Frozen Berry Cranberry Fruit Recipes

For many, cranberry juice is associated with childhood.Memories of how caring mothers or grandmothers prepared everything necessary for its cooking come to mind. The rules and features of the preparation of this tasty and healing drink are often passed down from generation to generation. There are many recipes for all occasions, from a treat for children to medicinal decoction for various diseases.

The healing properties of cranberries have long been known. Saturated with vitamins, especially ascorbic acid, the composition has a beneficial effect on the human body, improving immunity and providing anti-inflammatory effect. Cranberry promotes wound healing, prevents inflammatory processes of an infectious nature, the development of beriberi, reduces the temperature.

The main components are frozen cranberries, water. Honey / sugar add on request.

The maximum preservation of vitamins and beneficial microelements in a drink is the main priority of home cooking. In order to properly brew a drink with appropriate taste and medicinal qualities, it is necessary to follow certain rules for its preparation.

In order to fully cure the healing properties of morse, a gentle defrosting mode is used. Frozen cranberries recline on a colander above the container and placed in the common space of the refrigerator. This procedure can last for more than eight hours, so it is recommended to start cooking in the evening. If necessary, defrosting can be accelerated up to an hour by producing it at room temperature.

Berry cake does not need to boil, enough to bring the drink to a boil and leave the contents to cool. After insisting it is worth re-filtering it. The finished product is not stored for more than three days. Berry and fruit additives can significantly expand the taste and therapeutic range of fruit drinks.

Maximum bioactivity of the product can be achieved by adhering to certain recommendations during its preparation:

• the defrosting of fruits has to take place in the sparing mode;
• the content of natural juice in a drink should exceed thirty percent;
• honey is added exclusively to warm juice (not to boiling);
• The recommended storage time for the product is two days.

Cranberry fruit drinks from frozen berries are in deserved demand among all segments of the population. Make a drink of fresh cranberries will not be easy. However, to make juice from frozen berries, it is better to arm yourself with a step-by-step plan with detailed explanations of all stages of the process. Who prepares, must clearly know how to prepare all the components, in what proportion to take them, how much time is needed.

The abundance of different recipes is reduced to several basic stages of the cooking process. To cook juice you need:

1. the presence of ingredients (cranberries and sugar);
2. thawing berries in a sparing mode;
3. crushing cranberries in mashed potatoes and squeezing juice;
4. berry cake is brought to a boil, add sugar, re-spin;
5. mixing the resulting broth with pressed juice.

A convenient way - cooking in a slow cooker. In this case, berry cake with water and sugar are boiled in “Steamed” mode for 15 minutes, then mixed with juice, brought to a boil and infused for 1 hour.

To make traditional juice you need:

• about five art. spoons of sugar;
• a glass (about two hundred grams) of cranberries;
• water (about 1 liter).

You can speed up the defrosting of fruits by pouring cold water on them. When the berries are soft, they should be washed. The mass crushed in puree is squeezed out with gauze folded in several layers and the juice is collected.Fruit cake is brought to a boil, sugar is added, the resulting mass is infused for half an hour. After the contents of the tank is filtered and mixed with natural juice.

The classic version is the basic basis for a huge variety of different fruit drinks. In this case, the combination of different fruit flavors gives an unexpected bouquet and directly affects the medicinal properties of the drink. Often boiled juice from cranberries and lingonberries, especially since their ripening time is about the same. And the use of frozen fruit expands the range of ingredients and allows you to create very interesting options.

The components of this recipe double the healing efficacy. Rosehip has long been used as a remedy for many diseases. Its effect is difficult to overestimate with liver diseases, colds, edema, weakening of the immune system.

Composition (the amount can be taken in accordance with the above):

• water;
• sugar;
• cranberries (in relation to the wild rose in the proportion of 5: 1).

The first stage - the treatment of wild rose. It includes washing the fruit, their insisting in boiling water for about a day. Next, thaw the cranberries. A lot of squeezed gauze, collect juice. The broth of the cake after boiling is filtered and mixed with sweetened natural juice. The resulting liquid is mixed with dogrose infusion.

The special citrus aroma of lemon will make the berry drink refined and unforgettable.

Composition:

• 200 grams (cup) of frozen cranberries;
• half a lemon;
• honey / sugar;
• water.

The initial cooking algorithm is standard. Berries are thawed, ground to mashed. Lemon seeds are removed. Then the lemon half (together with the peel) is crushed. The resulting mashed lemon and berries are mixed and added honey. The mixture is infused for a couple of hours and poured into hot water. During the cooling of the juice should be stirred. After cooling, the resulting liquid is filtered and poured into ware for storage (it is possible in banks).

The invigorating effect of orange juice on the human body has long been known. This recipe is designed to have a tonic effect and improve your mood.

Ingredients:

• one and a half glasses (about 300 g) cranberries;
• two large oranges;
• water (about one and a half liters);
• sugar;
• cinnamon.

This recipe involves pressing orange pulp without peel. Cranberries are prepared traditionally. After thawing and pressing, the juices are mixed and cooled in the refrigerator. Orange zest and berry oilcake are poured with water, brought to a boiling state, cinnamon, sugar are added, and the contents are drawn to cool completely. The mass is pressed, the resulting broth is mixed with juice.

For cooking you will need:

• sugar (vanilla) - about 25 g;
• cranberries - two glasses (about 500 g);
• viburnum fruits - 1 cup (about 200 g);
• granulated sugar - about 400 g;
• water.

200 g of granulated sugar are mixed with thawed cranberries, squeezed mass is squeezed. The flesh is brewed and infused. The second part of granulated sugar is dissolved in pressed juice. Kalina gets out of the branches and washed. In a container, mix the fruits of viburnum with vanillin and add water, the mixture is boiled for ten minutes. Add juice and squeezed cranberries into the container, mix.

After twenty minutes of cooking, skip the broth through cheesecloth. The drink is cooled, poured into containers and placed in a cool place for storage.

Growing children's body needs vitamins and biologically active trace elements. Unlimited variety of fruit additives allows you to make a berry drink for every taste. Cranberry juice goes well with fresh juices and compotes.

Classic cranberry juice and its compound analogues are good for various diseases.

Recommended for:

• rheumatic pains (relieve pain);
• avitaminosis;
• cold (reduce fever, increase immunity);
• hypertension (lower blood pressure);
• cystitis (relieve inflammation).

Contraindications:

• gastritis;
• stomach ulcers.

Carrying a child is an important and crucial period, which takes place under the supervision of a physician. This also applies to the nutrition of women.

Contraindications to the use of cranberry juice:

• allergic reactions during pregnancy can be unpredictable (cranberries should be added to the diet, starting with the minimum doses, gradually increasing the volume);
• individual intolerance;
• features or diseases of the digestive organs (cranberry contributes to an increase in acidity, which will inevitably cause problems in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract)

But it should be noted that the female body during pregnancy needs additional organic acids and vitamins necessary for the construction of fetal tissues, which cranberries are rich in. The urinary system of women at this time is vulnerable, and the use of cranberries contributes to its support. And if there are no such contraindications, drinking cranberry juice during this period is not only possible but necessary.

Modern society is showing a growing interest in homeopathic remedies. Preparations for the prevention and treatment of many diseases, based on natural components, deservedly occupy leading positions in the medical segment of the market. Berry fruit drinks and decoctions favorably differ from pharmaceutical analogues by the absence of side effects and the minimum number of contraindications. Of particular importance are the beneficial properties of these drinks for pregnant women and children.

Cranberry juice fits well into the diet of any segments of the population and all age groups. Unique taste qualities, compatibility with various natural additives allow correcting its therapeutic, prophylactic and energy efficiency in any spectrum. The versatility of this tool is ensured by the availability, effectiveness and lack of side effects with minimal contraindications. A drink of frozen or fresh berries is useful at any time of the year.

An excellent recipe for cranberry fruit juice from frozen berries, see the next video.