Cranberry kissel can become fine means for strengthening of immunity in the period of winter cold weather. This drink will help at diseases of flu and ORZ, also promotes decrease in level of cholesterol in blood. Besides, the cranberry is fine antioxidant and has anti-inflammatory properties.
It is required to you
- - a cranberry - 200 g;
- - sugar - 5 tablespoons;
- - starch - 1.5 tablespoons;
- - water;
- - spices - at will.
Instruction
1. It is possible to make kissel from a cranberry as from fresh berries during a summer season and also from frozen. Adding various ingredients to this drink, you can vary taste and aroma of kissel.
2. Touch the frozen or fresh berries, wash a baking plate with flowing water. Completely it isn't obligatory to defreeze a frozen berries before crushing in the blender. Crush a cranberry by means of a masher or the blender.
3. Add sugar and any other additives to the received cranberry weight. Keep in mind that the amount of sugar will depend directly on a maturity and acid of a cranberry. For giving of taste the following components can be used: vanilla, pink pepper, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, citrus. Also it is possible to add natural syrups and honey to kissel.
4. In cranberry weight pour in boiled water and let's stand 15-20 minutes, then filter by means of a strainer in order that berry stones didn't get to kissel. Put cranberry water in a small pan on a plate. When fruit drink begins to begin to boil, it is necessary to add starched water.
5. Meanwhile prepare starched water. Starch should be dissolved in cold water, to mix that there were no lumps.
6. In the boiling cranberry water a thin stream pour in starched water, at the same time constantly stirring slowly. Make small fire and you cook kissel until thick. Pour hot kissel on glasses, sockets or mugs. In order that on a surface of cranberry kissel the film wasn't formed, it is necessary to strew from above sugar.
7. Cranberry kissel can be served as separate drink and also to use for preparation of desserts, pastries, casseroles, as gravy to fritters or pancakes.