Blackberry pastille

Pastila from chokeberry is healthy and tasty. Having prepared such a dessert, you can not only enjoy a pleasant taste, but also saturate the body with vitamins.

How to make marshmallow from chokeberry at home

To properly make a delicacy, you need to carefully sort out each berry so that you do not come across spoiled ones. It is desirable to collect chokeberry fully ripe, otherwise it will have an astringent taste.

A simple recipe for marshmallow chokeberry

Necessary ingredients:

• 1 kg of ripe chokeberry berries;
• sugar – 300 g;
• 300 g of viburnum;
• orange.

Preparation:

1. Sort the chokeberry and rinse thoroughly with water, process in a meat grinder, put the mixture in a thick-walled bowl.
2. Mix with sugar, put on the stove. Cook until a consistency similar to thick sour cream is obtained.
3. Add viburnum juice to chokeberry. If it is not available, you can use apple or plum juice.
4. In the mixture with chokeberry, put orange zest chopped in a meat grinder.
5. Wait until the workpiece becomes the desired thick consistency, remove from heat, cool.
6. Prepare the brazier. Lay parchment paper soaked in butter on it.
7. The resulting mass is laid in a layer of about 1,5 cm – for drying.
8. Next, you need to cut the finished marshmallow into strips or diamonds (depending on individual preferences), sprinkle with powdered sugar and transfer to a glass jar.

Pastila from chokeberry and apples

To make black ashberry marshmallow at home, you need the following ingredients:

• blackberry – 1 kg;
• apples – 1 kg;
• sugar – 1 kg.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Place all ingredients in a bowl, mix thoroughly.
2. Cover the basin with a lid and leave in a warm place for about 6 hours. During this time, the berries will begin to thaw and secrete juice, in which sugar will dissolve.
3. Bring the composition of chokeberry to a boil, cooking for about 20 minutes over medium heat. Cool down.
4. Beat the resulting mass, and then bring to a boil again. Cool down. The procedure is repeated until the workpiece becomes thick enough.
5. Dry the finished treat in a dry place.

It is advisable to spread the marshmallow on cling film or special baking paper. The dessert will dry completely in about 4 days, but an electric dryer or oven is used to speed up the process.

Unusual recipe for blackberry marshmallow with egg white

Ingredients:

• 10 glasses of chokeberry;
• 5 glasses of sugar;
• two raw eggs (protein).

Preparation:

1. With a wooden spoon, gently crush the fruit, add sugar.
2. Cover the top of the pot with a lid and put it in the oven. Cook at medium temperature. When the juice appears, stir the mixture again to better dissolve the sugar.
3. Rub the resulting mass through a sieve and cool.
4. Add egg white.
5. The workpiece is whipped until it acquires a white tint.
6. Transfer the mixture to a container, filling it a third.
7. Transfer the container to a slightly preheated oven to dry the marshmallow.

Cover the pastille storage tray with paper, put a treat there, cover with a lid and leave in a dry place.

Pastila from black and red rowan with honey

Ingredients:

• 250 g of red fruits;
• 250 g blackberries;
• 250 g of honey.

Preparation:

1. Defrost the berries at room temperature to make it easier to grind them in a blender. Add honey and stir.
2. In order for the delicacy to be stored for a long time, the mass must be boiled for half an hour, constantly stirring.
3. Pour the resulting mixture onto a tray. But first you need to grease parchment paper with refined oil. The layer of marshmallow should be no more than 0,5 cm.
4. Place in oven at 50°C to dry. You can combine: keep in the oven for half an hour 2 times a day, and then on the windowsill.
5. Cut the marshmallow into small pieces and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Drying marshmallow from chokeberry in a dryer

For the preparation of blackberry marshmallows in the dryer, a solid tray is used. In time, it will take from 12 to 16 hours with an average operation of the equipment.

Modern housewives prefer to make marshmallows from chokeberries in an electric dryer, since you do not need to constantly monitor the cooking process. The device will do everything on its own after setting up. So that the delicacy does not stick to the tray, it is covered with vegetable oil.

Other ways to dry marshmallow

To dry the dessert, they also use a conventional oven or an open space where the delicacy will take shape in natural conditions.

Drying in the oven:

1. Lay parchment paper coated with vegetable oil.
2. Spread puree.
3. Heat the oven to 150°C.
4. Place a baking sheet inside.
5. Cook with the oven door open.

To dry the workpiece in natural conditions, you will need to wait about 4 days.

Storage of blackberry marshmallow

Treats can be stored in:

1. Glass jar.
2. Wooden box.
3. Paper.
4. Food container.
5. Canvas bag.

Pastila is stored at home for about 2 months, if the lid of the container is always closed. The temperature inside the house should be more than 20 ° C, humidity – 65%.

The delicacy should not be stored in the open sun, as it will quickly deteriorate.

Conclusion

Aronia pastille is a healthy dessert dish that is loved not only by children, but also by adults. To make the right treat, you need to clearly follow the instructions, and then follow the storage rules.

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