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Hawthorn is often used to make homemade preparations, decoctions, tinctures, and even preserves and jams. This is a berry with a lot of vitamins. Hawthorn marshmallow at home is also popular. It is easy to prepare, and you need a minimum amount of products.
Secrets of making marshmallow from hawthorn
There are many vitamins and microelements in the finished dessert, as in the hawthorn itself. It is best to use berries that are harvested in October or September. These must be fruits without mold, disease, and also without signs of rot. The berries must be washed and sorted out, sepals torn off from them.
The finished delicacy is best stored cut into squares and sprinkled with sugar. There are several recipes for preparing a sweet treat, but the hostesses choose a variety of cooking variations.
In any case, a healing product is obtained that will increase hemoglobin, normalize blood pressure, strengthen immunity, normalize sleep and relieve anxiety.
Raw hawthorn marshmallow
To prepare marshmallows without boiling berries, you need to use simple ingredients: hawthorn, honey, a little water. The cooking method is very simple:
- All berries, washed and dried, grind through a meat grinder along with the seeds.
- Add liquid natural honey.
- Put on a baking sheet in a layer 1,5 cm thick. Pre-moisten the baking sheet with cold water.
- Place the baking sheet in a slightly preheated oven and wait until the marshmallow is obtained.
- Cut the finished product into squares and put in a glass jar.
It is necessary to store the delicacy in a dark, dry place, without signs of moisture.
Boiled and grated marshmallow from hawthorn
You can also cook a delicacy according to a different recipe. To do this, the hawthorn will have to be boiled and ground. This is a more complex cooking option, but suitable even for beginner cooks. At the same time, despite the heat treatment, vitamins and microelements are preserved, and the product remains useful for strengthening immunity. Ingredients:
- 1,5 kg of berries;
- granulated sugar at the rate of 200 g per 1 kg of puree.
Method for preparing a delicious medicine for tea:
- Rinse the berries and lay them out on a towel to dry.
- Put the fruits in a saucepan and cook until they become soft.
- Rub the boiled berries through a sieve.
- Weigh the puree and add sugar to it.
- Spread on a flat wooden surface in a layer of 1–1,5 cm and place in the oven.
- The temperature should be 60 ° C, hold for several hours.
- Pull out and leave for a few days in a dry and ventilated area.
- Cut into squares.
- Roll in powdered sugar.
Can be folded into a plastic or glass container, stored in a dry place. Excellent medicine for high blood pressure, besides tasty. Nice to eat at any age.
Pastila from hawthorn and apples
Hawthorn marshmallow in video recipes is often prepared not only from berries, but also using additional ingredients. Then the delicacy turns out to be both tasty and healthy.
Products for a dessert that can be consumed by hypertensive patients, as well as people to strengthen immunity:
- 1 kg of apples and hawthorn fruits;
- half a kilogram of granulated sugar;
- half a liter of water.
Instructions for making pasta:
- Rinse the berries, add some water and simmer over low heat.
- Prepare a puree by rubbing the red fruits through a sieve.
- Prepare apple puree and mix it with hawthorn, grated through a sieve.
- Pour sugar and cook until the desired density.
- Pour onto a baking sheet in a 1 cm layer.
- Dry and then sprinkle with sugar for preservation.
The product can be served with tea or stored in jars for the winter. The product is healthy and surprisingly tasty, and with the right approach, it can be stored for a month and a half.
Recipe for hawthorn marshmallow in the oven
For cooking goodies at home, the oven is best suited. You will need a washed and sorted hawthorn, which must be put in an enameled pan and poured over a third of the fruit with water. Then the following steps follow:
- Add granulated sugar at the rate of 200 grams of sugar per 1 kg of berries.
- Boil for half an hour until the consistency of jam.
- Cool and rub through a sieve to rid the fruit of the seeds.
- Spread thick jam on a wooden board and place in the oven.
- The temperature should not exceed 70 degrees.
- To check the readiness after 6-7 hours, press the marshmallow. Fingerprints should not be left.
The delicacy is ready, you can gather the whole family for tea.
Pastila from hawthorn in an electric dryer
In an electric dryer, you can cook berries without boiling. This will preserve vitamins and healing properties.
Products for delicacies are the same: hawthorn, sugar. Berries must be doused with boiling water in a colander. Then grind the fruits and rid them of the seeds. Can be done through a meat grinder or juicer. In the resulting puree, add granulated sugar to taste, which can be replaced with natural honey.
After that, put the resulting mass on special trays for marshmallow. Set the electric dryer to the medium drying mode and so hold the product for 7 hours. After that, reduce the temperature in the device to a minimum and wait another 2 hours.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar and put in cardboard boxes.
Rules for storing hawthorn marshmallow
To store marshmallows at home, you must follow a few rules. You can store such a dessert in glass jars or canvas bags. A cardboard box, a plastic container is also suitable.
The temperature for storing a healthy dessert is +15 ° C plus or minus a couple of degrees. Humidity in the room for long-term storage should not exceed 60%. In this case, the delicacy is easily stored for 40-45 days.
He does not like marshmallows and direct sunlight, and therefore it is better to choose dark places for storage without excess moisture.
Conclusion
Hawthorn marshmallow at home will not only be a delicious treat for tea, but also an excellent medicine that will help normalize sleep and pressure, strengthen the immune system and give vitality. You can cook in the oven and in the electric dryer. There are recipes where you need to boil berries, but there are options for raw food lovers. After preparing a delicious dessert, it is important to properly package and store it in order to enjoy the exquisite taste of a sweet, healthy recipe at any time.