Black Chokeberry Blanks

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Chokeberry is a source of vitamins and other nutrients that are stored in berries in a variety of preparations. Having prepared them, the housewives provide their family with fragrant and tasty medicine for the whole winter. Until the 19th century, the shrub called chokeberry was used only for decorative purposes, later the famous botanist and breeder Michurin discovered the healing properties of the chokeberry. From this moment on, chokeberry berries are an indispensable attribute of a healthy diet. Despite the fact that some berries predominate in terms of the content of useful components and leave the chokeberry behind, the berry deserves special attention

Composition and benefits

Beautiful shiny fruits of black or black-blue color, with a sour-sweet taste in tart notes, are a source of vitamins E, C, PP and vitamins of group B. They are rich in trace elements (boron, iron, iodine, manganese, copper and molybdenum), carotene, own sugars (fructose and glucose) and other medicinal substances.

Berries have a number of useful properties, they stimulate brain activity, have a positive effect on immunity, normalize blood pressure, and also relieve fatigue. Doctors advise using chokeberry for overwork, scarlet fever, radiation sickness, measles and other diseases.

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Berries are useful for hypertensive patients, since they can lower blood pressure. Berries are also effective for kidney diseases, atherosclerosis and high cholesterol levels. In huge quantities, chokeberry berries contain pectin substances that remove toxins, radioactive substances and heavy metal salts from the human body. Also, chokeberry has a positive effect on the work of the endocrine system and liver.

The juice obtained from chokeberry berries helps to strengthen blood vessels. Chokeberry is especially useful for pregnant women, as it contains flavonoids. Like any other fruit and berry crops, the chokeberry has some contraindications. Berries and preparations from it are not recommended for hypotonic patients, as well as for people with gastritis, stomach and duodenal ulcers and thrombophlebitis.

Popular chokeberry blanks

Chokeberry jam

To make chokeberry jam, 1 kg of berries are taken for 1, 3 kg of sugar and 250 ml of water. Before laying the berries in a saucepan or basin with boiled syrup, they are thoroughly washed and freed from debris, stalks and rotten specimens. For a few minutes, the prepared berries on a sieve are dipped into boiling water, after which they are poured into boiled sugar syrup. The berries are boiled for about 10-15 minutes, after which they are removed from the heat and cooled for 2-4 hours. Then the semi-finished product is again put on the fire, brought to a boil and cooked for 10-15 minutes. Hot jam is poured into small jars (up to 500 ml) and sealed or rolled up with lids. For those who do not tolerate monotony, they can add walnuts, apples or pears and lemon to the jam. In this case, for 1 kg of berries, 1.5 kg of sugar, 200-250 g of nuts, 300 g of sweet apples (or pears) and 1 lemon are taken.

Chokeberry compote

To prepare a compote from chokeberry for 1 liter of water, 400-500 g of sugar will be required, the number of berries is at your discretion. If a 3-liter jar is used, fill it with 1/3 of the berries. Before laying the berries in sterilized jars, they are washed and dried, then poured with boiling water for three minutes and drained. After that, the jars with berries are filled to the edge of the neck with hot sugar syrup, covered with lids and rolled up. Chokeberry compote will be ready for use in 30-35 days. In order to extend the shelf life, citric acid is added to the jar along with the sugar syrup. To improve the taste characteristics of compote, in addition to blackberry, it is not forbidden to use plums, apples and pears.

Jam from fresh chokeberry berries

Making black chokeberry jam will not take much time, moreover, in terms of the content of nutrients, such a preparation prevails over any others. The washed berries are ground or twisted through a meat grinder with sugar in equal proportions. Before proceeding with twisting, it is advisable to scald the berries with boiling water, so the dense skin will soften. It is important to consume the blank within 2-3 weeks, otherwise it will become moldy. By the way, you can use frozen berries for jam, which are defrosted before twisting. To preserve the jam for a longer period, the resulting mass is boiled for several minutes. For a change, you can add apples to the blackberry (for 1 kg of berries - 300-400 g of apples) or quince (for 1 kg of berries - 350-400 g of quince).