Caloric content and chemical composition of black crowberry. Useful properties, harm and contraindications to the use of shiksha. How are the fruits of the plant eaten? Delicious berry recipes and interesting facts about them.
Recipes for dishes with black waterberry
Fresh crowberry can be sprinkled with sugar and eaten neat. It also goes well with dairy products: yogurt, curd mass, fermented milk cheese, yogurt, milk, kefir. It is recommended to store it in a glass container. Delicious preserves, jams, compotes, jam are obtained from the fruits of the plant, which can be used both for use with tea and as a filling for pies, pies, buns and other pastries.
Let's look at delicious recipes with black waterberry:
- Jam … First, peel the apples (1 kg), then pour boiling water over them and leave for 30 minutes. After that, cut the fruit into small pieces, load into the blender bowl and chop until smooth. Then wash the black waterberry berries (1 kg), cover them with sugar (1.5 kg) and leave under the lid for 2 hours. After this time, put the mass on low heat, cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, and add the prepared applesauce. Bring the mixture to a boil and keep on the stove for about an hour. When it's ready, pour the jam into pre-sterilized jars, roll up and turn upside down. Leave the jam in this form for 2-3 days, then lower the waterberry into the basement, if there is one, or put it in the refrigerator.
- Jelly … First, blanch the berries for 2-3 minutes in boiling water, then strain and squeeze out the juice. Add sugar (150 g) and citric acid (2 g) to it (1 cup), put the mixture on low heat. When it starts to boil, add gelatin (30 g) there, while stirring the mass. Then boil the jelly for about 5 minutes, remove from the stove, transfer to special molds and put in the freezer for an hour on average.
- Paste … In an enamel bowl, combine apple juice (250 ml), vanilla sugar (30 g) and regular sugar (1 kg). Then, while stirring, cook this mass for 20 minutes. After that, add the cranberries (1 kg) crushed with a blender and keep it on the fire for about 40 minutes. Next, chill the mixture, place in metal molds and dry in the oven at minimum temperature for about 30 minutes.
Interesting facts about the bear berry
Among the inhabitants of the North, especially those who lead a nomadic lifestyle, the dish "pusher" is widespread, which is prepared for the winter. It is made from the berries of the plant, seal oil and minced fish. He was mentioned by Vladimir Dal in the explanatory dictionary, calling it "Cyrillic".
Crowberry juice is suitable for dyeing leather and wool cherry color. Shiksha is a popular food for poultry and is also loved by deer and bears. In a number of regions, it is listed in the Red Book, this applies to the Nizhny Novgorod, Tula, Smolensk, Kostroma regions and some others. Black crowberry is also popular among the indigenous people of America. The Indians, like the inhabitants of Siberia, actively use it in winter. But in addition to fruits, they also use shoots with bush leaves, preparing infusions and decoctions from them for the treatment of digestive disorders.
Shiksha is often used in traditional Tibetan medicine, here it serves as a cure for various diseases of the kidneys and liver, disorders of the nervous system.
The plant has dark red stems and curled, oblong leaves. Crimson flowers consist of several petals, they are unisexual. The shrub blooms in spring and can bear fruit for up to 100 years throughout its life cycle. Watch a video about black waterberry:
Shiksha, although widespread in Eastern Europe, is still considered an exotic berry here. This is due to the fact that it is not grown in summer cottages, such as mountain ash or viburnum, and not everyone can afford to go to collect in the forest. But if you still see the black crowberry somewhere on the market, then we definitely recommend trying it.
