Cowberry – an evergreen plant which has an appearance of a small bush. Berries of cowberry contain a large amount of vitamins, minerals, pectins. From it fine preparations for the winter which fill an organism with the mass of useful substances turn out.
Cowberry syrup
For the winter from cowberry it is possible to weld syrup. For this purpose it will be required to you: - 1 kg of berry;
- 3 cups of water; - 300 g of sugar;
- 3 tablespoons of citric acid. Touch mature cowberry, wash out it in cold water and shift in the enameled ware. From water, sugar and lemon juice weld syrup, fill in with it berries and leave them to infuse at several o'clock. Then shift cowberry in sterilized to bank. Bring syrup to the boil and fill in with it berry, cork capacity a cover. It is necessary to store syrup in the cool place.
Cowberry jam
Cowberry jam possesses a pleasant flavor and aroma, it can be used as a stuffing for pies, to decorate with it house cakes and cakes. To make jam, it is required to you: - 1 kg of berries; - 1.5 kg of sugar; - 2 cups of water. Fill in cowberry with boiled water and cast away in a few minutes on a sieve. Place berries in a pan, pour in it hot syrup from water and sugar. You cook jam of 15-20 minutes, surely skimming.
It is possible to add several apples or pears cut on small pieces to cowberry jam.
Soaked cowberry
One more way to prepare cowberry for the winter is to make soaked berry. Such preparation well will approach meat dishes, it can be added to cabbage salads, vinaigrettes. Take 1 kg of berries, touch it and clean from garbage, well wash out and cast away on a sieve that water flew down. From 1 liter of water, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1 tsp of salt, a pinch of cinnamon and couple of buds of a carnation weld syrup. It is necessary to cook it within 10 minutes, constantly skimming.
For improvement of digestion it is possible to prepare cowberry water. For this purpose ripe cowberry needs to be placed in the enameled can, to fill in with cool boiled water and to insist 2-3 weeks.
Spread out cowberry on banks and fill in with hot syrup. Cover banks with parchment and you store them in the cool place.
Cowberry jelly
Fine dessert which can also be given to bird and meat dishes – cowberry to jelly. It is cooked from mature berries which place in the enameled ware and cook on fire without water addition. It is necessary to cook cowberry until it doesn't burst. After that the turned-out liquid needs to be filtered through a gauze. It is necessary to add the same amount of honey or granulated sugar to cowberry juice and to cook before formation of jelly. Ready jelly needs to be spread out on the sterilized banks and to roll up covers. Keep in a cool place.