The berries usually ripen by mid-summer, and there is often a very large harvest. Bird cherry trees are unpretentious and do not require any special conditions or care. In addition, their fruits contain a lot of E, C) and trace elements, amino acids and phytoncides, both fresh and in jam or jam. which has been known since ancient times, has a general strengthening and bactericidal effect on the body. In addition, it can improve the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, jam or jam from berries will be so useful in the cold season, when our immunity needs additional support.
from bird cherry
For 1 kilogram of berries you will need:
- 1.2 kg granulated sugar;
- a tablespoon of fresh lemon juice.
Clean the bird cherry from debris - leaves and twigs, wash and dry. Then transfer the berries to a bowl, add sugar, stir and leave overnight. During this time, juice will be given; it must be poured into a separate bowl. Now mix the contents of the basin, add freshly squeezed lemon juice and put on the fire, bring to a boil and cook for a quarter of an hour. Don't forget to stir - the bird cherry jam may burn. Then add the previously collected juice to the berries and cook for another 15 minutes. Done - now you can spread the jam, roll up the lids, cool, and then put it away in a dark place until winter.
Puree bird cherry jam
You can make the preparation not from whole berries, but from rubbed through a sieve. For 1 kg of bird cherry you will need:
- glass of water;
- 250-300 g granulated sugar.
Sort and rinse the berries, then put them in a saucepan. Add a little water and cook until the bird cherry becomes soft. Puree the berry mass through a sieve, add sugar and stir thoroughly. Place the product in jars, close the lids and sterilize in boiling water for twenty minutes. Then cool and store in a cool place until winter.
for the winter
In addition to jam, other preparations made from berries, such as compote, are also popular. To prepare it you will need:
- 1 kilogram of ripe berries;
- 300 g granulated sugar;
- 1.2 liters of water.
Be sure to sort out the bird cherry before cooking, the berries should be ripe, but not wrinkled or spoiled, then your compote will be rich, tasty, and a beautiful bright ruby color. Boil water in a saucepan, then add the berries and cook for a couple of minutes. Remove the dishes from the stove. Place the berries in a separate container for compote and discard the water. Now the bird cherry needs to be filled with sugar syrup (boil the specified amount of water with sugar) and left for 5-7 hours. After this, the berries must be removed from the container, filled with sterilized jars about a quarter full, and the syrup in which they were languishing must be boiled again, and then poured into the fruits. Done - now roll up the compote with lids, cool slightly and store in a dark place. In about a month, the berries will give up all their juice, the drink will be rich and very tasty. This is how many pieces can be made from ordinary bird cherry.
Bird cherry jam with seeds for the winter can be prepared from different varieties of bird cherry - white, black or red. Since the most common bird cherry is black bird cherry, various preparations for the winter are prepared mainly on its basis. Bird cherry can be prepared in two ways - with and without a pit. The second method of making jam is more labor-intensive, but worth it. I have already prepared a recipe for such jam and will tell you about it a little later. Today I want to show you how to make delicious and simple bird cherry jam with seeds for the winter without sterilization.
This type of jam is more like a thick bird cherry compote. Due to the fact that there will be seeds in it, such jam is not suitable as a filling for pies and pies. But at any time you can cook compote, jelly, make a cocktail or fruit drink from it. In addition, this jam can be used to prepare quick liqueur, liqueur or alcoholic cocktails, pour it over ice cream or casseroles.
Bird cherry jam with seeds for the winter is not only tasty, but also very healthy. In winter, when colds are common, a couple of spoons of this jam will help increase the body's defenses.
Simple bird cherry jam with seeds for the winter prepared from fresh bird cherry berries and sugar. In addition to these components, the composition of the jam can be enriched with other components. It turns out very tasty and healthy from bird cherry with sea buckthorn, chokeberry, orange, lemon, raspberry, honey, cinnamon.
To prepare this dessert, the proportions are as follows.
Ingredients:
- Bird cherry – 1 kg.,
- Sugar – 500 gr.,
- Water – 1 glass.
Bird cherry jam with seeds for the winter - recipe
Separate the bird cherry berries from the bunches.
Place them in a colander. Wash under running water. Leave the water to drain.
Pour into a bowl. Cover them with granulated sugar.
Stir.
After two hours, when the sugar has dissolved and syrup has formed, transfer the berries to a saucepan.
Pour in water. Boil the bird cherry berries in sugar syrup over low heat for 15 minutes.
At the same time, while the bird cherry jam with seeds for the winter is being cooked, sterilize the jars and tin lids. For jam, it is best to use small jars with a capacity of up to 700 ml. I boil the jars and lids in a large saucepan of boiling water. It takes 5 minutes to sterilize jars, sterilize lids for 2 minutes.
Using special tongs, remove the jars from the pan. Fill the jar with cherry jam with pits up to the shoulders.
Cover with a lid. Lock with a preservation key. Place the jars of bird cherry jam upside down and wrap them up. The next day, when they have cooled down, they can be transferred for further storage to a cold place. You can try this jam after just one week; this time is enough for the sugar syrup to become full of flavor. The finished black cherry jam has a piquant sweet taste with a characteristic tartness.
The shelf life of this jam, like any other berry jam with a seed, is no more than 6 months. I wish you successful and delicious preparations. I will be glad if this recipe for black cherry jam for the winter with pits you will need it. You can also cook
Description
Red bird cherry jam is not only an original winter preserve, but also a real find of useful properties and qualities. It is worth starting discussions of these very qualities from the tree itself. Thanks to deep-rooted superstitions, many gardeners believe that this tree is the main magnet for various insects and pests, but in reality the situation is completely different. Bird cherry is the worst enemy of garden animals and even mosquitoes cannot resist it. This tree also perfectly purifies the air and fills it with a subtle floral aroma, not too intrusive and sweet. In nature, there are two main types of bird cherry fruits: black and red. In this step-by-step recipe with photos, we will tell you how easy it is to prepare red bird cherry jam through a meat grinder for the winter.
The highlight of this recipe is that we will prepare the bird cherry jam together with the seeds and we will also grind these same seeds using a meat grinder. It is very important to understand that not a single blender will cope with the task; only a metal manual meat grinder will do. In addition to the bird cherry itself, we will only add sugar to the preparation in order to make it thick, even out the taste and ensure safety. A simple and clear recipe will allow you to cope with the creation of such a preparation, even if you are taking up canning for the first time. Let's start preparing delicious and unusual red bird cherry jam through a meat grinder at home for the winter.
Ingredients
Red bird cherry jam - recipe
We separate each berry from the bunch and place it in a deep basin or colander, then rinse the bird cherry in cold water several times, give it time to drain and dry completely. For this purpose, you can lay the berries in an even layer on a clean cotton cloth..
In portions, we begin to grind the bird cherry berries along with the seeds through a meat grinder as shown in the photo. Then we repeat the procedure one more time to consolidate the effect and better process our main ingredient. You can grind the bird cherry in this way until the seeds in the mass become completely invisible.
Transfer the finished mass, crushed to a puree, into an enamel pan, add the specified amount of granulated sugar to it, mix thoroughly and place on the stove. Bring the mixture to a boil over low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon.
We prepare the jam according to the following method: as soon as the crushed bird cherry with sugar has boiled, count 5 minutes of cooking and let the mixture cool completely for 2-3 hours, repeat the process at least 3-4 more times. It may seem that preparing such red bird cherry jam takes a lot of time, but most of it is spent cooling the mass.
Upon completion of all the manipulations, all that remains for us is to pour the hot jam into small glass jars, which must be thoroughly sterilized in advance using a dry method. These jars then need to be sealed, turned upside down, covered with a blanket and left in the kitchen until completely cooled. You can store such a healthy and vitamin-rich preparation either in the pantry or in a cooler place. Homemade thick red bird cherry jam through a meat grinder with seeds is ready for the winter.
Preparation of moonshine and alcohol for personal use
absolutely legal!
After the demise of the USSR, the new government stopped the fight against moonshine. Criminal liability and fines were abolished, and an article prohibiting the production of alcohol-containing products at home was removed from the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. To this day, there is not a single law that prohibits you and me from engaging in our favorite hobby - making alcohol at home. This is evidenced by the Federal Law of July 8, 1999 No. 143-FZ “On the administrative liability of legal entities (organizations) and individual entrepreneurs for offenses in the field of production and circulation of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol-containing products” (Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation, 1999, No. 28 , art. 3476).
Excerpt from the Federal Law of the Russian Federation:
"The effect of this Federal Law does not apply to the activities of citizens (individuals) who do not produce products containing ethyl alcohol for the purpose of marketing."
Moonshine in other countries:
In Kazakhstan in accordance with the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan On Administrative Offenses dated January 30, 2001 N 155, the following liability is provided. Thus, according to article 335 “Manufacture and sale of home-made alcoholic beverages”, illegal production for the purpose of selling moonshine, chacha, mulberry vodka, mash and other alcoholic beverages, as well as the sale of these alcoholic beverages, entails a fine in the amount of thirty monthly calculation indices with confiscation of alcoholic beverages , apparatus, raw materials and equipment for their manufacture, as well as money and other valuables received from their sale. However, the law does not prohibit the preparation of alcohol for personal purposes.
In Ukraine and Belarus things are different. Articles No. 176 and No. 177 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of Ukraine provide for the imposition of fines in the amount of three to ten tax-free minimum wages for the manufacture and storage of moonshine without the purpose of sale, for the storage without the purpose of sale of apparatus * for its production.
Article 12.43 repeats this information practically word for word. “Production or purchase of strong alcoholic beverages (moonshine), semi-finished products for their production (mash), storage of devices for their production” in the Code of the Republic of Belarus on Administrative Offenses. Paragraph No. 1 states: “Production by individuals of strong alcoholic beverages (moonshine), semi-finished products for their manufacture (mash), as well as storage of devices * used for their manufacture - entails a warning or a fine of up to five basic units with confiscation of the indicated drinks, semi-finished products and devices.
*You can still purchase moonshine stills for home use, since their second purpose is to distill water and obtain components for natural cosmetics and perfumes.
