Pitless bird cherry jam. Step-by-step recipe with photos. Ground bird cherry – product description with photos, composition and calorie content; how to properly grind dry berries, application; beneficial properties and harm Cook ground bird cherry
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Ground bird cherry is the dried and crushed fruits of the bird cherry tree. The plant gets along well in the difficult Russian climate. Although its homeland is considered to be East Asia (China) and Africa (Morocco). Flowers, fruits and even tree bark have a unique healing composition, and therefore at all times they have been actively used in the prevention and treatment of various diseases. However, ground bird cherry has also found its place in cooking. The first in our country to make flour from the fruits of the tree and mix it as a healthy additive into ordinary wheat or rye flour were Siberians and residents of the Urals. However, a similar tradition has existed since ancient times in other countries. Powder from the fruits of the bird cherry tree makes dishes not only healthier, but also tastier. The flour is brown in color and has a pleasant almond smell.
Calorie content and composition of ground bird cherry
Almost all vitamins, except B12, are found in ground bird cherry; it also contains a large number of macroelements and other useful components.
The calorie content of ground bird cherry is 101 kcal per 100 g of product, of which:
- Proteins - 8.4 g;
- Fats - 0 g;
- Carbohydrates - 16.8 g.
Microelements per 100 g:
- Iron - 0.2 mg;
- Cobalt - 10000 mcg
- Manganese - 1 mg;
- Copper - 100 mcg;
- Zinc - 0.3 mg.
In addition, the fruits of the tree contain pectin, which is a specific analogue of fiber, as well as benzoaldehyde, which provides the plant with phytoncidal properties - in other words, an antibacterial and antifungal effect.
Useful properties of ground bird cherry
Due to its rich chemical composition, bird cherry flour is used everywhere in folk medicine. Biologically active substances contained in large quantities in fruits have a beneficial effect on the activity of all systems and organs. However, it is important to understand that the positive effect of bird cherry flour is fully revealed only when it is regularly consumed.
Let's take a closer look at the benefits of ground bird cherry
- Anti-inflammatory effect. The reason for this beneficial effect is the phytoncidal properties of the fruit, which we have already discussed above. Thanks to these properties, bird cherry flour works as a natural antiseptic, actively fighting the pathogenic environment. The phytoncidal properties of the plant are so great that it can not only have a preventive effect, but also actively fight against already developing inflammatory processes of any nature, even venereal ones.
- Normalization of the gastrointestinal tract. Tannins and other beneficial components contained in the fruit help improve the functioning of the digestive system and fight its disorders, especially diarrhea. A pronounced antispasmodic effect prevents pain in the gastrointestinal tract.
- Prevention and treatment of colds. The high content of ascorbic acid and other vitamins in fruits helps prevent respiratory infections. At the same time, a pronounced diaphoretic and antipyretic effect in combination helps to cure any cold in the shortest possible time.
- Strengthening blood vessels. The flavonoids contained in ground bird cherry help strengthen the walls of blood vessels, especially capillaries. In addition, the vessels become more elastic.
- Beneficial effect on the nervous system. The fruits of the plant have an amazing effect on the nervous system. On the one hand they tone, on the other they calm. In this way, a person can relieve excessive emotionality associated with stress or other reasons, without the side effect of relaxation and loss of concentration.
- Strengthening men's health. The tonic effect that bird cherry has has a positive effect on men's health, increasing potency. Thus, flour from the fruits of this tree can safely be called an aphrodisiac.
- Blood purification. Ground bird cherry is rich in vitamin PP and pectin, which in combination prevent the absorption of cholesterol into the blood and remove excess cholesterol from the body. In addition, these same components help cleanse the blood of other harmful toxins.
- Strengthening the immune system. Increasing the body's defenses as a whole is a beneficial effect that bird cherry owes to three components, such as vitamin C, beta-carotene and flavonoids. This trio, working in combination, actively stimulates the immune system and prevents the development of cancer processes.
- Normalization of the urinary system. Bird cherry fruits have a pronounced diuretic effect, and the essential oils they contain have a positive effect on kidney health. Thus, their regular use is an excellent prevention of diseases of the urinary system.
- Strengthening joints. Ground bird cherry also has a positive effect on joints. It heals and strengthens them, helps remove heavy metal salts. Thus, eating fruit flour is an excellent prevention of arthritis, rheumatism and other similar diseases.
- Improved skin condition. The beneficial effect of bird cherry flour on the skin has been noted; it looks fresh and rejuvenated.
Harm and contraindications to ground bird cherry
Any product, no matter how useful it may be, has its contraindications. Unfortunately, ground bird cherry is no exception. Contraindications in this case, as well as the healing properties, are explained by the peculiarities of the composition.
Eating bird cherry flour can harm people:
- With a weakened immune system. The fruits of the bird cherry tree contain amygdalin, which, when decomposed, releases poison - hydrocyanic acid. And although the amygdalin content in the plant is small, for those whose immunity is weakened (people who have suffered serious illnesses, pregnant and lactating women) or is not developed (children under 3 years old), bird cherry is still contraindicated in any form.
- For those suffering from constipation. As we said above, bird cherry fruits contain tannins in large quantities; they have astringent and fixing properties, which helps fight diarrhea, but with constipation the situation can only get worse.
- With severe diseases of the digestive system. Ground bird cherry slightly irritates the mucous membranes, and therefore is prohibited during exacerbation of gastrointestinal diseases.
- Diabetes sufferers. The fruits contain a lot of sugar, which means they are not recommended for diabetics.
- For allergy sufferers. Certain components that make up the fruits of the bird cherry tree can cause allergies due to individual intolerance to the components, in which case the use of the product is strictly prohibited.
Recipes for dishes with ground bird cherry
The use of ground bird cherry in recipes is especially important when preparing various baked goods. Fruit flour turns dessert not only into a tasty, but also healthy dish. So, in fact, you can add it in small quantities to the dough for any cake, pie, cookies, pancakes, etc. The familiar dish will acquire a light nutty and blueberry flavor.
Bird cherry flour is often added to drinks: non-alcoholic - syrups, compotes, kvass; and alcoholic - a variety of liqueurs and tinctures. Let's look at the best recipes with ground bird cherry:
- Siberian cake with bird cherry flour. Take a pan, put salt (1 tablespoon) on the bottom, cover it with a clean piece of cloth (you can use gauze, but you need to fold it in 2-3 layers). Pour sour cream (500 grams) on top, close the pan and refrigerate - preferably overnight, at least for 4 hours. Bring milk (1 cup) to a boil, pour it, without cooling, into a deep bowl and pour ground bird cherry (1 cup) on top, leave the mixture to swell for several hours. In a new bowl, beat eggs (2 pieces) with sugar (1 cup), then add wheat flour (1 cup) and soda (1 teaspoon), quenched with vinegar. Take a bowl of swollen bird cherry, drain the remaining milk if necessary, and add it to the main dough. Place parchment paper in a tall baking dish, grease with oil, pour the dough into it and bake at 180 degrees for 40 minutes (check for doneness with a dry match). Remove the sour cream from the refrigerator; it should have released excess liquid and become thicker. Place the sour cream in a bowl (it is advisable to pre-cool it in the freezer), add powdered sugar (200 grams) and beat for 5-7 minutes with a mixer until stable peaks form. Remove the “pie” from the oven and cut into two layers, brush both with cream. To taste, sprinkle the cake with nuts or decorate it in another way and let it sit in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
- Pancakes with mascarpone and berries. Beat eggs (2 pieces) with sugar (30 grams) in a deep bowl, add milk (250-300 ml), kefir (100-150 ml), salt (5 grams), soda (3 grams) and mix thoroughly. Add a mixture of bird cherry (60 grams) and wheat (100 grams) flour a little at a time. If you cannot achieve homogeneity, use a mixer. Heat up the pan and start baking pancakes. Place mascarpone and any berries of your choice on each pancake and roll into a roll. Sprinkle the tops of the pancakes with powdered sugar.
- Bird cherry bread in a bread machine. Pour whey or milk (300 ml) into the bread machine, add salt (1 teaspoon), sugar (1 tablespoon), sifted wheat flour (500 grams), then bird cherry flour (50 grams). Make a well in the flour and pour in the yeast (fast acting, dry - 1 sachet). Select the main mode (bread baking mode) and bake. You can prepare this bread in the oven, then you first need to let the dough rise. Bake bread in the oven at 180 degrees for 40-50 minutes. Willingness to check with a match.
- Bird cherry coffee. Pour boiling water (200 ml) into a mug, add ground bird cherry (2 teaspoons), brew for 5-7 minutes. Add sugar and milk to taste.
- Kissel made from bird cherry flour and honey. Pour boiling water (0.5 liters) into flour (100 grams) and mix thoroughly. Add another liter of boiling water, honey (2 tablespoons) and starch (1 tablespoon) to the resulting mixture. Bring the mixture to a boil and immediately remove from the stove. When the jelly has cooled, you can drink it.
- Bird cherry kvass. Pour ground bird cherry (500 grams) with water (4 liters), bring to a boil and cook for 15-20 minutes. Cool the mixture, add sugar (300 grams), mix thoroughly and leave to brew for 12 hours. Add more sugar (200 grams) and pour in more water (2 liters), and also add yeast (10 grams). Leave the mixture for another 12 hours. Strain the kvass and pour it into closed containers - after 2-3 days it will be ready to drink.
There are many legends about the origin of the tree. One of the most beautiful legends says that an unhappy girl suffering from unrequited love turned into a bird cherry. Her heart grew cold from unrequited feelings. That’s why when the bird cherry blossoms, the days and nights are cold.
Bird cherry in our country has always been considered a symbol of love, youth, tenderness and innocence. Charms made from fruits and other parts of the tree protected lovers - they saved them from disputes, quarrels, and betrayals.
It was also believed that the plant protected against evil spirits, and therefore bird cherry trees always received special care.
Archaeologists have recently found evidence that bird cherry was used by people back in the Stone Age. The first written mention is found in the works of the ancient Greek botanist Theophastus, who described the beneficial properties of the fruits of the tree, as well as its bark and leaves. In Russian writing, the first mentions of the plant appeared in the 15th century.
Bird cherry, along with rowan, is a favorite of Russian poets and songwriters; many poems, songs, proverbs and sayings have been written about the plant.
The tree has dark bark - almost black. It is believed that it was this feature that gave the plant the name it has, because in the old speech “cherma” means “dark”, “swarthy”.
Bird cherry fruits can be eaten fresh, but it is important to get rid of the seeds, in which the concentration of hydrocyanic acid is quite high. Also, you should not brew fruits with seeds.
It is noteworthy that bird cherry is used not only in cooking and folk remedies for treating certain diseases. The plant is also used in cosmetology and… paint production.
Despite the delightful aroma and beauty of the flowers, it is not worth bringing bird cherry into the house for a long time; prolonged inhalation of its smell can cause a headache and cause one or another disorder of the nervous system. However, if you want to disinfect the air in the room and/or get rid of insects, place the bouquet in the house for half an hour.
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Ground bird cherry is a unique product. It is extremely healthy, and if you have no contraindications for eating it, be sure to add flour to baked goods and drinks from time to time. As we have already said, it is not easy to get it on sale, but preparing it yourself is not at all difficult. As a last resort, ground bird cherry can be ordered on the Internet, on sites that sell healthy products.
And now it’s the turn of the bird cherry, and we will make a bird cherry pie!
Here you are offered 3 simple and step-by-step recipes for a pie with bird cherry filling. It's worth a try!!!
The taste of such baked goods is remembered for a lifetime. It is very subtle and at the same time multifaceted.
But before moving on to the recipes themselves, I recommend reading a couple of lines about the bird cherry itself, as well as preparing the filling from it.
How to make bird cherry filling
By “cherry” I mean bird cherry jam (jam), fresh berries, as well as dried (ground) bird cherry. And each of these ingredients will add its own special notes to the overall taste of the pie!
You can buy ready-made bird cherry jam (jam). This saves time and provides maximum convenience!
You can prepare the filling from fresh berries. How to make this, because every berry has seeds?! Very simple! Twist the bird cherry in a meat grinder several (5-7) times until a homogeneous mass is obtained. It may be runny, or it may be thick. Then add sugar to it and cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat for 5 minutes. Let cool and thicken.
Most often, the filling is made from dried bird cherry. It is also called bird cherry flour. The berries were dried and then ground into powder along with the seeds. The filling is prepared simply: pour boiling water over it, mix with sugar and let it brew (swell). In markets, ground bird cherry is sold by weight, and in stores, more often in bags like the one in the photo above.
And if bird cherry grows near you, you can pick fresh berries. Then you should dry them in the sun in a ventilated place or in the oven at a temperature of about 40 degrees. The resulting pepper-like peas can be ground in a coffee grinder.
Recipes
Bird cherry pie with sour cream
Very tasty yeast pie made from bird cherry with sour cream filling. Looks beautiful, smells wonderful!
This recipe is the most popular; similar pies used to be often sold in stores. Therefore, it is popularly called “childhood pie”, “grandmother’s”, “Siberian”, “classical” and “Soviet”. Touch this legend too!
Ingredients:
- Dry yeast – 1 teaspoon;
- Milk – 100 ml.
- Wheat flour – 550-650 g.
- Salt - a pinch;
- Sugar – 200 g.
- Butter (or margarine) – 100 g.
- Chicken eggs – 3 pcs.
- Ground bird cherry – 1-1.5 cups;
- Sugar – 160 g.
- Sour cream – 200 g.
How to bake this bird cherry pie with sour cream
- Let's start by kneading the dough. Stir the yeast in warm milk, after 10-15 minutes beat in the eggs, add sugar, salt and melted butter. Mix well until the sugar dissolves.
- Add flour there and knead the dough. It should turn out soft and elastic. The degree of thickness can be adjusted by adding a little extra flour or water.
- Leave the dough alone for the next 30-50 minutes - let it puff up!
- For now, you can brew the bird cherry for the filling. Add enough boiling water to make it thick like jam. 50-100 g of sugar should also be mixed in there. You can cover with a lid and wait, or you can simmer a little extra over low heat (5 minutes).
- Has the dough risen? Great! The baking sheet needs to be greased with oil, the dough should be rolled out, and then placed in this baking sheet, forming the sides. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and bake the dough for about 35-40 minutes until golden brown.
- Remove the resulting pie base from the oven and place a layer of steamed bird cherry on it.
- Beat the sour cream with the remaining sugar (50-100 g), and then cover the bird cherry on top. The result was such a delicate sour cream, like a cloud covering the filling.
Yes, there is also this cooking option: the bird cherry is placed on raw dough, put in the oven until fully cooked, and only then covered with sour cream.
Sand pie with ground bird cherry
Another one made from bird cherry flour, but prepared on the basis of shortbread dough. Not even just shortbread dough, but made in the form of crumbs.
Ingredients:
- Wheat flour – 320 g.
- Butter (or margarine) – 240 g.
- Sugar – 2-2.5 cups;
- Ground bird cherry – 210 g.
- Water (boiling water) – 0.5-0.7 cups;
- Chicken eggs – 3 pcs.
- Sour cream – 240 g.
- Starch – 2 teaspoons;
Preparing a pie with ground bird cherry
- First, let's deal with bird cherry. How to brew bird cherry for a pie? As easy as pie! Pour boiling water, stir and wait 30 minutes. The consistency should resemble sour cream.
- Now let's move on to the test. Divide the butter into cubes and grind with flour and sugar (0.5 cups) until a lot of crumbs form.
- Add the remaining sugar, eggs, starch and sour cream to the not yet completely cooled bird cherry mass. Mix well!
- Line a baking dish (preferably a springform pan with high sides) with special baking paper. Pour an even layer of crumbs onto the bottom (70% of the volume). Then lay out the bird cherry filling and sprinkle the same crumbs on top.
- Place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 45 minutes. Then the cake should be allowed to cool completely.
Jellied pie with bird cherry
A quick pie based on batter and bird cherry jam (jam). But you can also use ground bird cherry from the recipe above.
Ingredients:
- Kefir – 270 ml.
- Wheat flour – 280 g.
- Baking powder – 1 teaspoon;
- Sugar – 110 g.
- Eggs – 2 pcs.
- Butter (or vegetable) oil – 50 g.
- Bird cherry jam – 1 glass;
How to make bird cherry pie
- In a bowl, beat eggs with butter, baking powder and sugar. Add flour there, and then mix again until smooth.
- Grease a baking dish with oil, pour 2/3 of the dough into it, then lay out the bird cherry, and then fill it with dough again.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and place the pie in it for 35 minutes until nicely browned.
Layered pie with bird cherry
Everything here is extremely simple and clear! Take the finished puff pastry and a jar of bird cherry jam.
- Roll out the dough and divide into two layers.
- Place one on a baking sheet greased with oil. Place the filling on the dough. If the filling is too liquid, you can mix it with 1-2 tablespoons of starch.
- Cover with a second sheet of dough, pinch the edges, pierce in several places with a fork, and then place in the oven for 20-25 minutes at 200 degrees.
Bird cherry and cottage cheese pie
This is not a full-fledged recipe, but rather an advice, an addition to all previous options. Just an additional ingredient that makes the filling taste more delicate and nutritious.
Mash 200 grams of cottage cheese thoroughly with a fork, beat in 1-2 eggs and add 100-150 g of sugar. If desired, you can also add a pinch of vanillin and a couple of spoons of sour cream. That's it, this curd mass needs to be placed under or above the bird cherry layer.
Everything else is the same as in the recipes above!
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We continue canning, the time is now, vegetables, fruits and berries, everything is cheap, and those who have their own garden, vegetable garden, just have time, turn around. This year there is a very large harvest of bird cherry, which has not been observed for many years. I would like to offer you several delicious recipes for canning bird cherry for the winter. It is tasty and healthy, and for some diseases, it is a good medicine.
- Bird cherry preparations that were prepared with seeds (jam, compotes) should be stored for no more than 9 months from the date of preservation. This is explained by the high content of hydrocyanic acid in the stone.
- It is better to cook bird cherry jam without seeds and it will last longer.
- Before making jam, shake the washed berries several times in a bowl or pan, let stand for 10 minutes and shake again.
Bird cherry jam recipe
We take the number of berries arbitrarily. Fill the ripe and well-washed berries with water so as to slightly cover the berries and heat and bring to a boil. Cook for 2-3 minutes.
Place several layers of gauze in a colander and pour out the contents, wipe and squeeze. The result is a homogeneous liquid puree, discard the seeds. Add granulated sugar, mix thoroughly, let stand, stir some more until the granulated sugar is completely dissolved.
Place in sterilized jars, cover with iron lids and place in water to sterilize. We sterilize 0.5 liter jars - 10 minutes, 1 liter jars - 20 minutes from the moment the water boils. We take it out, twist it and put it away for storage.
Take 1 kg of puree - 1 kg of sugar. Calculate how much puree you get, you can put less without it spoiling, don’t be afraid.
Compote of bird cherry and red currant
For a three-liter jar of compote we take 0.5 liters of bird cherry berries and 0.5 liters of berries, 0.5 kg of sugar. We wash the bird cherry berries and pour them into sterilized jars, pour boiling water over them and let stand for 5 minutes.
Pour the water into a saucepan, add sugar and bring to a boil, simmer for 2 minutes. Add red currants to the bird cherry, pour boiled syrup over it and roll up. Let cool and store.
Bird cherry juice
We take the number of berries arbitrarily, fill them with cold water and heat them to boiling point. Stir the berries with a wooden spoon, trying to mash them. After boiling, pour the berries and liquid into a colander lined with gauze and leave to drain for an hour.
Leave the resulting cloudy juice to settle. After a few hours, carefully drain the clear juice, adding sugar (to taste), boil for 1-2 minutes and pour into clean bottles for storage.
Beautiful and tasty jelly
There are two options for making jelly:
- Boil to a thick consistency, before cooking add granulated sugar, for 1 liter of juice - 1 kg of sugar. Place hot into jars and cover with lids.
- Add gelatin swollen in water, granulated sugar and stirring, bring to a boil, pour hot into sterile jars, and roll up.
Bird cherry rolled with sugar
This simple method used to be used in the villages to prepare bird cherry for the winter, and even dry it. We grind the washed bird cherry through a meat grinder twice and add sugar. For 1 kg of rolled mass, 0.5 sugar. Mix everything thoroughly and put it in storage jars, cover with plastic lids.
This bird cherry is not only a tasty filling for pies and rolls, but also has a very good fixing effect and works well for indigestion and for treating coughs.
How to dry
The easiest way to prepare bird cherry for the winter is to dry it.
You can dry it on a stove, in ovens and dryers, but I prefer to dry it in the attic, in the shade, where the wind blows when you open the windows. I spread it thinly on baking sheets and let it dry on its own.
I store it in a paper box. I grind some of the dry bird cherry into flour in a coffee grinder. We will need it for preparing fillings and various desserts, cakes and rolls. I highly recommend stocking up on this wonderful powder and using it in cooking.
Making coffee from bird cherry flour
- 1 tsp flour,
- 1 teaspoon ground coffee,
- 200 ml water,
- 2 teaspoons of sugar.
Mix coffee, flour, add water and bring to a boil. If desired, add sugar and cream.
This is where I end, today we talked about canning bird cherry. Try to prepare at least one of the recipes, and you will forever remain a fan of this healthy berry.
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Today I want to show you how to cook for the winter. Previously, I already showed how to make delicious bird cherry jam, however, that recipe contained seeds. The recipe is here -. Today's jam will not contain seeds, you will agree that it is very convenient. This seedless bird cherry jam can be spread on a loaf and used in home baking. In addition, the absence of seeds in such jam somewhat increases its shelf life.
Due to the fact that bird cherry berries are small in size and their seed is tightly connected to the pulp, it is almost impossible to get it with your hands. Some recipes recommend passing washed bird cherry berries through a meat grinder several times. I categorically do not recommend doing this, since bird cherry seeds are dense and even a powerful blender or food processor is not able to grind them completely. There is such jam, I would say, even dangerous.
The best way to remove seeds is by boiling. Before we move on to the recipe and see how to cook delicious seedless bird cherry, I would like to say that there are two types of bird cherry - black and red. For tinctures, wines, compotes, jams, liqueurs, you can use both types.
I’ll be honest, I haven’t seen red bird cherry in real life, only in photos on the Internet, but I’ve been familiar with black bird cherry since childhood. Local children liked this sweet and sour berry with a tart and slightly bitter taste so much that the bird cherry bushes ate every last berry.
Black bird cherry berries are not only tasty, but also healthy. They contain a large amount of useful vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and organic compounds. If we talk about contraindications, there are very few of them. The berry can be consumed raw by everyone, but not in large quantities.
Now I suggest you go to the recipe and see how to cook seedless bird cherry jam step by step with photos.
Ingredients:
- Bird cherry – 1 kg.,
- Sugar – 1 kg.,
- Water – 500 ml.,
Pitted bird cherry jam - recipe
As a rule, bird cherry berries are torn directly from the tassels during harvesting. At home, separate the berries from the branches. Wash them with cold water.
Place the washed bird cherry berries in a saucepan. Fill with water. Place on the stove. After boiling, cook the berries for no more than 10 minutes. During this time, the berries will become soft.
Using a ladle, scoop up the boiled berries with syrup and place them in small portions in a colander with a fine mesh.
In this way, wipe all the bird cherry through a colander.
Discard the bones with skins, and pour the resulting pulp and juice into a saucepan.
Add sugar.
Stir.
