Dried chokeberry recipes. Use of dried berries

The fruiting bush, which is popularly called chokeberry, is a plant full of surprises. Firstly, medicinal properties Chokeberry fruits are so pronounced and varied that they are grown on an industrial scale for pharmaceutical needs.

Secondly, this is not a rowan at all, although it belongs to the same Pink family. This is chokeberry - another botanical genus.

Thirdly, it is sometimes confused with chokeberry, a wild North American shrub with small, inedible fruits. The semi-popular chokeberry in Russian gardens is correctly called Michurin's chokeberry. It was he who, through long-term selection work, cultivated the American wildflower, giving the world a valuable medicinal plant.

Chemical composition and calorie content of chokeberry berries

Chokeberry fruits are not berries in a strict botanical sense. These are small black or purple-black apples collected in fruits with seeds inside.

The chemical composition of Michurin chokeberry fruits has been well studied. They contain:

Despite the fact that chokeberry fruits taste quite sweet, their calorie content is very low - only 55 kcal per 100 grams of product.

The benefits of chokeberry for the body

The medicinal properties of the plant are determined by its content of vitamins, anthocyanins, flavonoids, pectins, tannins and the composition of mineral elements.

For example, the ratio of vitamins C and P in the fruits of chokeberry Michurin is so good that after their consumption, the content of hyaluronic acid in the tissues increases.

This natural biopolymer is actively used not only in medicine, but also in cosmetology.

Chokeberry as a medicinal plant has the following list of properties:

regulates blood sugar and cholesterol levels;
reduces capillary permeability, strengthens vascular walls;
stimulates the immune system;
has a diuretic effect;
increases the acidity level of gastric juice;
has an astringent effect on the intestinal walls, reduces peristalsis;
has a hepatoprotective effect;
reduces excitability;
inhibits the aging process of the eye;
neutralizes the effects of radiation exposure.

Chokeberry is often used to correct iodine deficiency conditions. It is believed that its fruits contain four times more iodine than any other. This is not an entirely correct opinion. The content of this element varies greatly depending on the growing region. Chokeberry growing on iodine-poor soils will not itself be rich in it.

The benefits of chokeberry during pregnancy

Chokeberry is a plant that can reduce the manifestations of toxicosis in the first trimester of pregnancy. This is due to the hepatoprotective properties of its fruits.

If anemia develops as a result of bleeding, to supplement complex therapy You can use an infusion of chokeberry and rosehip fruits. Take 0.5 liters of boiling water for 3 tablespoons, infuse it in a thermos for 24 hours and take 1 glass 3 times a day.

Medicinal liqueur from chokeberry with cherry leaves

You can take light liqueur as an anti-stress relaxer.

It is prepared like this:

For 400 grams of chokeberry fruit take 80 fresh leaves cherries, 300 grams of sugar, 1 teaspoon of citric acid, 1 liter of vodka and 1.5 liters of water.
The leaves are washed and boiled for 10 minutes, removed and chokeberry is added to the boiling broth.
After 10 minutes, add sugar, wait until it dissolves, add citric acid and turn off the fire.
The mixture is cooled, filtered, combined with vodka and bottled.

This liqueur is stored in the refrigerator. You can take 40 grams of it before bed.

Chokeberry - indications and contraindications

Summarizing all the information, we can systematize the beneficial properties of chokeberry and contraindications for its use:

It is important to understand that folk remedies are not independent methods of treatment. They should be used in combination with drug therapy.

Is it possible to freeze chokeberries for the winter?

Useful properties Harvested chokeberries are best preserved by drying the fruits. A simpler storage method - freezing - unfortunately is not suitable. At low temperatures, an important component of chokeberry fruits, tannin, is destroyed. The berries lose their characteristic astringent taste, become sweeter, but most of the benefits disappear.

Proper preparation and storage of medicinal raw materials guarantee the effectiveness of the finished products. Careful attention to recommendations and contraindications will help avoid possible complications. If these two conditions are met, chokeberry will become a strong aid in the treatment of many diseases.

Good afternoon, dear friends and guests of the site “I am a villager”!
Today we will do delicious preparations for the winter from chokeberry. In the previous article we learned about it, it will be great if you prepare this healthy berry for the winter.

To people suffering high blood pressure, I especially recommend stocking up on this healing berry.

The most useful preparation for the winter of chokeberry is drying. IN dried berries the beneficial properties are preserved.

Berries can be stored for 2 years, packed in a cardboard box or glass jar, covered with parchment paper. Store in a dry and dark place. Dried chokeberry berries are used to prepare vitamin teas, compotes, jelly, bake pies and make medicinal infusions.

The easiest way is to scatter the berries on a baking sheet in one layer and dry them in a well-ventilated area, stirring as you go. When the berries stop shrinking and become wrinkled, they can be stored.

If you cannot dry the berries in the air, dry them in the oven, placing them for a while at a temperature of no more than 60 degrees. The berries should not lose their color and smell.

Dry the berries in the oven, spread them on a baking sheet, stir, the temperature is first 40 degrees, and when they begin to wilt, increase the oven temperature to 60 degrees.

I really like drying chokeberry berries in brushes. We cut off the bunches of berries with scissors and hang them on a thread stretched in the attic, balcony or veranda. In winter, I removed the brush and ate it. Vitamins are always at hand.

Chokeberry pureed with sugar

The healthy product, without being subjected to heat treatment, preserves vitamins and beneficial compounds. It is recommended to use during cold epidemics and the onset of vitamin deficiency.

For 1 kg of berries we take 800 grams of sugar. Grind the berries through a meat grinder twice. You can grind it with a blender.

Add sugar and stir thoroughly, let stand and stir again. Try it, if the sugar has dissolved, place it in sterile jars and cover with plastic lids. Store in a cool, dark place.

Aronia jam with apples

I made jam for the first time this year, and it turned out delicious. I advise you to cook according to my recipe.

3 kg of rowan berries,
4.5 kg sugar,
1 kg,
0.4 g walnuts(can be replaced with cinnamon, half a teaspoon),
3 glasses of water,
2 large lemons.

Pour boiling water over the berries, leave for 12 hours, and drain the infusion. Prepare syrup from 3 glasses of infusion and sugar. Add berries, peeled and seeded apples, lightly chopped nuts to the syrup, cook for 5 minutes from the moment of boiling.

Let cool until warm and cook for 10 minutes from the moment it boils. Add the chopped lemons and cook for another 15 minutes. Don't forget to remove the foam.

Remove the jam from the heat, let it cool slightly and pour into sterile jars, close with simple lids and put away for storage.

You can take a small amount, I just have a large harvest of berries, so I make a lot of jam.

Chokeberry raisins

1.5 kg of berries,
1 kg sugar,
2 tbsp water,
1 teaspoon of citric acid.

We make syrup from water and sugar. Dispense the berries and citric acid into boiling syrup and cook for 20 minutes. Cool and place the berries in a colander, let the syrup drain and place the berries to dry on a baking sheet, on parchment paper. Stir occasionally while drying. Dry for 3-4 days. We store in paper bag or in a glass jar with a gauze tie.

It will be very tasty if you sprinkle the berries with powdered sugar before putting them to dry.

The syrup left over from cooking the berries is poured into a sterile container and stored for making drinks and jelly.

It will turn out very delicious drink– liqueur, if you mix syrup with good vodka 1:1. I tried it, it’s a wonderful, beautiful and tasty drink.

Universal berry for compote

Chokeberry berries give a very beautiful color to compote and can be combined with any fruits and berries. One handful per three liter jar enough to paint a nice, rich color.

For 1 three-liter jar of compote we take 0.5 kg of sugar. Pour chokeberry berries into the jar, filling it 1/3 full, add apples or any other fruit (you can use just one handful for taste).

Cook the syrup, add 0.5 sugar to 2.1 liters of water, carefully pour the boiling syrup into the contents of the jar and immediately twist it, put it under a fur coat until it cools.

Compotes are stored for a very long time, several years.

Compote is very easy to prepare with it!

Still, no matter how you preserve it, frozen berries are the most healthy berry. It retains up to 75% of all beneficial properties and compounds.

Simply freeze (spread out on a baking sheet), place in a bag and seal tightly, it's ready to freeze.

Prepared from chokeberry delicious wine, this year I’ll try to do a little, what comes of it, I’ll report back next year.

Once again I want to remind you that chokeberry is a very healthy berry, do not ignore it, it is especially useful for hypertensive patients and diabetics. Eating rowan berries strengthens the immune system and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.

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Watch the video recipe for making chokeberry juice.

1 kg plum, 200 g rowan. Ingredients: 300 g sugar per 1 liter of water.

Separate the rowan berries from the scutes and soak for 2–3 days, periodically changing the water. Wash the plums and place them mixed with rowan berries in jars.

Pour boiling sugar syrup and sterilize in boiling water.

Compote of chokeberry and rosehip

500 g chokeberry, 500 g rosehip. Ingredients of the filling: for 1 liter of water - 600 g of sugar.

Soak chokeberry berries for 2–3 days. wash, cut off the sepals and stalks, cut the fruits.

After this, rinse the rose hips thoroughly to remove the seeds and hairs.

Mix rowan and rosehip and place in jars. Pour boiling syrup and sterilize in boiling water.

Compote of apples and chokeberries

400 g chokeberry, 1 kg apples. Ingredients: 600–800 g sugar per 1 liter of water.

Cut into slices, remove the core and stems, and place the apples in boiling water or a cold 0.01% citric acid solution for 2-3 minutes.

Place thoroughly washed chokeberry berries along with apples in jars up to their shoulders and pour hot syrup over them. Sterilize in boiling water.

Compote of chokeberries and raspberries

600–700 g chokeberry berries, 300–400 g. Ingredients: 333–429 g of sugar per 1 liter of water.

Wash the berries in cold water and blanch for 1-3 minutes in boiling water, then cool in cold water.

Sort the raspberries, remove the stalks, sepals and receptacle, place in a colander and wash, repeatedly immersing them in cold water.

Place the prepared berries in layers in jars, shaking occasionally to compact.

Fill jars with berries with hot syrup and sterilize in boiling water.

Assorted chokeberry compote

700 g of chokeberry, 100 g of apples, pears and plums. Ingredients: 333–429 g of sugar per 1 liter of water.

Wash ripe chokeberry berries, blanch for 1-3 minutes in boiling water and cool in cold water.

Cut apples and pears into slices, remove core. Large plum Cut into halves, use small ones whole.

Blanch apples and pears in boiling water for 5–7 minutes, plums for 3–4 minutes, then cool in cold water.

Place the prepared berries in jars, pour hot sugar syrup and sterilize in boiling water.

Chokeberry compote with apple juice and sugar

Ingredients of the filling: 538–667 g of sugar per 1 liter of apple juice.

Place the prepared berries in jars.

Fresh apple juice heat, dissolve sugar in it, bring to a boil, remove the foam and cover the berries in the jars with hot pouring. Sterilize.

Chokeberry-apple juice

Mix chokeberry juice and apple juice in equal quantities, heat, add sugar to taste (40–60 g per 1 liter of mixture), bring to a boil, boil for 4 minutes, immediately pour into heated jars or bottles and seal.

Juice can also be prepared in a juicer. In this case, chokeberry berries and apple slices are placed together in a juicer.

Sugar is added to the finished juice to taste, immediately sealed and the bottles are placed on their sides until completely cooled.

Chokeberry syrup

1 kg chokeberry, 800 g sugar.

Separate the berries from the scutes, wash thoroughly, dry, mix with sugar and place in jars. When the berries have settled, replenish the jars.

After 2-3 weeks, when the berries release juice and float to the surface, strain the contents of the jars through a colander.

Squeeze the berries in a gauze bag. Fill bottles or jars with berries with the resulting syrup and seal.

This syrup is stored in a dark place for a long time.

Chokeberry jam

1 kg of chokeberry, 1.3–1.4 kg of sugar, 2 glasses of water.

Place the berries in boiling water for 3-5 minutes, cool in cold water, let drain and place in a cooking basin.

Boil syrup from 2 glasses of water and 500 g of sugar.

Pour boiling syrup over the berries, bring to a boil while stirring, cook for 3-5 minutes, then set aside for 8-10 hours. Then add the remaining sugar, stir and cook until tender with short breaks.

Chokeberry jam with pears

1 kg chokeberry, 300 g pears, 1.5 kg sugar, 2 glasses of water, 5–7 g citric acid, vanilla sugar or cinnamon.

Place chokeberry berries in boiling water for 3-5 minutes, remove and cool in cold water, drain and place in a cooking bowl. Prepare syrup from 2 glasses of water and 500 g of sugar and pour it over the berries.

Bring to a boil, simmer for 3-4 minutes and set aside. After 8-10 hours, bring to a boil, add sugar.

Cut the pears into slices, remove the skin and core.

Place the slices in boiling water for 8-10 minutes, without letting them boil. 15–20 minutes before the end of cooking the rowan, add apples to the jam and cook until tender.

To ensure that the apples are evenly mixed, shake the bowl in a circular motion from time to time. Just before the end of cooking, add citric acid and vanilla sugar or cinnamon to the jam.

Chokeberry jam with red currant juice

1 kg of chokeberry, 1.2 kg of sugar, one and a half glasses of water and one and a half glasses of juice, 2–3 g of citric acid.

Prepare syrup from water, freshly prepared redcurrant juice and sugar.

Place prepared chokeberry berries in a colander and immerse for 3–5 minutes. hot water, cool in cold water and place in a cooking basin

Pour hot syrup over the berries, leave for 5–6 hours, and then cook until tender in one step.

Add citric acid before finishing cooking.

Chokeberry jam

1 kg of chokeberry, 1.2 kg of sugar, one and a half glasses of water.

Place the berries in a saucepan, add water and steam under the lid until completely softened. After this, rub the rowan through a fine sieve.

Place the resulting puree in a cooking bowl or saucepan, add sugar and cook until tender.

Chokeberry jam with apples

1 kg of chokeberry, 400 g of apples, 1.5 kg of sugar, 2 glasses of water.

Prepare puree from chokeberries and apples, mix, add sugar and cook until tender.

Chokeberry and quince jam

1 kg of rowan, 400 g of quince, 1–1.5 kg of sugar, 0.2 l of water.

Wash the rowan thoroughly and boil completely in a large quantities water. Add sugar and cook for another 5-10 minutes, then add the quince cut into pieces and cook until tender.

Pour into sterile jars and close with lids.

How to dry chokeberry berries

Well-ripened berries are separated from the scutes, washed thoroughly and laid out on sieves in a layer of 2–3 cm. Drying begins at a temperature of 40–45 °C and ends at 60 °C.

Dried berries should not release juice when squeezed in a fist.

Store in an airtight container.

Dried berries lose their excessive astringency, retaining their medicinal properties.

We hope our recipes will help you decide how to prepare chokeberries for the winter.

Bon appetit!

Chokeberry is a small tree or lush shrub. You can meet him in many summer cottages. The berries of this shrub are good for health. In the fall, they are collected and dried in the open air; rowan berries can be stored dry for up to two years. The taste of the berries is sweet and slightly tart. From chokeberry you can prepare many delicious and useful preparations for the winter. We bring to your attention several recipes.

A simple recipe for chokeberry, grated with sugar

Instead of jam and various sweets, it is advisable to enjoy grated berries chokeberry with sugar. To do this, take sugar and berries at a ratio of 1:1. Rinse them thoroughly and pour boiling water over them. Then, while still hot, grind through a sieve to a soft puree. Add sugar to it and heat it over the fire, but under no circumstances bring it to a boil, because a large proportion useful components will disappear. Lay out ready mass into pre-sterilized glass jars.

How to properly prepare juice from chokeberries

Rinse the fruits well and chop. Then warm them up to 60 -70 degrees for twenty minutes. One liter of water is required for one kilogram of puree. It is necessary to squeeze the resulting mass, and then strain through cheesecloth. Then the juice must be heated again to 80 degrees and strained. Boil the finished juice for four minutes and pour into heated jars.

Delicious chokeberry compote

It is very easy and quick to prepare such a compote. Wash and steam the berries in boiling water. Then put them in sterilized jars, fill one third with boiling syrup and seal. To prepare the syrup, take half a glass of sugar per liter of water.

Rowan wine recipe

Wine made from chokeberry will be no less beneficial for health. We wash the berries again and chop them; this can be done using a meat grinder, mortar or other convenient method. Then you need to dilute berry puree boiled water in a 1:1 ratio, add one and a half glasses of sugar for each kilogram of berries. Mix the resulting mass and place it in a water seal. The wine should be kept in a warm and dry place.