TOP 10 recipes that can be made from red bird cherry for the winter, freezing methods
Gardeners are not very familiar with recipes for the winter from red bird cherry. It's a pity! A variety of dishes can be prepared from this healthy berry. Red bird cherry is very decorative. She decorates the site with its fruits, and in the fall - with leaves. The shrub is easy to form.
Some summer residents leave the harvest of berries to the birds. Waxwing and tits readily eat them in winter. But it's worth spending time on homemade preparations: healthy canned food has an excellent taste.
Tips for preparing bird cherry for the winter
Cherry blanks have a healing effect. But the berry can be harmful to the body. To prevent this from happening, you must follow the rules of canning:
- due to the high content of hydrocyanic acid in the bones, whole-fruit canned food should be stored for up to six months;
- pitted canned food has a longer shelf life;
- use sterilized jars and lids;
- storage rules should be followed: some workpieces stand perfectly at room temperature, others only in the refrigerator.
Properly prepared canned food from an unusual berry will delight summer residents with a reminder of the sunny summer.
Selection and preparation of the main ingredient
Any blanks should start with a competent selection of raw materials. This is the main ingredient for success. How to act:
- berries should be picked together with the stalks;
- the red-fruited bird cherry has a thin skin: it is recommended to wash the raw materials together with the stalks;
- berries should be folded in a colander and rinsed under running cold water;
- put the washed raw materials on a paper towel to dry;
- red bird cherry quickly gives off juice: after separation from the branches, it should be immediately cooked;
- The Virginia curiosity attracts pests to its brushes: they should be removed along with the green and rotten berries at the bulkhead.
After collection, a red curiosity can lie in the refrigerator without losing its presentation for a week.
Bird cherry jam recipe
This is the easiest and fastest way to hot with. It has a thick consistency and a tart-sweet taste.
What you need:
- red bird cherry - 1 kilogram;
- granulated sugar - 1 kilogram;
- water.
How to prepare jam correctly:
- put the bird cherry in a saucepan, add water so that the berries are barely covered;
- put on low heat and heat for 5 minutes;
- remove from heat and rub through a fine colander or sieve;
- put in a bowl, add sugar, stir;
- put on fire and cook for 20 minutes, removing the foam.
Pour the finished jam into sterile jars, roll up. The product can be stored at room temperature for up to a year.
Bird cherry and red currant compote
Currants dilute the astringency of an outlandish berry with acid. The drink is original and very healthy.
What you need:
- red currants and red bird cherry - 500 grams each;
- granulated sugar - 500 grams;
- water.
How to cook compote correctly:
- put the berries in sterilized jars so that 1/4 of the volume is obtained;
- dissolve sugar in 3 liters of water;
- Pour syrup equally into jars, add water to the hangers of the jars;
- cover with tin lids without rubber bands;
- put in the oven for sterilization (mode 1 for gas stoves or according to the menu for electric ones);
- stand after boiling the contents for 30 minutes;
- take out the cans, add boiling water to full volume, insert the rubber bands into the lids and roll up.
Put the compote on the lids, wrap it up. After cooling, it is stored at room temperature for six months.
Bird cherry juice
This very simple recipe will work even for beginners. Cooking advantage: ingredients are taken in arbitrary proportions. The summer resident is guided by his own taste.
What you need:
- red bird cherry;
- sugar.
How to cook:
- put bird cherry in a saucepan and put in a water bath;
- warm up 15 minutes from the moment of boiling;
- drain the secreted juice;
- squeeze out the remains;
- add sugar to taste, stir;
- put on fire and simmer for 3 minutes.
Pour the finished product into prepared jars and close the lids. The juice is stored in the refrigerator for 6 months.
Delicious jelly
This blank will decorate any dish: porridge for breakfast, cake for a celebration, pancakes. It's easy to make. What you need:
- bird cherry juice - 1 liter;
- sugar - 1 kilogram.
How to proceed:
- pour the juice into a basin, mix with sugar;
- put on the slowest fire;
- boil until the volume is halved.
Pack the finished product into prepared sterile jars, roll up. Jelly is stored in a room for 1.5 years.
Bird cherry flour coffee
Red berry from Virginia contains caffeic acid. When added to natural coffee, the drink acquires unexpected astringency. This coffee will warm summer residents on cold winter days.
What you need:
- natural ground coffee - 1 teaspoon;
- bird cherry flour - 1 teaspoon;
- sugar, milk - to taste.
How to do:
- pour coffee and flour into a Turk;
- to fill with water;
- boil.
Add milk and sugar as desired.
Jam
This simple dish will come in handy in cold winter. The jam will delight gardeners and remind you of summer.
What you need:
- red bird cherry - 1 kilogram;
- sugar - 1 kilogram;
- water - 3 glasses.
How to make jam:
- boil syrup from sugar and water;
- pour the berries with cooled syrup and leave overnight;
- put on fire, bring to a boil and cook for 20 minutes at a time.
Packaged in sterile jars and rolled up jam is stored in the room for up to 9 months.
Syrup
The syrup can be used to add to drinks or baked goods. Preparing dessert is simple. From the summer resident, not skills are required, but attentiveness. What you need:
- red bird cherry juice - 1 liter;
- sugar - 200 grams.
How to do:
- pour the juice into a basin and boil it in half;
- mix with sugar and simmer for 5 minutes.
Dispense in sterile bottles. Raw materials are stored in the refrigerator.
Flour
An ancient method of harvesting bird cherry. Properly prepared flour can be stored for several years. It is used for making coffee, jelly, baking. By adding bird cherry flour, the dough is fluffier and tastier.
To obtain flour, dried bird cherry should be ground in a coffee grinder. It is recommended to store semi-finished products in jars with ground-in lids.
Dried bird cherry
This is the best way to prepare bird cherry for the winter without cooking.To obtain dry berries, you should put the raw materials in an electric dryer. The blowing temperature is 40-50 degrees. Cooking time - 4 hours.
If there is no device, you can dry the berries in the oven with the door open. Cover the baking sheet with baking paper. Mode - "1" on a gas stove or with a minimum temperature from the electric menu.
How to freeze
You can save the red bird cherry in the freezer. The berries are washed, dried and placed in a bag along with the stalks. Before cooking, they are easily separated from the frozen berry.
Storage
The terms and locations of storage depend on how the conservation was carried out. The berry twisted together with the seeds is stored for 6-9 months. The reason is hydrocyanic acid. When stored for a long time, it will poison the product.
The pitted canned food that has undergone full heat treatment is allowed to be stored until the next harvest.
With a lack of preservative (sugar), the products are kept in the refrigerator for 3-4 months.
