Useful properties of a red mountain ash are known to traditional medicine already several thousands of years. In this article we will talk about advantage of jam from this remarkable berry, we learn how to prepare a dessert for the winter.
Caloric content
Caloric content of mountain ash jam will be 290 kcal on 100 g of a product when metering only of two ingredients — directly berries and sugar.
At addition of other fruits their caloric content will increase.
Advantage and harm
Fruits of a red mountain ash pharmacologists in production of medicines from an anemia widely use, anemias, viral and infectious diseases.
Whether you know? The mountain ash in a Slavic belief is a keeper of a home. While the cluster of berries in the house remains whole and does not change color, nothing threatens matrimony.
Useful properties
As at heat treatment of berries the elements of structure remain almost in full, it is possible to speak about such useful properties of jam with confidence:
- increase in protective functions;
- cleaning of vessels of cholesteric plaques;
- normalization of work of a cardiac muscle;
- decrease in fragility of capillaries;
- fight against skin diseases;
- help in treatment of a hypertension;
- increase in working capacity;
- fight against chronic fatigue;
- increase in hemoglobin;
- improvement of mental activity, concentration of attention;
- normalization of a dream;
- strengthening of nervous system;
- liver cell regeneration, fight against her obesity;
- destruction of intestinal infections;
- recovering of an organism from poisonings;
- elimination of a meteorizm and dysbacteriosis
- bile-expelling and febrifugal properties.
Harmful
The dessert can be harmful to pregnant women because of the saturation of berries essential oils. About one year it is also not desirable for nursing mothers and children to use this product.
Whether you know? Besides what fruits of a mountain ash use in food, its wood and is successfully used long ago for production of furniture.
Delicacy from red fruits in the following states is contraindicated:
- the heart attack which is had recently or a stroke;
- the increased acidity of a stomach;
- exacerbation of gastritis; the increased blood clotting;
- ischemia;
- allergy to a mountain ash.
How to cook jam
It is the best of all to collect a mountain ash for jam after the first frosts, at this time it is deprived of characteristic bitterness. It is possible to use hybrid grades, for example granatny, it not bitter and contains more juice.
It is important! If berries were picked to the first frosts, then it is possible to place them in the freezer for day, after a defrosting the bitterness will leave.
Recipe 1
According to the recipe such products will be necessary:
- apples — 1 kg;
- mountain ash — 1 kg;
- walnuts — 200 g;
- sugar — 2 kg;
- water — 250 ml.
Sequence of actions:
- Mountain ash to rob from branches and garbage, to wash, place in the freezer for 20 minutes.
- To wash, clean and cut average segments apples.
Important! Grades of apples Antonovka, Simirenko or any firm grades best of all are suitable for this recipe.
- To weld syrup from water and all amount of sugar on slow fire, stirring slowly before dissolution of sugar grains.
- To clean nuts, to break on large pieces.
- To get a mountain ash from the freezer, to problanshirovat two minutes and to dip into cold water.
- Then to cast away berries on a colander and to allow to flow down to water.
- To place in capacity for jam making a mountain ash, apples, syrup and nuts, to mix.
- Cook jam in three steps, switching off after boiling and putting aside aside for a couple of hours. The last third time bring a product to full readiness.
- In in advance prepared banks the hot sweet gives all the best and it is closed by covers.
Video: a red mountain ash jam with apples and walnuts
Recipe 2
(Without heat treatment) it will be necessary for preparation of live jam for us:
- honey — 500 g;
- nuts — 500 g;
- fruits — 1 kg.
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Preparation:
- To tear off berries from branches, to put away the got garbage and to wash out under flowing water.
- By means of the blender or the meat grinder to grind berries with honey and nuts. It is necessary to fray all together, parts putting in a blender bowl.
- Then add honey to weight and carefully mix.
- Display a ready-made product on sterile banks, cork with covers. Store in the fridge.
It is not difficult to make winter delicacy, it is possible to experiment at the same time, combining fruits with other berries or fruit. One-two spoons will daily serve as prevention of cold in the winter, will strengthen heart, and the cup of tea with a fragrant dessert will warm a vprikuska and will lighten the mood.
Video: crude a red mountain ash jam with walnuts and honey