In winter, viburnum berries save not only during colds, viburnum is a powerful stimulant of immunity, as it contains a huge amount of vitamins (in particular C, A, K, E and B vitamins). Traditional healers in their recipes use all the magical properties of the viburnum bush in their recipes.
Tinctures, preserves, syrups, decoctions and other preparations from viburnum, its bark, twigs and flowers are used to treat and prevent a wide variety of diseases: for problems with the gastrointestinal tract, cough, nervous conditions, tuberculosis, kidney and liver diseases, lack of appetite, fever body and inflammatory processes of various origins, to stimulate sweating during colds, eczema, boils, voice problems and others. Viburnum is also used in cosmetology: for example, it can be hair masks, mixing viburnum juice with yolks, honey, burdock oil. But you must understand that self-medication on the Internet is dangerous! Consult your doctor, as the use of viburnum has contraindications!
Who should not use viburnum
- During pregnancy. Red juicy berries contain certain substances that are analogs of female hormones. And with their increased content in the mother's body, the baby may develop pathologies.
- With low blood pressure.
- With increased acidity of the stomach.
- With blood diseases.
Always consult your doctor!
Viburnum blanks in winter can be added to tea, cook fruit drinks from them, mix into baking filling and just enjoy this healthy berry with a bite of the same hot tea. Viburnum juice can even be added to red wine to give it an interesting and specific flavor. Even the bones have found their use by specialists from traditional medicine. They are recommended to dry, fry in a dry frying pan until brown, grind and brew. This viburnum "coffee" has a stimulating and anti-inflammatory effect. If you want to cleanse your body of toxins, toxins and restore microflora, the seeds of the fruit need to be eaten.
A large viburnum bush grew in our yard, and I remember from childhood how my grandmother always made preparations from viburnum for the winter. It is impossible to buy such a delicacy in a store, I have never come across it. Unless you can cook it yourself or find it at the grandmothers on the market.
Helpful advice
It is necessary to pick these scarlet berries just after the first frost. In frozen berries, the bitterness disappears and a pleasant sweet taste appears.
The first recipe for viburnum for the winter - preparation in sugar
I really like to add the prepared viburnum in sugar to tea, since it is such a viburnum that swells under the influence of boiling water and reveals its true taste and amazing aroma.
Ingredients:
- viburnum - 1 kg
- sugar 700-800 g
For this blank, you will need sterilized jars, prepare them in advance.
Harvesting viburnum in sugar for the winter
To cook viburnum in sugar, you don't need to be an expert in culinary art. After all, you don't even have to cook anything. The entire cooking process takes only five minutes. The viburnum prepared in this way can be used as a filling, because the berries remain whole and beautiful. The cake can also be decorated with bright red berries.
So, sort out the viburnum, discard the spoiled berries and twigs.
Then rinse the viburnum under running cold water, for this it is convenient to use a sieve.
Place some sugar on the bottom of a clean glass jar.
Then lay out some of the viburnum berries.
Sprinkle the viburnum with sugar and repeat the layers until you fill the jar.
The finishing layer should be a large layer of sugar.
Tighten the jar with a lid. If you plan to store viburnum for a long time, then it is better to use metal lids. If you are going to eat it right away, then use plastic and self-tightening lids.
The second recipe is freezing viburnum for the winter
In winter, frozen viburnum can be used in the same way as viburnum in sugar - added to compotes, fruit drinks, tea and pastries.
The third recipe is viburnum in its own juice
Sort out the viburnum berries, wash and dry. Divide the entire volume of berries into about 10 parts. Squeeze the juice from 4 parts of viburnum. Put the rest of the berries in a saucepan, pour over the juice and bring to a boil over low heat. As soon as the viburnum boils in its own juice, pour into sterile jars and cover with sealed lids. Lay a towel at the bottom of a wide saucepan, place jars of viburnum, pour warm or hot water, bring to a boil and sterilize for 10-15 minutes. Then roll up the viburnum in its own juice, turn it over on a towel, wrap it up and leave until it cools completely. Then you can put it in the basement.
This viburnum is used mainly for the preparation of fruit drinks and compotes.
The fourth recipe is winter viburnum syrup
Ingredients for syrup:
- viburnum berry juice - 1 l
- sugar - 1.5-2 kg
- citric acid - 10 g
To get 1 liter of juice from viburnum, berries, of course, you need more than 1 kg.
Pour the juice into a saucepan, add all the sugar, stir and bring to a boil over medium heat. At this time, foam will begin to appear, you need to remove it with a spoon. Add citric acid and simmer over low heat for about 10 minutes. Pour into sterile jars and roll up. You can also use non-sterile bottles with corks for these purposes, but there is a risk that the viburnum syrup can still ferment, even despite the abundance of sugar in its composition.
The fifth recipe - viburnum with honey for the winter
Ingredients:
- viburnum - 1 part *
- honey - 1 part
The amount of berries already prepared is indicated. The products are used in a 1: 1 ratio.
Rinse viburnum berries in boiling water, discard to glass water. Rub the berries through a sieve (the bones and peel can be used to make fruit drinks and the coffee described above). Mix the mass with honey. If the honey is frozen, it can be heated to 40 degrees. Pour the resulting thick syrup into a container, cover and put in the cold for 1 week, after which the viburnum with honey is ready for use.
Viburnum belongs to the medicinal types of berries. On its basis, fruit drinks, jam, compotes, juices are prepared. Thanks to a short heat treatment, the fruits retain all the useful elements in their structure. Many housewives have difficulty brewing viburnum juice, the drink turns out to be bitter and tart. To avoid this effect, it is necessary to observe the proportions of the sweetener and the volume of the berries. Let's consider the basic principles of cooking, highlight the main thing.
Useful properties of viburnum
- The berry contains organic acids, glycosides, pectin, sucrose, tannins. Such a complete list allows you to remove harmful poisons from the human body and eliminate the effects of exposure (radiation).
- Kalina has antimicrobial, antiallergic, diuretic, refreshing, regenerating properties. The constant use of juice improves appetite, heals wounds, prevents the development of thrombophlebitis and diabetes mellitus.
- Because of its pleasant taste, viburnum juice is added to tea, herbal infusions and other drinks. Experts recommend drinking viburnum juice or fresh berries for people suffering from high blood pressure and hypertension.
- A lot of fluid accumulates in the intercellular space, which leads to swelling of the limbs. Kalina relieves stagnation, but retains potassium in the cells. It, in turn, has a tonic effect on the heart muscle and the vascular system.
- Viburnum juice is especially useful for those who have diabetes mellitus or excess cholesterol in the blood. The drink contains vitamins of groups A, B, C, minerals (iodine, manganese, iron, potassium). Due to this, the body is saturated with energy for the whole day.
Viburnum juice: a classic recipe
- granulated sugar - 260 gr.
- drinking water - in fact
- fresh viburnum - 0.5 kg.
- Go through the fruits, remove the dented, rotten ones. Pour the viburnum into a sieve, pour over with cold water and leave for a third of an hour. During this period, the liquid will drain, otherwise collect the moisture with a towel.
- Transfer the fruits to a heat-resistant cooking container, fill with water in such a way that the liquid rises 1-2 cm above the berries. Set the burner to a minimum, boil the berries until boiling.
- When the composition settles (the fruits soften), rub the viburnum through a sieve. Pour the resulting juice into a saucepan, leave for 2.5 hours under the lid. Then strain the liquid from the sediment, pour the drink into a heat-resistant container.
- Send the mixture to the burner, add granulated sugar (if desired, its amount can be increased). Boil the juice until the crystals dissolve, remove the resulting foam.
- At the end of cooking, filter the drink using 4-5 layers of cheesecloth. Sterilize the jars, pour the juice over them. Roll up or seal with nylon caps, store in the refrigerator.
Viburnum juice without cooking
- granulated sugar - 250 gr.
- viburnum - 850 gr.
- Remove the berries from the branches, sort out the viburnum. Filter out all unsuitable specimens, and rinse good fruits under the tap. Pour into a sieve, leave for half an hour to dry.
- Rub the viburnum with a kitchen pestle or in any convenient way (sieve, blender, meat grinder). Lay 4 layers of gauze in a dry colander, put the viburnum puree in the cavity.
- Squeeze out the juice, remove the cake, grains and bones. Add granulated sugar to the juice, mix. Leave the mixture at room temperature to infuse. The granules should dissolve completely.
- Stir the juice again, you get a delicate drink with pulp. Heat the curling jars, dry them, pour the juice. Put in the refrigerator or any other place for seaming.
- honey - 240-260 gr.
- fresh viburnum - 550 gr.
- Remove the viburnum from the branches, sort it out, rinse in a bowl with cool water. Do not remove small branches, they cover the hole under the stalk. If there is dirt on the fruits, pour boiling water over them and leave for 15 minutes.
- Transfer the clean and dry berries to a deep bowl or three-liter jar, crush the viburnum into porridge with a pestle. You can use a blender to mash the viburnum.
- Separate the juice from the seeds, peels and twigs. To do this, strain the entire contents through cheesecloth or a fine-grained sieve. Add honey to the juice, mix.
- Try to use flower honey, it belongs to the early varieties and is not candied. If the product has already crystallized, boil it in a water bath beforehand. Only then add the composition to the viburnum juice.
- Send the entire composition to a saucepan, simmer for 5 minutes. Turn off the stove and filter the juice if necessary. Pour it into sterile containers, seal, let cool. Consume after 1 week of exposure.
Viburnum juice in a slow cooker
- fresh viburnum - 750 gr.
- drinking water - 600 ml.
- granulated sugar - 270 gr.
- Go through fresh viburnum, remove extraneous debris, branches. Rinse the fruits under the tap, placing them on a sieve. Let the berries drain, wipe them with a towel.
- Prepare a container for a multicooker, pour the viburnum into a cup, sprinkle with granulated sugar. Fill with water so that the liquid covers the fruits by 2 cm.
- Cover the device, set the "Extinguishing" function for 45 minutes. When the timer rings, pour the contents onto a sieve, wipe the juice. Remove the cake.
- Sterilize the seaming container, dry it and pour the juice into the containers. Close with nylon or tin lids, store in a dark place.
Before cooking, sort the berries, remove bad ones (crumpled, rotten, etc.). The proportions of granulated sugar are added on a personal basis, you can substitute honey or stevia for the sweetener. Rub the viburnum through a sieve or squeeze the juice with gauze. Consider a recipe for a multicooker and a method of preparing the composition without boiling.
Video: how to make viburnum syrup without cooking
Many peoples revere viburnum as a plant that can ward off trouble and protect the house. It is interesting that all the mystical properties attributed to her are extremely positive. Meanwhile, viburnum not only consoles and protects. It can help heal many ailments and diversify the diet. There are many recipes for harvesting red viburnum for the winter, almost all of them are easy to perform and make it possible to eat tasty healthy berries all year round.
Medicinal properties
- hemostatic drugs;
- antiseptics;
- antipyretic and diaphoretic drugs;
- antispasmodics;
- expectorants;
- anti-inflammatory pills;
- soothing potions.
In addition to the shock dose of vitamin C, berries also contain others - A, E, P, K.
Everyone knows that red viburnum is very useful, but not everyone knows: all parts of the plant are healing:
The plant has strong medicinal properties. It is impossible to treat its berries simply as a food product, even cooked jam should be eaten in moderation.
It is contraindicated to use viburnum and preparations from it:
- pregnant women;
- hypotensive (people suffering from low blood pressure);
- with high blood clotting;
- with gout.
For diabetics, the berry is useful, you just don't need to eat it with sugar.
Processing without heating
Viburnum with sugar or honey
This recipe for viburnum for the winter is made in four ways - with and without seeds, with sugar or honey. It is recommended to choose the option with seeds: they themselves contain so many antioxidants that no medications are needed. In addition, the output of the finished product will be greater, which is important for big lovers of berries and those who buy them on the market. To make cold jam:
- Wash and sort out the viburnum, let the water drain.
- If you are cooking seedless berries, first scald them with boiling water, then use a pusher (preferably wooden) to rub through a colander or sieve. Kill whole fruits in mashed potatoes with a blender or twist in a meat grinder.
- Add the same amount of honey or sugar to the crushed berries, mix well, cover with clean gauze and let it brew warm for several hours.
- Spread cold jam in sterile jars, cover with lids (not sealed), put in the refrigerator.
Raw jelly
Viburnum berries contain a lot of pectins, so it is very easy to make jelly from them - you do not need to cook, except for sugar, nothing is added. The product freezes in a maximum of 24 hours, is stored anywhere: in the refrigerator, cellar, bedside table at room temperature. The main thing is not to put the jar in the sun: the jelly will become ugly, as it will lose its bright color. Raw jelly is prepared as follows:
Cooked Recipes
Of course, it is better to harvest berries without boiling. But city dwellers usually do not have a cellar or basement, and the temperature on the balcony in winter can be such that the banks will burst. There is a refrigerator, but you can't put a lot of containers with viburnum there, a maximum of 1-2 for medicinal purposes. In order to preserve the original taste of berries and more useful substances, you should choose recipes for cooking viburnum for the winter, providing for minimal heat treatment.
Five-minute jam
If you will remove seeds, take the same amount of sugar for 1 kg of viburnum, for jam from whole berries - 1.5 kg. Then proceed in the following sequence:
Kalina in syrup
A kilogram of berries requires 0.6 liters of water and 0.4 kg of sugar. Prepare the jam as follows:
- Wash Kalina, put in sterile jars.
- Pour in hot water and sugar syrup.
- Cover and pasteurize at 80 degrees 0.5 liter jars for 15 minutes, liter jars for half an hour.
- Roll up, turn over, cool under the covers.
Useful pastille
For 1 kg of berries, take the same amount of sugar and 0.25 liters of water. To make tasty and healthy marshmallow:
Jelly from viburnum
When boiling viburnum jelly, water must be added to it. This will allow the housewives who buy berries in the market to get more of the finished product. If the family is large or one of its members has a sweet tooth, every extra jar will come in handy.
Berries, sugar and water should be taken in a 1: 1: 0.5 ratio. Cook the jelly:
The jelly prepared according to this recipe may seem thin, but it will harden after it has cooled completely.
Seed coffee
In many recipes describing how to cook viburnum for the winter, "ownerless" bones remain. It is a pity to throw them away, since the content of nutrients in them is enormous. Delicious and healthy surrogate coffee is prepared from viburnum seeds.
Wash them, dry them, then roast them in the oven and grind them with a coffee grinder. Keep in a closed glass jar. The taste of the drink depends on the degree of roast.
The medicinal properties and benefits of viburnum fruits have long been known, so the berry is considered very popular in folk medicine. In addition, they can be used to prepare many delicious and healthy dishes, drinks and prepare for the winter.
Viburnum berries ripen in late August and early September, but they are harvested later - after the first frost. The fact is that even fully ripe berries are bitter, so few people like it. But when freezing, even for a short time, they become sweeter and more suitable for workpieces. You need to carefully pick the fruits from the bush: cut off the entire fruit twig and put it in a container.
The best recipes for blanks from viburnum for the winter
Fresh viburnum is well stored in a refrigerator and a cool room, and is also suitable and even recommended for freezing. But despite this, many hostesses use it for processing, preparing a variety of desserts and folk medicines.
The simplest recipe for harvesting viburnum for the winter is five-minute jam. A short heat treatment allows you to preserve the maximum vitamins contained in its berries. For cooking, you need the following ingredients:
- viburnum fruits –1 kg;
- sugar - 1.3 kg;
- water - 0.3 l.
Cooking method:
- Kalina needs to be washed well, sorted out, separated from the petioles.
- To soften and gain sweetness, the berries are blanched in boiling water for 5 minutes.
- Kalina is moved into a colander to drain the water, then laid out in jars.
- Syrup is prepared from water and sugar, and the boiling liquid is poured into jars.
- The finished jam is rolled up and stored in a cool place.
This jam can be used in homemade baked goods or used as a medicine for colds.
A simple and quick way to harvest viburnum for the winter: video
Very quickly and easily you can cook viburnum according to this recipe. Have to take:
- viburnum fruits - 1 kg;
- sugar - 1 kg.
How to cook:
- Mix the prepared viburnum with sugar and put in jars.
- The pasteurization time for the workpieces is 0.5 hours.
- The container is rolled up, stored in a cellar or refrigerator.
The blank can be eaten with tea, you can make a delicious fruit drink.
Viburnum with honey is a home remedy, the use of which is useful for maintaining immunity and the protective functions of the body. Kalina and honey help you quickly get back on your feet with acute respiratory infections. You can prepare a miracle remedy by taking:
- viburnum fruits -300 g;
- honey - 100 g.
How to cook:
- Kalina needs to be washed, separated from the petioles and softened. To do this, it is either doused with boiling water, or blanched for a couple of minutes.
- Kalina is passed through a sieve, and the resulting gruel is mixed with honey.
- The finished product is laid out in small jars with lids and put into the refrigerator.
To strengthen immunity and prevent diseases, the agent is taken 1 tsp. per day, with acute respiratory infections - three times a day.
Kalina with honey for the winter: video
You can save all the benefits of viburnum by making a raw jam. This method does not provide for any heat treatment of berries, so the vitamins and elements contained in it are not destroyed, but are preserved in their entirety in the dessert. It should be noted that for the preparation of raw cooking, the viburnum must be pre-frozen, otherwise the dessert will be bitter, not sweet. You will need here:
- viburnum fruits - 0.5 kg;
- sugar - 0.5 kg.
How to do:
- Berry thunderstorms are washed, then separated from the stalks and placed in a deep bowl.
- In order for the viburnum to acquire a puree-like appearance, it is crushed with a mashed potatoes. Additionally, the gruel can be passed through a sieve, then the jam will turn out pitted.
- Add 2/3 of the total volume of sugar to the mass, mix until the sugar dissolves.
- In small jars, lay out raw jam, leaving a little space on top.
- The remaining sugar is scattered over the mass in each jar.
- The container is twisted and put into the refrigerator or any other cool place.
Such raw jam can be dissolved in warm water for making fruit drink. Lemon and cinnamon will help improve the taste of the drink.
Viburnum for the winter without cooking is a useful delicacy: video
Steamed viburnum is a delicious, at the same time very healthy, dessert that will appeal to those with a sweet tooth. Below is a recipe using sugar, but if you wish, you can replace it with honey, only reduce its amount by 2 times.
- viburnum fruits - 1 kg;
- sugar - 0.4 kg;
- water - 1 glass.
Cooking method:
- The berries need to be prepared: rinse, sort out, separate from the stalks, and then put in a clay pot.
- Sugar is poured to the viburnum, the whole mixture is poured with water.
- The pot is covered with a lid and placed in the oven, preheated to 180 0, for 3 hours. During this time, the berries will turn slightly brown.
Steamed viburnum is an excellent filling for a variety of homemade baked goods, and can also be used as a base for jelly and jelly.
This sweet dessert will be enjoyed by both adults and children. From the specified ingredients, 1 liter of the finished product will be obtained:
- viburnum fruits - 1 kg;
- sugar - 1 kg;
- water - 2 glasses.
How to cook:
- The washed and sorted viburnum is sent to blanch in boiling water for 5 minutes. This time is enough for it to soften and acquire a sweet taste.
- From the berries, you need to prepare a puree mass. To do this, grind it through a sieve.
- Put the mashed potatoes in a saucepan, add sugar, water, stir and cook over low heat until thickened. On average, the duration of the heat treatment is 50 minutes.
- The hot product is poured into clean cans, after the mass has cooled, they are removed to the refrigerator.
Ready jelly can be used to make fruit drinks.
Viburnum tincture is an effective remedy in the fight against hypertension. To prepare it, you need to take:
- vodka - 0.5 l;
- viburnum fruits - 0.5 kg.
Cooking method:
- The washed fruits are placed in a jar. If frozen berries are used, they do not need to be defrosted first. If you wish, you can add cherries and viburnum stalks, but the taste of the tincture will change. When laying the main ingredient, it is not compacted in a jar.
- Kadulina is poured with vodka so that it is completely covered with liquid. In this form, the tincture is left to infuse for a day in a warm place.
- The remaining vodka is added to the infusion, the container is transferred to a dark room and insisted for 3 weeks.
- Strain the finished guelder-rose tincture and pour it into small bottles.
The beneficial properties of viburnum fruits are due to their rich chemical composition, which includes:
- vitamins A, C, E, K, P;
- organic acids;
- minerals: phosphorus, chromium, selenium, iodine, iron, manganese, zinc, etc.;
- tannins;
- pectin;
- ether compounds;
- glycoside viburnin, which is very useful, but it is he who is responsible for the bitter taste of berries.
Such a composition has a healing effect on the human body, helps to maintain it in a healthy state and fight a whole range of diseases.
The phytoncides contained in viburnum berries quickly fight viral and infectious diseases. With hypertension, it is recommended to use viburnum blanks, which normalize blood pressure. For many diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, viburnum becomes an irreplaceable product. This group includes colitis, stomach and duodenal ulcers, gastritis. With diabetes, viburnum relieves the symptoms of the disease. Also, medicinal fruits have anti-inflammatory and choleretic effects on the body.
The use of blanks based on viburnum berries improves the functioning of the heart, liver, and nervous system. The most valuable is their effect on the process of hematopoiesis.
Viburnum berries do not bring harm if consumed in moderation. In case of overdose, a rash on the body may occur. But there are groups of people for whom the use of berries and preparations from them is not recommended. These include:
- suffering from gout disease;
- pregnant and lactating women;
- hypotension (a decrease in pressure can provoke fainting);
- people with high acidity of gastric juice;
- people who have a tendency to thrombus formation.
For everyone else, the use of viburnum blanks will only benefit.
Not everyone knows about the beneficial properties of viburnum berries. The composition of the fruit contains a significant amount of micro and macro elements, vitamins required to maintain health.
And what can you do with viburnum for the winter? Preserve - sauce, juice, compote, jam, tincture, syrup, jelly. A decoction based on berries perfectly helps to reduce high blood pressure, normalize the digestive system, improve sputum discharge, etc. The berry is very useful fresh, frozen and even dried.
Ways to Preserve Whole Berries
Harvesting viburnum for the winter at home occurs according to 2 principles: freezing and drying naturally or in special devices. Let's take a closer look at each of the methods.
Freezing
- Separate the collected berries from the twigs and stalks. Transfer to a suitable bowl and fill with water. Mix with your hands, drain and repeat the procedure again until the liquid becomes clear. Throw in a colander, wait for excess moisture to drain, dry.
- Place dry berries on a small food tray and place neatly in the freezer.
- As soon as the berries freeze, they are transferred to a plastic bag, plastic containers. Store the ingredient in the freezer.
Another original option for harvesting viburnum is in water and a freezer. Unusual, isn't it? So, for this method, the viburnum is prepared as described above. Put the berries in a food plastic container for freezing ice, fill it with water and put it in the freezer. As soon as the contents freeze, the cubes are allowed to be used for their intended purpose. This method of preserving useful properties allows you to quickly prepare a tea drink with viburnum.
Drying at home
Culinary experts share 2 ways of harvesting viburnum for the winter without cooking. It is important to carry out this process correctly, otherwise there will be no benefit from the berries. In the first way:
- Rinse cut brushes with berries, dry and distribute on a baking sheet. Turn on the oven, set the temperature to no higher than 60 degrees. Place the baking sheet in the oven, but you do not need to close the door. Warm up until ready. It is important not to overdry.
- The appearance of the finished berries is determined by the shriveled state. Store in wooden or glass containers, cloth bags can be used.
The second way is natural. Cover the food tray with parchment paper or a clean newspaper, lay out the prepared branches with viburnum. Place the container with the contents in a shady place until it dries completely. Remember to turn over from time to time to dry evenly. The latter method is considered the longest, but at the same time it allows you to preserve all the nutrients.
Viburnum tincture
The second name for the preparation is cold jam. Contacting sour fruits with grains of sugar makes a delicious syrup. This recipe for cooking viburnum for the winter turns out to be fortified, fragrant, tender. Even small kids will like the harvest, despite the astringency of the berry.
Products:
- berries - 600 g;
- granulated sugar - 0.5 kg.
Actions:
- Wash glass jars with soap and dry in the oven. Process the berries and rinse thoroughly. Layers are laid out in containers.
- The final layer is granulated sugar, its height should be approximately 2 cm. Pour boiling water over the silicone lids, close and put in the refrigerator. After 14 days, the sweet treat will be ready.
- It is recommended to dissolve in warm water or simply eat with spoons. When interacting with high temperatures, all useful components evaporate.
Berry in its own juice
Viburnum, made in its own juice, turns out to be very tasty and aromatic. In winter, you can make fruit drink or compote from the workpiece, and just use it as a syrup for treating children. Consider, perhaps, the best recipe for harvesting viburnum for the winter.
Products:
- ripe berry - 3 kg.
- Inspect the collected viburnum for rotten parts. Rinse with branches, dry and remove. Measure out 1.2 kg of berries from the specified amount and pass them through a juicer.
- Place the remaining berries in an enamel container, pour the resulting berry juice to them. Place on the stove and bring to a boil.
- We prepare the cans in advance: wash them with soap, dry them in the oven. Pour the viburnum with juice evenly, cover with lids.
- Spread a cloth on the bottom of a large enamel basin, and put jars of contents on top of it. Add hot water to the container, bring it to a boil and heat with medium heat for 15 minutes. Close tightly, turn over and wrap with a blanket. After cooling, put in a cool place for storage.
Viburnum syrup
Fresh berries, as a rule, are not eaten because of their specific taste and astringency. Viburnum blanks according to delicious recipes for the winter make it more tender, fragrant and pleasant. Therefore, we propose to consider a step-by-step process for preparing a concentrated syrup.
Products:
- viburnum juice - 2.2 l;
- granulated sugar - 4.4 kg;
- citric acid - 4 tsp
- Sort the collected berries, rinse and dry. Pass the berry fruits through a juicer. Pour it into an enamel pot and add the sweet ingredient. Place on the stove and cook after boiling for 7 minutes with regular stirring.
- Add citric acid and continue cooking for another 5 minutes. Using cheesecloth, strain the composition and pour into bottles. Cork tightly, put in a dark and cool place.
Compote for the winter
The drink perfectly quenches thirst, helps to eliminate the first signs of a cold in the cold period. It is allowed to cook not only from fresh fruits, but also from frozen ones. Consider a detailed recipe for red viburnum compote for the winter.
Products:
- filtered liquid - 2 l;
- granulated sugar - 2 kg;
- fresh viburnum - 1 kg.
Procedure:
- Sort the berries, remove debris and rotten fruits. Rinse thoroughly in several waters. Throw on a sieve, wait for excess moisture to drain. Then place on a clean waffle towel and pat dry.
- Pour water into a separate saucepan, add granulated sugar. With stirring, bring to a boil, cook until the sugar grains are completely dissolved. Put the berries in the resulting syrup. Pour into sterile jars, cover with lids and sterilize for 15-20 minutes.
- Close hermetically, turn over, wrap with a warm blanket. After cooling, remove to a cold place, cellar.
Compote with apples and viburnum
The second option for making compote is with apple fruits. Because of the tart aftertaste of viburnum, the fruit should be chosen sweet, so that the compote turns out to be pleasant, tender and very tasty. The amount of ingredients is calculated for 2 cans with a capacity of 3 liters.
Products:
- small apples - 1.6 kg;
- viburnum - 0.8 kg;
- granulated sugar - 0.5 kg.
- Rinse the apples, divide into 2 parts and remove the seed box. Chop into slices. Sort the berries, remove debris and spoiled parts. Rinse in several waters, strain through a sieve and dry.
- We fill 1/3 the jars with prepared fruits and berries. Boil the liquid separately, pour it into a container with the contents and cover with lids. We leave it on the kitchen table for about 60 minutes.
- Pour the water into a separate saucepan, add granulated sugar and bring to a boil. Boil the sweet syrup until the grains are completely dissolved.
- Fill the jars with the contents with sweet syrup, close the lids tightly and turn them down, cover with a warm blanket and leave to cool completely. After the expiration of the time, remove the compote in the cellar or any other cool room.
Healing recipe
Kalina is widely used to treat most diseases. Therefore, we propose to consider one of the options for how to cook viburnum for the winter from pressure for preventive purposes.
Products:
- fresh viburnum - 1 kg;
- natural honey - 500 g;
- high-quality vodka or cognac - 0.5 l.
Algorithm of actions:
- Sort the berries, remove all debris. Rinse thoroughly under running water. Wait for excess moisture to drain. Place in a convenient saucepan and mash with your hands.
- Then put the beekeeping product, stir and determine the finished mass in a 3-liter container. Pour the alcoholic drink, stir and put in a dark, cool place for 30 days. Shake the contents daily.
When ready, strain and pour the tincture into a suitable container.
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Viburnum juice for the winter without cooking
Products:
- granulated sugar - 500 g;
- fresh berries - 1.7 kg.
- Remove the viburnum fruits from the branches, remove all debris. Rinse thoroughly under running water, wait for excess moisture to drain. Put on a clean towel and dry.
- Place in a suitable enamel bowl and crush with a wooden crush. Place cheesecloth folded in several layers in a colander. Gently lay out the prepared puree
- Squeeze out the juice, and remove the cake together with the seeds and peel. Pour sugar into the resulting extract, stir. Cover and leave on the kitchen counter for several hours. Do not forget to stir from time to time, it is important that the grains are completely dissolved.
- Rinse the jars intended for storing juice, dry in the oven and pour the drink over them. Close tightly and store in a cool place. Viburnum juice for the winter without boiling is ready for use.
Viburnum pastila
Products:
- fresh berries - 1.5 kg;
- granulated sugar - 1.5 kg;
- clean water - 500 ml.
- Put the prepared berries in boiling water, cook for 5 minutes with medium heat. Strain the liquid, add new liquid. Bring to a boil, continue cooking until soft.
- Grind the berries together with the broth with a blender or in a meat grinder. Combine the berry puree with granulated sugar, mix and put on a slow heat. Cook until the consistency of thick sour cream, do not forget to stir the contents from time to time.
- Spread parchment paper on a baking sheet, and put the finished mass on it in a thin layer. Install in the oven, preheating to a temperature of 60 degrees.
- Check for readiness. The pastille should come off well from the baking paper. Fold the finished viburnum dish for the winter in several layers and cut into pieces. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and place on the table or put in a glass jar. Store in a cool dry place.
Viburnum vinegar
An excellent addition to vegetable or meat salads, side dishes. The vinegar tastes good.
Products:
- filtered water - 1 l;
- granulated sugar - 100 g;
- fresh viburnum - 250 g.
Put clean berries in a blender bowl and chop. Put in a 3 liter bottle, cover with water and add granulated sugar, stir and remove the container with the contents in a dark, dry and cool place. We withstand 60 days. As time passes, the mixture becomes transparent. Strain through a sieve and pour into a suitable container. Store in a cool place.
Viburnum marmalade
Would you like to surprise your baby with a delicious and homemade treat? We offer to prepare a healthy and fragrant marmalade for a child.
Products:
- fresh viburnum - 0.5 kg;
- apples - 0.5 kg;
- granulated sugar - 1 kg.
- Sort the berries, rinse, put on a baking sheet and dry a little in the oven. Rinse the apples and bake in the peel until tender. Cool the components.
- Peel the fruit and remove the seed box. Put the pulp in a blender bowl and chop until puree. Put the mass in a convenient saucepan and pour out the berries and sugar.
- Place the container with the contents on the stove on slow heating. With regular stirring, cook the mixture until thickened.
- Arrange in jars, close tightly. Store in a cool place or can be consumed immediately after cooling.
Viburnum oil
This ingredient is considered to be very nutritious and beneficial. It is allowed to be taken orally and used for cosmetic purposes (for hair, skin, nails).
Products:
- viburnum - 500 g;
- honey - 500 g.
Combine the berries in a separate container with the beekeeping product. Mix thoroughly, put in small jars, close tightly. After 14 days, the workpiece can be used for its intended purpose.
Soaked viburnum recipe for the winter
This method of harvesting healthy berries is considered the simplest and most economical. It is usually prepared as a remedy for dysfunction of the digestive system. Shelf life is long, even at room temperature and without hermetic sealing.
Products:
- fresh viburnum - 500 g;
- filtered water - 2.5 l;
- granulated sugar to taste.
- Pour the prepared, clean berries into a 3 liter glass container. Beforehand, it must be thoroughly rinsed and dried in the oven.
- Pour in the required amount of water and add granulated sugar. Stir to dissolve the grains. Cover with a gauze cloth and keep in a cool place for 14 days, stirring from time to time.
Viburnum berry is a real mystery for most people, despite the fact that it grows almost everywhere. Not every housewife is ready to make blanks out of her. The reason lies in its tart, bitter taste. If you pick the berries after the first frost, then the viburnum becomes tasty, and the workpieces are more tender.
I hope in this article everyone has found for themselves what can be done with viburnum for the winter.