Frozen sea buckthorn: healing properties and features of use

Sea buckthorn is a bright and healthy berry that can be enjoyed all summer.It contains many vitamins, and it is very tasty. To eat the berry throughout the year, and not only in season, you can use many ways: to make jam, jelly, compote, and so on. However, fresh frozen sea buckthorn retains its properties best of all.

Sea buckthorn is called the magic berry, which encloses a real natural pharmacy. Its healing properties help fight diseases of internal and external organs. It is used in folk as well as official medicine for many decades. In total, it contains about 100 biologically active components: tannins, cumin, organic and saturated fatty acids, carotenoids, coumarins, flavonoids, pectins, and minerals. By the content of vitamins, this berry exceeds many fruits.

It has a large concentration of vitamins, each of which has its own field of activity, namely:

• thanks to vitamin C and ascorbic acid, sea buckthorn is a powerful antioxidant, improves immunity, stimulates the synthesis of connective tissue, promotes the absorption of iron;
• due to vitamins A and P, it becomes a means of preventing the formation of malignant tumors;
• provitamin A and beta-carotene are useful for vision, skin, mucous membranes;
• vitamin E is responsible for the normal functioning of the reproductive system;

• vitamin K - to preserve the density of tissues and normal blood clotting;
• B vitamins are indispensable for high-grade brain activity, the nervous system, the formation of hemoglobin and red blood cells;
• Vitamin P - strengthens the walls of blood vessels;
• Vitamin F - slows down the development of atherosclerosis and diabetes.

Coumarins relieve spasms, tannins have an anti-inflammatory effect and prevent the formation of blood clots. Pectins improve the work of the gastrointestinal tract, promote the removal of heavy metals and toxins from the body. Sea buckthorn contains selenium, which is necessary for the prevention of cancer and abnormalities in the brain. More berries are enriched with zinc, chromium, copper, iron, magnesium, calcium, boron and other substances necessary for human health.

However, the healing power of the magic berry does not extend to everyone. There are such contraindications:

• individual intolerance;
• urolithiasis disease;
• stomach ulcer and duodenal ulcer;
• tendency to diarrhea;
• acute pancreatitis;
• inflammation of the liver and gallbladder.

The process of freezing berries consists of several stages:

• Go through the berries. It is necessary to carefully examine the fruit, remove crumpled, unripe and damaged. You should also remove the leaves and other debris.
• Rinse. To do this, you need to prepare a small container with water, place the berries there and gently rinse them. Then you should carefully put them in a colander and wait until the water has completely drained. After you need to decompose the sea buckthorn with a thin layer on a towel or paper. It is necessary to wait for the berries to dry completely; not a drop should remain on them.

• Freeze for the first time. It is necessary to lay out the sea buckthorn in one layer on a flat dish and place in the freezer for about 2 hours. If it is possible to use the “super-freezing” mode, then it is worth choosing it. The high freezing rate of the product does not allow the formation of large ice crystals that can destroy tissue fibers. Fruits freeze completely, retain their shape and appearance after defrosting. They do not lose nutritional value and taste.
• Freeze a second time. Two hours later, after using the freezer, the berries must be removed, poured into a container suitable for storage and tightly closed.Now the berries should be sent to the freezer for freezing for a long time.

From frozen and fresh sea buckthorn you can cook a lot of different dishes and drinks. Moreover, the berry is used both in pure form and with other products. It is worth getting acquainted with several proven recipes.

In its color, the drink resembles popular soda. However, sea buckthorn compote is a completely natural and very useful product, and its caloric content per 100 g is quite small. For the preparation of compote will need about 500 g of sea buckthorn, 250 g of sugar and 1.2 liters of pure water. You need to brew water with sugar and bring the syrup to a boil. Then you should add sea buckthorn there and wait for the re-boiling. After that, you need to remove the compote from the heat and pour into a previously prepared container. It is necessary to cover the drink and allow it to cool.

If you do not have time and desire to stand at the stove, you should try a simple recipe for tasty and healthy sea buckthorn fruit juice without cooking. Such a drink will precisely retain all the beneficial properties of the berries. It should defrost 1 cup of sea buckthorn and soften it in a wooden mortar. It is necessary to pour the resulting gruel with 1.5 liters of boiled water, add 6 tablespoons of sugar and mix everything thoroughly. It remains only to strain the juice, and it is ready to eat.

This is another recipe for quick and easy fruit drink. For one portion of the drink will need 1 tablespoon of thawed fruit. You should put them in a saucepan, add 3 tablespoons of honey and carefully mash the ingredients. Now you need to pour the puree obtained with a liter of cool water and leave the dish to infuse for half an hour. This will give the drink juiciness and saturation. It remains only to strain everything through cheesecloth - and can be served at the table.

You need to prepare 3 tablespoons of berries, 3 teaspoons of any brew, 3 glasses of water and a little honey. It should be rinsed with boiling water teapot, put the sea buckthorn and brewing. The kettle needs to be filled with boiling water by about two thirds. It is necessary to wrap the container with a towel and leave for 5 minutes. Now you need to pour the rest of the water and wrap the kettle with a towel again, but leave it now for 10 minutes. Useful cough tea ready.

The peculiarity of this recipe is that in this product there is no gelatin at all, since it is replaced by starch. To prepare the jelly will need the following ingredients:

• 2 cups (25 tablespoons) sea buckthorn;
• 0.5–1.5 cups of sugar;
• 7 tablespoons of potato starch;
• 2 liters (10 glasses) of water.

In the prepared container it is necessary to dilute the starch with water and mix thoroughly, avoiding the formation of lumps. At this time, the sea-buckthorn syrup, water and sugar should already be cooked on the stove. It should be added diluted starch in the berry broth in a thin stream, stirring constantly. At the end of cooking you need to add some sea buckthorn juice and pour the jelly into molds.

This nutritious, tasty and healthy dish can be prepared by everyone. To do this, you first need to defrost 2 cups of sea buckthorn berries. Wash the fruit, drain it in a colander and allow water to drain completely. Now you need to rub the berries through a sieve or cheesecloth to squeeze the juice.

You should put the juice in the fridge, and softened berries - move to a separate bowl, pour boiling water and boil for 5 minutes. Then strain again. Then mix the berries with the juice, add sugar to taste, 2-3 tablespoons of potato starch. Keep everything on fire, stirring constantly, until thick.

This is a great alternative to high-calorie ice cream from the store. You should mix freshly squeezed sea buckthorn juice with sugar or honey (proportions 1: 1). You need to thoroughly mix the drink and pour it into molds. You can use beautiful molds for ice, ice cream or any other.

To learn how to make sea buckthorn juice, see the following video.