What is raspberry vinegar, calorie content and composition. Benefits and harm to the body, use in cooking and home cosmetics.
Raspberry vinegar is a food product, a seasoning that is obtained by fermenting raspberries (concentrate or juice) with the help of vinegar bacteria, alcohol-containing raw materials or yeast. Consistency - liquid; smell - rich raspberry; color - crimson, different saturation; taste - tart, sweetish, pungent, spicy. The liquid is transparent, but the presence of sediment is allowed. It is widely used in cooking.
How is raspberry vinegar made?
You can buy this seasoning at the store or make your own. Special kitchen accessories made of glass, ceramics, wood. Short-term use of enameled dishes is allowed - when mixing, squeezing berries or straining. But no metal accessories - aluminum, stainless steel or copper. The product will be hopelessly spoiled.
There are many homemade raspberry vinegar recipes:
- The easiest way … For cooking, you need a 3 liter glass jar. The fruits (volume 1 liter) are pounded directly in the jar. Pour 1 liter of balsamic or apple cider vinegar 6%, cover and shake. Put away in a dark place. After 3 weeks, it is filtered, poured into glass bottles and put into the refrigerator.
- Express method … Berries, 200 g, mash, as described in the previous recipe, pour apple cider vinegar, 300 ml, and leave to infuse at room temperature for 2-3 hours. It is not necessary to clean in the dark, but it is advisable to choose a place so that direct sunlight does not fall. Pour the infusion into a saucepan, let it boil, add 1 tbsp. l. sugar and cook for 5 minutes. Cool, leave to marinate for a day. In the morning they filter, bottled, and you can already use it.
- Of wine … To prepare raspberry vinegar, the acidified wine is poured into a glass jar (together with the precipitated sediment), the volume of which is 5 times larger than the amount of the original ingredient, and diluted with warm boiled water in a 1: 3 ratio. Stir in 300 g of sugared honey and leave in a dark place for fermentation, shaking occasionally for 10 days 2 times a day, another 10 - 1 times, the remaining time 1 time in 2-3 days. The duration of fermentation is 50-55 days. At the end of fermentation, the product is filtered.
- From juice … The already slightly spoiled fermented berries are squeezed out, the juice is poured into a glass jar. A piece of rye bread soaked in apple cider vinegar is dipped into it. The neck is closed with gauze folded in several layers, and removed for 4-4, 5 weeks in a dark place, stirring occasionally. When fermentation is over, filter and put in a cold place, bottling in dark glass bottles.
- Yeast recipe … Frozen raspberries, 300 g, are put to thaw, draining the water as necessary. Balsamic vinegar, 360 ml, bring to a boil, dissolve 160 g of white sugar in it and pour the berries until the liquid has cooled. Stir in 1 tbsp. l. dry fast yeast. Leave under gauze folded in several layers for 2 days at room temperature. Strain the juice, wash the cake with a little water and squeeze it into juice. Leave for another 2 days, and then filter and pour into glass containers.
- From concentrate … Stir food concentrate into balsamic, apple or ordinary table vinegar, 6%, let stand for 1-2 hours, filter and cool.
- Self-fermentation recipe … 800 g of berries are poured into a glass jar with a volume of 3 liters, slightly crushed so that the juice stands out. Pour sugar, 100 g, and pour warm water, 1 liter. Close the neckline with a cotton cloth and put it in a dark, warm place for 10 days. Stir 2-3 times a day with a wooden stick or spoon. A film will form on the surface - a vinegar uterus. Already for 2-3 days, when shaking it, it is better not to break it, but to bend it and stir it under it. In the future, it can be transferred to another dish, like kombucha, to speed up the preparation of raspberry vinegar. After 10 days, you no longer need to interfere. The contents of the jar are left to ferment for another 2 weeks. The only thing that is needed is to periodically change the gauze on the neck if an unpleasant odor appears. Filter the cloudy liquid, pour it back into the jar and remove it to infuse for another 2 weeks. During this time, a precipitate forms. The filtration is repeated, the liquid is poured into glass bottles. The food product is ready.
If you don't feel like fiddling with cooking, you can buy raspberry vinegar from the store. But to be sure that the composition is 100% natural, it is still better to prepare it yourself.
Advice! To get a special aroma and taste, you can put 2-3 oak chips and a cinnamon stick in the container during the fermentation process. This is exactly what they do in France.
Composition and calorie content of raspberry vinegar
In the photo, raspberry vinegar
The berry product is valued for its naturalness and aromatic qualities. It contains no preservatives, stabilizers or flavorings.
The calorie content of raspberry vinegar is 21 kcal per 100 g, of which:
- Proteins - 0 g;
- Fat - 0 g;
- Carbohydrates - 0, 93 g;
- Inorganic substances - 0.17 g.
The content of sugars (disaccharides) in raspberry vinegar, if no sweetener was added during the manufacturing process, is up to 0.4 g. Glucose (dextrose) - 0.1 g, fructose - 0.3 g.
There are vitamins in the composition of raspberry vinegar, but there are very few of them, since it is these substances that are the food of acetic acid bacteria. Niacin, ascorbic acid, vitamin K.
Minerals per 100 g:
- Calcium, Ca - 7mg;
- Iron, Fe - 0.2 mg;
- Magnesium, Mg - 5 mg;
- Phosphorus, P - 8 mg;
- Potassium, K - 73 mg;
- Sodium, Na - 5 mg;
- Zinc, Zn - 0.04 mg;
- Copper, Cu - 0, 008 mg;
- Manganese, Mn - 0.249 mg;
- Selenium, Se - 0.1 mcg.
The benefits and harms of raspberry vinegar are provided by the following compounds:
- Pectins and tannins - create favorable conditions for the existence of beneficial flora colonizing the small intestine;
- Antioxidants - inhibit the formation of neoplasms and suppress the production of atypical cells and malignant transformation;
- Alcohols and aldehydes - inhibit the activity of pathogenic microorganisms, but irritate the digestive tract;
- Tartaric, acetic and lactic acid - increase the production of bile salts and pepsin;
- Enzymes - suppress fermentation and putrefactive processes by accelerating the digestion of food, but have an aggressive effect on the gastric mucosa.
Thanks to these substances, a low-calorie product is introduced into a weight loss diet. It gives a pleasant taste to dishes and stimulates appetite, but due to the acceleration of digestion, absorption does not occur in full, which means that the fat layer is not formed.
The benefits of raspberry vinegar
Due to its healing properties, this food product is used in traditional medicine recipes and home cosmetic formulations.
Raspberry Vinegar Benefits:
- Has antipyretic effect.
- Suppresses viral, fungal and bacterial activity. With angina or pharyngitis, it is used to gargle the throat - 1 tbsp. l. in a glass of warm water. Dressings and lotions with this product stop purulent-inflammatory processes.
- Stimulates the production of digestive enzymes, accelerates the digestion of food.
- Prevents bad breath.
- Reduces blood cholesterol levels, cleanses blood vessels.
- Increases blood clotting.
- Reduces the incidence of diabetes mellitus, can be used for cooking with this disease, despite the rather high glycemic index - up to 40 units.
- Stimulates the work of the salivary glands. The acid-base balance in the oral cavity shifts to the acidic side, the incidence of caries and periodontal disease decreases.
During pregnancy and hangover, raspberry vinegar can be used to suppress nausea. 0.5-1 tsp seasonings are dissolved in 250 ml of boiled water and drunk in small sips, as soon as nausea is felt.
External application of the product accelerates hair growth, improves skin quality, and suppresses the development of acne.
Contraindications and harm of raspberry vinegar
Abuse negatively affects the general condition of the body. Calcium is washed out, which can lead to osteoporosis; blood clotting increases, which accelerates the development of varicose veins and there is a risk of thrombophlebitis.
Eating raspberry vinegar is harmful for allergies to sweet juicy fruits. After all, the basic chemical composition of the berries is preserved.
During an exacerbation of pyelonephritis and cystitis, you will have to give up berry vinegar. The product is used with caution in diseases of the digestive tract, including peptic ulcer, gastritis with high acidity, chronic pancreatitis and gallstone disease, erosions of the digestive tract, frequent colitis.
Raspberry Vinegar Recipes
This seasoning is rarely used. Even not all chefs are familiar with the original taste. Most often it is added to salads or marinades for preparing meat or fish dishes.
Raspberry Vinegar Recipes:
- Norwegian salmon … Chilled fish (or fillets) are cut and cut into portions. Asparagus, 4 stalks, peeled, blanch for 1-2 minutes in slightly salted water, and then placed in crushed ice (a glass is enough). Boil the sauce: pour 50 ml of raspberry vinegar into a small ladle, bring to a boil and stir in 1 tbsp. l. olive oil, raspberry puree, 1 tsp. honey, stir until it begins to thicken. Pieces of salmon are rubbed with white pepper, grilled on both sides until golden brown. Spread on a plate a piece of fish, over an asparagus stalk and pour over the sauce.
- Pickled onion … 2 tbsp. l. fresh chopped mint is poured with the same amount of spicy sweet seasoning and allowed to stand for 2 hours. Then filter, removing the thick, and immerse the rings of red sweet onions. The dish is ready in an hour. It can be served with meat or used as an ingredient in salads.
- Quinoa with vegetables … Grits, 1 glass, boil until tender, pouring water in a ratio of 1: 2 by volume, stirring occasionally. This process usually takes 25-30 minutes. Cut 3 ripe tomatoes and 2 red bell peppers into thin slices. Mix the porridge with vegetables, add slices (1 bunch) of green onions and 4-5 sprigs of cilantro, season with 2 tbsp. l. raspberry vinegar.
- Vegetables with marshmallow and sauce … Cooking begins one day before serving. To make it, beat in a blender bowl: raspberry vinegar (50 ml), grape seed oil (100 ml), 2 tbsp. l. granulated sugar and 20 g of grated fresh ginger root. Allow to stand in the refrigerator for a day, rub through a sieve and stir in a little olive oil. Separately, in a blender bowl, mix in mashed potatoes: 50 g of lettuce and 100 g of strawberries, 2-3 sprigs of basil, 30 g of Ricotta cheese, 1 tbsp. l. corn salad, 2 chives feathers. Wipe the puree through a sieve, put in a ladle, add 20 g of starch, previously diluted in warm water, bring to a boil and knead for 2-3 minutes. The thick paste is laid out on a silicone mat and dried in the oven at 60 ° C for 20-24 hours. Bulgarian pepper is baked in the oven, peeled, cut into thin ribbons. Cucumbers are chopped into slices. Vegetables are served with marshmallow, and several tablespoons of sauce are placed next to it right on a plate.
See also recipes for balsamic vinegar dressings.
Interesting facts about raspberry vinegar
Vinegar appeared at the same time as wine, that is, many centuries BC. For example, in ancient China, during the reign of the Zhou dynasty, a hieroglyph for this seasoning already appeared - and it was in 399 BC. NS.
In Russia, the manufacture and use of raspberry vinegar is described in documents dating from the 16th century, but this does not mean that they did not know about it before. Most likely, on the contrary, it was a well-known product, and chefs based on it prepared many delicacies, so they did not perceive it as a special ingredient.
The price of raspberry vinegar depends on the raw materials and the manufacturer. In Russia, you can buy a 500 ml container for 280-300 rubles, in Ukraine - the same amount for 80-100 UAH.
Interestingly, it is more often offered not as a food product, but as a cosmetic product. For example, the Yves Rocher Raspberry Vinegar Rinse Aid is popular, although it costs much more than a natural product. However, you can use a homemade product for hair care. It is advisable to choose formulations without sugar.
How to use raspberry vinegar for hair:
- To make the curls soft, shiny and obedient, after washing the hair, the strands are rinsed in a solution - 1 tbsp. l. raspberry seasoning in 1 liter of water. You do not need to wash off.
- To stimulate the work of hair follicles, raspberry vinegar is intervened, 1 tbsp. l., in a glass of kefir, rubbed into the roots of the hair, insulate for half an hour.
- For dandruff for dry hair, mix 1 tbsp. l. yogurt, berry vinegar, juice from 1 onion, 1 tsp. honey. Apply for 15-20 minutes.
- For seborrhea with hyperfunction of the sebaceous glands, it is enough to dissolve the raspberry oxidizer in ordinary water, in a ratio of 1: 2 or 1: 3, depending on individual sensitivity.
When washing off a homemade mask, be sure to use a rinse aid with the same ingredient. Health improvement course - up to 2 months, no more than 2-3 times a week.
Those who got acquainted with raspberry vinegar leave enthusiastic reviews. It is noted that it gives a new taste to dishes, improves appetite, and improves mood. Those who have already tried cosmetics based on this ingredient also boast of the results.
You need to store the spicy seasoning, especially when making it yourself, in the refrigerator for 8-12 months. It's okay if sediment appears. It has no effect on taste and beneficial properties.
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