2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
The pleasant astringent taste of dogwood conquered many, and since then summer residents have begun to actively grow it on their plots. Cornel is very rich in ascorbic acid and various useful microelements, thanks to which it has found its use in folk medicine. This marvelous berry was not spared by the cooking - the extraordinary taste and aroma of dogwood simply could not go unnoticed! How to preserve the dogwood so that it delights us with its valuable properties for as long as possible?
Dried dogwood
Drying is the most optimal way to harvest these wonderful berries. In order to dry the dogwood, you first need to select only healthy and finally ripe berries, painted in bright red. It is important to try to avoid overripe or soft dogwood among the berries prepared for drying. In addition, the dogwood must not be affected by pests or diseases.
The sorted berries are thoroughly washed under cold running water. And to disinfect the berries, you can add soda or table vinegar to the water. After the berries are washed, the stalks are cut off from them.
There are three different ways to dry dogwood. First, it can be done in the oven. And if you have a special dryer, you can use it too. First, the dogwood is dried at a temperature of fifty to sixty degrees, and then the temperature is increased to seventy-seventy-five degrees.
Secondly, the dogwood dries perfectly in the sun. The washed berries, together with the seeds, are laid out on fabrics or on thick paper in places with minimal moisture. By the way, before doing this, you can blanch the dogwood in boiling water for two to five minutes. Then the berries are dried in the open air, trying in every possible way to avoid moisture and exposure to direct sunlight. The periodically drying dogwood must be stirred so that the berries dry evenly. And at night it is recommended to take them indoors. After about three or five days, the dogwood will dry up and can be stored.
And thirdly, the dogwood can be dried in the form of pita bread. Bones are removed from the washed berries by rubbing, and then the pulp, crushed into gruel, is laid out on a wooden board (or tray) in a thin continuous layer. Next, the resulting mass is exposed in a well-ventilated place in the open air. When the dogwood is dry, rather long stripes will appear on the boards - these are lavash. And so that unusual pita bread does not rot, the crushed dogwood pulp can be slightly salted before drying. Such pita bread is usually used as a seasoning.
To make the dried berries sweet and viscous, the pre-cooked dogwood is dipped in hot sugar syrup for six to eight hours, after which the mass is allowed to cool. Then the berries are thrown into a colander, and after a few minutes they are again poured with heated syrup. After five to six hours, the dogwood with syrup is brought to a boil, once again thrown into a colander and distributed over clean paper for subsequent drying.
Dried dogwood is stored in dry, dark places packed in cardboard boxes or linen bags.
Freeze dogwood
Frozen berries are good because they retain their beneficial properties to the maximum. Moreover, the taste of frozen dogwood is significantly improved. Ripe berries intended for freezing are sorted out and washed, after which they are allowed to dry thoroughly. Then the dogwood is poured onto a pallet, which is sent to the freezer. Frozen berries are transferred to plastic bags and tied tightly.
Cornel jam
A kilogram of dogwood is first washed and then blanched in boiling water for about a minute. Next, the dogwood is transferred to the boiled syrup and boiled for about seven minutes (to prepare the syrup, you will need one and a half kilograms of sugar and 300 ml of water). After such a short cooking time, the jam is set aside so that it cools down at room temperature, and then boiled again. Then, once again repeating the procedure from start to finish, lay out the cooked delicacy in jars and immediately roll it up.
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