orange, peach, apricot.

It is good to add berries to yoghurt, cottage cheese, any pastries, it can be all kinds of casseroles, buns, pancakes, cookies, cakes.

Blackberry can make any sweet dessert - from jam to marshmallow.

• The most common delicacy is jam. First, the berries need to sort and wash. Then they are laid out in a container in which the jam will be cooked. Sugar is poured at the rate of 1: 1. It must be borne in mind that blackberries have a sour taste, so if you want the jam to stand longer, you can increase the amount of sugar. If the berry is not too ripe, you can add a few tablespoons of water to dissolve the sugar quickly. To prevent the berry should not be, otherwise it can be damaged. It is better to close the pan with a lid and shake slightly, repeating this procedure several times. You need to put the pot on the fire, bring the contents to a boil and cook for forty minutes. After the jam has cooled, boil it again, then boil for about twenty minutes.

• There is another cooking option. You need to make a syrup for it. First, the sugar is dissolved in a small amount of water, brought to a boil, and only then the berries are immersed in it. Further cooking process does not differ from the first option. In both cases, before the layout of the banks of the product must be sterilized.
• To cook the jam, it takes a little more effort. Clean prepared berries need to knead in a container with a wooden rolling pin, it will be easier to grind in a blender. Then the resulting mass must grind through a sieve. Put on the fire, bring to a boil, boil for thirty minutes, then add sugar, mix well and cook until periodically stirring, until the mixture thickens until the consistency of jam.

• You can cook confiture. For this, in addition to blackberries and sugar, gelatin is required. One kilogram of sugar and the same amount of berries - three tablespoons of gelatin. Gelatin is soaked in advance in a glass. Berry also need to grind through a sieve, mix with sugar, boil, then add gelatin, mix, and you can turn off the gas. Confiture can be laid out in clean jars.
• Mousse is made from different berries and fruits, including blackberries. You can make strawberry-blackberry mousse or raspberry-blackberry. Then it will turn out sweeter. For mousse you need to whip a glass of sugar with five egg whites. First, the proteins are gently separated and whipped into a stable white foam, sugar is gradually added and the whipping process continues. After you need to add berries and beat again. Dessert spread in creamer, decorated with berries and mint on top.
• Another favorite treat is the marshmallow. It also needs to wipe the prepared and sorted berry through a sieve. The resulting puree must be cooked over low heat for forty-five minutes. Then sugar is added, and the cooking process continues for another fifteen minutes. Then the marshmallow needs to be dried. To do this, we cover the bottom of the pan with special paper for baking, lay out the resulting composition and send it to the oven to dry at a low temperature. This process can be lengthy, it is necessary to periodically check the readiness of pastes. When fully prepared, it should stick off well from paper and not stick to hands. After the pastille is separated from the paper, it needs to be cut into pieces, sprinkled with sugar pod.

From the blackberry at home you can make a lot of drinks - cool, healthy, nourishing, refreshing.

• One of the summer drinks that everyone will like is a smoothie. You can make it purely blackberry, and you can add other berries and fruits to make the taste even more saturated. Another ingredient that must be present there is milk, ice cream or yogurt. To do this, you need to take the berry, chop it in a blender, add yogurt or milk, and kefir will do, you get a dietary and very useful drink. All you need to mix well in a blender or using a mixer, pour into a tall glass, decorate with berries on top.
• To make a delicious blackberry compote, you do not need to digest it. Fresh berry razvararsya very quickly. It is best to boil water, add sugar. When it dissolves, put the berry and immediately turn off the gas. Berry in hot water and so highlight the juice.
• Blackberry juice is prepared as follows: fresh berries to grind through a sieve, add water, sugar, at the request of other pureed berries, cool. You can strain again.
• Blackberries can make delicious nourishing jelly. The base is prepared in the same way as for mors. Starch is diluted in water and added to prepared berry. It is necessary to pour out gradually, while constantly stirring the contents of the pan, where the jelly is cooked. Then it will turn out a homogeneous consistency without the slightest lumps.

When harvesting blackberries for the winter, many prefer to freeze it. Frozen blackberries retains all the vitamins, and this can be done in several ways.

The berry needs to be washed, left for a while in a colander, so that all excess water is glass. And then dry it properly on paper towels. Then you need a regular board and enough free space in the fridge. Berry spread on the board, after covering it with a film, then sent to the freezer. When the berry is frozen, it is poured into a plastic container, with the remaining batches do the same. When the container is full, you can send it for long-term storage. After thawing the berries do not lose their appearance and taste, you can cook any desserts and decorate cakes. This view is time consuming, there is a way and simpler.

Prepared blackberries are poured into a flat container, the verification is covered with a film, and several floors are made this way. When all of this is well frozen, spread into packets and again placed in the freezer. Another option involves pouring sugar berries. Then, having defrosted it, it is possible to prepare compotes, fruit drinks, fillings for cakes and pies.

The secret to making blackberry compote is that you do not need to cook the berry. It is better to make a separate syrup, and then pour the berries. Then they will be whole, and compote will be delicious. Next, you just need to pour it into a sterile jar and screw caps.

Those who want to get in the winter just a blackberry vitamin punch, harvesting the berry in its own juice. Berry covered with sugar and leave for a few hours. The juice obtained during this time is drained and set on fire. The berry is placed in sterile jars, then poured it with boiling syrup and twist the lids.

There are other ways to use blackberries and cook different dishes.

Yogurt from blackberry will be delicious and useful, you can add to it, for example, a banana. Slices of fruit and berries are mixed in a blender with kefir, you can add cinnamon. Such delicious yogurt, cooked at home, is much better than any store.

Another useful dessert is sorbet. For it you need to mix three glasses of blackberry, pour juice squeezed out of an orange, add a few tablespoons of honey. Then freeze it all in a container. After the composition is frozen, take a hot spoon and put it in the form of balls in a bowl, decorate with cream and berries on top.

Blackberries are used in baking - and not only as a cake decorating, but also as one of the ingredients. To make a blackberry shortcake, mix sugar and flour, add an egg and soft margarine. The dough is well kneaded by hand and divided into two parts, bigger and smaller. Most of the spread on a baking sheet and well kneaded so that the edges were higher, this will allow not to flow out the stuffing. On the dough spread berry or blackberry jam. After that, the remaining ball of the test is rubbed on a grater so that the berry is covered with it completely. The baking tray goes to the oven for half an hour. Then you need to wait for the cake to cool and carefully put it out of shape. Then you can decorate with berries, fruits, cream and grated chocolate.

Not only sweet pastries and desserts are cooked with blackberries, but meat will also be well combined with it. To do this, it is prepared from the sauce. The berry fray, add to the mixture garlic, spices, salt, vinegar and a teaspoon of honey. All this is boiled for about five minutes. It turns out slightly spicy, sweet and sour sauce, which is suitable for beef, pork or chicken.

Simple recipe for blackberry jelly, see below.