Frozen cherry: calories and properties, the rules for freezing berries

When the cherry season comes, each person wants to prolong his pleasure and prepare it for future use so that he can eat delicious berries throughout the year. To do this, a method such as freezing. She will allow to keep berries for a long time. Cherries that have been conserved have a slightly different taste, they lose almost all the useful elements, so freezing is definitely the best option for working out the product.

Cherry is a very bright and fragrant berry, which, even when succumbed to freezing, does not make it less healthy and tasty. It will be an excellent component for different dishes, for example, pies, fruit drinks or original desserts. However, in order to cook delicacies from it, it is necessary to follow the freezing rules. This will make frozen cherries as juicy and rich as fresh ones.

In addition, frozen berries contain very few calories.

One hundred grams of product accounts for:

• only forty six kilocalories;
• almost one gram of protein;
• half a gram of fat;
• nine and a half grams of carbohydrates.

There are no perfect products; no exception and cherry, which was frozen. It can bring many people both benefit and harm. First you need to know that before using it you need to check whether there is an allergy to this berry. Only after that you can eat berries in pounds.

Consider first the beneficial qualities of a berry that has been frozen.

By nature, cherry has a large number of useful elements and vitamins necessary for any organism. It contains a lot of necessary human substances, such as folic acid, vitamin C and other beneficial elements, whose properties must be considered in more detail.

• Vitamin C or ascorbic acid is considered a very powerful antioxidant. This vitamin helps to strengthen the immune system, as well as to avoid various infections. In addition, it helps normalize capillaries.
• In addition to this vitamin, the berry also contains folic acid, which is also responsible for the immune system. It helps to organize the work of the heart, stomach and liver. Since folic acid is necessary for pregnant women, for a normal pregnancy they should eat cherries as often as possible. Especially in winter, when there are practically no vitamins. At this time, come to the aid of frozen berries, which has almost the same properties.
• Vitamin E will help protect the body from aging, and is also an aid in the fight against malignant tumors.
• Cherry is an excellent tool for the prevention of blood clots. Therefore, doctors often recommend using it to prevent stroke and heart attack, as well as strengthen the vascular system.
• Cherry juice, even frozen, is taken as a cough aid. And also use it to lower the temperature.
• Cherry prevents anemia, significantly reduces blood clotting.
• Frozen berries soothe the nervous system. Some sources talk about her help with epileptic seizures.

Harm that can be caused by frozen cherries:

• the use of cherries with a stone can even cause poisoning; therefore, it is not recommended to keep harvesting for more than a year;
• since it contains a large amount of acid, cherries should not be used by those people who suffer from a stomach ulcer or diabetes;
• be especially careful when eating cherries for people with respiratory problems, especially when it comes to chronic diseases;
• as well as this berry very lowers the pressure, so it is better for hypertensive patients not to be very zealous when eating frozen berries.

As you can see, frozen cherries have a large number of nutrients. And you can eat it almost every person, but all you need to know when to stop.

To freeze the berry for the winter period, it is necessary to follow certain rules. The first thing to do is to decide how to freeze the berries: without stones or with stones. The first option will allow the berry to remain juicy and fragrant. At the second, the berry will lose some presentability and some juice. Properly prepare berries in several ways.

Best of all, you can save useful items, as well as taste, if you start to freeze immediately after harvest. First you need to rinse the cherries thoroughly under high water pressure. After that, the berries must be spread out on a large dish or tray and cover with a towel. It is necessary that they are well dried out.

Cherries must be dried well and put in special freezer bags or containers, after which they must be sealed. Then they need to be moved to the freezer. To keep them in shape, you first need to put the tray in the freezer, and then put the already frozen blanks in bags or trays. So they will not lose their shape.

Subject to all the rules, such a berry can be stored in the freezer for one month or for a whole year without losing its qualities. For more convenient use it is necessary to freeze cherries in small portions, approximately 500 g each.

If the cherry is stored in packets, you need to ensure that they do not break. In this case, the berry absorbs the smell of other products, and its taste will be completely different.

This method is the freezing of berries in sweet nectar. You need to start with its preparation. It is necessary to pour water into the pan and heat it, then add sugar at the rate of two kilograms of sugar per liter of water. When the sugar is completely dissolved, you can remove the pan from the stove and put it to cool.

While they are cooling, you can do the preparation of cherries. Berries need to be washed thoroughly and remove bones from them. Then they need to fall asleep in a deep container and pour cold syrup. After that, you need to put them in the refrigerator for impregnation just a couple of hours.

This berry can also maintain its quality for one year. Many frost the berries, just sprinkling them with sugar. However, before that, they are also washed and dried.

Often they make tasty and sweet desserts from cherries, and also use it for filling of charlotte or dumplings. In such cases, it is necessary to freeze the berries, choosing stones from them. After all, after defrosting it will be much more difficult to do this.

It is necessary to remove the bones very carefully so as not to lose a lot of delicious juice. Before that, they need to be thoroughly washed and dried. Peeled cherries should be put in a colander or on a strong sieve in order for the juice to go away.

After that, the berries should be placed in a thin layer on a baking sheet or on a large dish, and then put in the freezer to freeze them. When the harvesting becomes solid, the berries must be collected and filled into containers. So they do not stick together, and they can be taken as much as necessary. After which they need to tightly close the lid, and put for storage in the freezer.

Do not forget about how to properly defrost the cherry. No matter how the berry is frozen: with or without a bone, you should not do it quickly. Since speed will only lead to the loss of all useful properties. As well as berries can lose their presentable appearance.

Therefore, first, the cherry is placed in the refrigerator so that the defrost occurs gradually. When it thaws completely, it can be used.

Berry, which was properly frozen, is not only useful, but can also be used to prepare a variety of tasty and unusual dishes. The most popular dish that is used to make frozen cherries is compote or fruit juice.

From this berry can be prepared and jam, and jelly, and even jelly. Many cook with such a filling pies or cakes. It is worth considering a few interesting recipes that can be prepared even in winter thanks to this method of cherry preservation.

This recipe is very simple, so anyone, even an inexperienced person, can cook it.

To do this, take the following ingredients:

• two hundred grams of frozen pitted cherries;
• 100 grams of plain white sugar;
• one liter of water;
• several ice cubes.

Step-by-step recipe is quite simple.

1. Cherry must be thawed. After that, you need to shift the berries in a bowl and knead them with a wooden pestle.
2. Then you need to squeeze the juice out of them, and pour it into the jar. After cover and refrigerate for cooling.
3. Squeezed berries should be poured boiled water and boil all for up to fifteen minutes, and then strain.
4. In the filtered mass, you need to add juice from the refrigerator, granulated sugar and mix everything very well.
5. After that, it is necessary to pour everything into a jug, adding a few pieces of ice to cool the juice sufficiently. The finished product can be used for its intended purpose.

For tasty, fragrant and healthy compote need the following ingredients:

• half a kilo of frozen berries;
• three liters of purified water;
• seven tablespoons of granulated sugar;
• half a lemon

Step-by-step recipe:

1. water must be poured into an enamel container and allowed to boil;
2. after that you need to squeeze the juice from half a lemon into it, reduce the heat and cook for five minutes;
3. then you need to fill up all the sugar and let it boil again;
4. some of the latter add berries that can be poured directly from the freezer, even without defrosting;
5. compote, after boiling, it is necessary to boil for another five minutes and put to cool;
6. when he insists, you can drink it.

This dessert will be a great decoration for any table. It will also be light and low in calories.

To prepare it, you need the following ingredients:

• three hundred grams of cherries;
• one hundred and fifty grams of granulated sugar;
• two spoons of gelatin.

Consider the step by step recipe.

1. The first thing you need to defrost the cherry in the refrigerator so that it does not lose its appearance.
2. After that, you need to squeeze the juice from the berries, and pour the rest with three spoons of hot water, add granulated sugar and bring it all to a boil. After the finished syrup must be filtered through a thin matter.
3. Then measuring two glasses of syrup, you need to add gelatin to them and stir well, so that it is completely dissolved.
4. Next, you need to strain everything again and put in the refrigerator.
5. When several hours have passed, the jelly will be ready for use.

Ingredients Required:

• one hundred and fifty grams of granulated sugar;
• one glass of flour;
• three testicles;
• twenty grams of butter;
• three hundred grams of harvested berries;
• vanilla and cinnamon to taste.

Step-by-step recipe:

1. thawed berries must be spread on a greased baking sheet;
2. the remaining ingredients need to be mixed with a mixer or blender;
3. ready-mix should pour the cherry and put in the oven for baking;
4. The temperature for this dish should be one hundred and eighty degrees, you need to bake charlotte until cooked.

Ingredients:

• three bananas;
• one spoon of honey;
• three hundred grams of harvested berries;
• sesame, poppy, nuts, raisins to taste.

Step-by-step recipe:

1. banana must be cut into pieces and frozen;
2. then mix it with frozen pitted cherries and honey;
3. then beat on a blender until a homogeneous mass;
4. ice cream is ready - it must be decomposed into glasses or plates, you can serve with different additives.

Frozen cherry is an excellent ingredient for other dishes and a separate dish. The only thing that is required in order to get high-quality and tasty berries is to follow all the rules of freezing. In this case, cherries can be eaten anytime.

How to freeze cherries for the winter, see the following video.