Cooking cherries in their own juice
Cherry in its own juice is the type of blanks for the winter, the preparation of which does not take much time and effort, but afterwards pleases throughout the cold season.In addition, the berries are useful for numerous dishes, such as dumplings, stewed fruit, cakes or desserts.
Benefit and harm
This berry has many amazing properties. For example, cherry removes nitrogenous wastes from the body, soothes the course of a disease such as epilepsy, and weakens the course of a cold. In addition, this culture is a natural antiseptic, coping with the initiators of diseases such as dysentery.
It is believed that the berry infusion can also calm the nerves and prevent cramps, prevent the development of heart attack and thrombosis, strengthen the immune system and help with stress.
Cherry is very useful for women, as it provides the body with the necessary vitamins and normalizes the state during menopause. In addition, the ability of berries to slow down the aging process is especially appreciated. Men will benefit from zinc contained in the product, which is responsible for the regeneration of male hormones.
Despite the many advantages, cherry is contraindicated in some people. This berry should not be used by people suffering from various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, from pancreatitis to diarrhea, diabetes and psoriasis. Of course, you can not use the berry and those who have an individual intolerance, accompanied by allergic reactions. The latter include edema, itching, redness, tickling and other manifestations.
It is necessary to be prepared for the fact that too many cherries can spoil the tooth enamel, so it would be good to rinse your mouth after each use. Trouble can be expected of people suffering from increased acidity of the stomach and inflammatory lung diseases. If a person has colitis, then he can use berry juice, but not its pulp. Finally, no one should eat bones, which can even be dangerous.
How to prepare the fruit?
The right choice of berries - a pledge of bright and pleasant taste of the blank. Cherry should be selected ripe, fresh and fairly large in size. Large fruits allow you to save the form and contain enough juice. Before starting the preparation, the berries are sorted: all the spoiled, diseased or unripe fruits are removed. Then the cherry is cleared of leaves and twigs and washed as carefully as possible so that the mechanical action does not lead to early juice dissolution.
Bones removed at will. For the procedure, you can use a safety pin, thin sharp stick or other suitable device. The only rule is to try to keep the flesh as whole as possible.
If it is decided to leave the cherries with stones, then it is worth remembering one rule: such preparations should be consumed in eight or ten months. Otherwise, after a specified period, the bones will become poisonous, since one of their components is transformed into hydrocyanic acid.
Cooking recipes
Cherry in its own juice, prepared for the winter, is good because the recipe will change in accordance with individual taste preferences. Berries can be rolled up with stones and without stones, with sugar and without it, or with other additional ingredients. In addition, you can even do without traditional sterilization, and still get an amazing tasty dish at the exit.
Cooking cherries in their own juice with bones is not particularly difficult. The desired amount of berries is sifted and washed, and then decomposed into pre-sterilized containers. Everything is poured to the top with boiling water, after which it is sent for heat treatment.
This happens as follows: a large pan is selected, the bottom of which is covered several times with a folded towel or wooden grid. Ready cans are placed in it, covered, but not twisted by covers. After that, water is poured into a large container so that it reaches the line, after which the can tapers to the neck.
The saucepan is put on the fire and brought to a low boil, after which time begins. If the volume of the jar is 0.5 liters, then it is necessary to sterilize within fifteen minutes, and if 1 liter, then within twenty minutes. During the process, the cherry will shrink in size, so periodically have to pour fresh berries. Upon completion, the containers are rolled, turned upside down and left until cool.
After turning off the fire, you can leave the cherry for about twenty minutes to let the juice run.
To cook the berries with bones and sugar, you have to first sort out the cherries and separate one third from it. From this third of the seed still have to be removed, and then chop and squeeze the juice. Sugar is added to the resulting liquid so that 300 grams of sweetener are needed per liter. Everything is brought to a boil and kept on the fire until the sand is dissolved.
The remaining cherries are arranged in prepared containers, all poured syrup. Sterilization is carried out at a temperature of 100 degrees from twenty to twenty-five minutes, depending on the volume of the container. Then the banks are rolled, turned upside down, wrapped in a blanket or other warm cloth and left until cool.
If it was decided to prepare the sugar berry without stones, then per kilogram of cherries will have to prepare 300 grams of sugar. The berries are sorted, released from the bones, and then laid out in a saucepan.
Everything is sprinkled with sugar and brought to a boil. Once the mass has reached the "extreme point", it is removed from the heat and decomposed into pre-treated banks. Capacity can immediately roll up.
Amazing and piquant will be "drunk" cherry in its own juice. For its preparation it is necessary to purchase a kilogram of berries, 700 grams of granulated sugar, 300 milliliters of water and 200 milliliters of alcohol, brandy or vodka. The berries are washed and dried. Sugar is poured into the water, and the pan is put on the fire. While stirring, it must be brought to a boil.
In boiling solution runs cherry, which is boiled for ten minutes. Quickly need to clean up the emerging skimmer skimmer. After a specified period, the cherry is taken from the pan and laid out on the banks. At this time, the syrup is mixed with alcohol. The resulting solution is poured berries, and everything immediately closes the lids. Banks are put on the bottom before the final cooling.
Multicookers can cook this dish using the following technique. Per kilogram of berries will have only a glass of sugar. The total cooking time will be quite long: first, washed cherries are laid in a slow cooker, filled with sugar and set aside for four hours - they need to make juice.
After that, the “Steam” mode is selected, which is activated for a third of an hour, and then the “Quenching” mode for an hour. If there is a “Procurement” mode, then it can replace “Steam”, being turned on for half an hour, and then “Quenching” should be turned on again. Finished cherries are laid out on the banks and rolled.
Prepare the dish and get in the microwave. This will require a kilogram of berries and a kilogram of sugar. Berries are prepared as standard, and the containers themselves can be processed in the microwave oven. Banks are washed, filled to a third with water and put in a microwave at maximum power. Five minutes later, they get, are released from the water and dried.
In the tank, sugar and berries are laid out in layers, the top should be sugar. The mass is slightly crushed by a spoon. Then all the banks are put in the microwave, where the maximum power is selected, for a quarter of an hour. After that, the power is almost halved, and sterilization lasts another five minutes.
As soon as foam appears on the surface, you can reach the cherries and roll them up.
There is a recipe for making berries in its own juice and without sterilization. It is important to consider that the berries must be spared from the seed. Usually it takes a kilogram of fruit and a glass of granulated sugar. First, the pulp is filled with sweetener, mixed and set aside for twelve hours.
At this time, you can prepare banks. After a specified period, the cherry substance is placed on the stove and brought to a boil. Bringing to the "extreme point", you can immediately turn off the fire, spread out the berries on the banks and roll up iron lids.
If you want to get a juicy cherry, you can use the following recipe. Berries and granulated sugar are laid out in layers in a container: a layer of cherries should be 2 centimeters, after which two tablespoons of sugar are poured. The jar is slightly shaken, then the next layer is formed. Sugar should be on top.
After that, the banks are sterilized, and everything is done according to the basic method.
Sterilization of 0.5 liter cans will last fifteen minutes, and 1 liter will last twenty minutes.
Tips
Cherry in its own juice can be cooked in 0.5 liter or 1 liter glass jars. Small containers are much more convenient for consumption, because an open dessert cannot be stored for a long time, and the volume is just enough for one-time use. Banks to be washed and sterilized in any working way. For example, they can hold three minutes above the steam.
More containers can be removed in a cold oven, choose a temperature of 100 degrees, and then wait until they heat up so that the moisture is completely evaporated. The covers can be tin or aluminum, and the screw samples are completed with metal parts. The main requirement for caps is the ability to resist oxidation. Usually they wash themselves with soda and boil for three minutes.
It has already been said about the undoubted importance of whole berries, but thanks to some procedures it will be possible to use worms as well.
The spoiled fruit will only be filled with cold water, in which a little vinegar or salt is dissolved. After a period of five to ten minutes, all pests will float to the surface, and the berries can be rinsed with clean water and used further.
Finished blanks will need to be stored in dark places, it is better even in complete darkness, since light affects the color of the product, causes it to ferment and turn sour. There are no special requirements for temperature, cherry feels quite comfortable in residential premises, so you can leave it for the winter in the pantry.
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