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Hawthorn is often used to prepare homemade preparations, decoctions, tinctures and even preserves and jams. This is a berry with a lot of vitamins. Homemade hawthorn pastille is also popular. It’s easy to prepare, and you need a minimal amount of ingredients.
Secrets of making hawthorn marshmallows
The finished dessert contains a lot of vitamins and microelements, just like the hawthorn itself. It is optimal to use berries that are collected in October or September. These must be fruits without mold, disease, or signs of rot. The berries must be washed and sorted, and the sepals must be torn off.
It is better to store the finished delicacy cut into squares and sprinkled with sugar. There are several known recipes for preparing the sweet delicacy, but housewives choose a variety of cooking variations.
In any case, the result is a healing product that will increase hemoglobin, normalize blood pressure, strengthen the immune system, normalize sleep and relieve anxiety.
Raw hawthorn marshmallow
To prepare marshmallows without boiling the berries, you need to use simple ingredients: hawthorn, honey, a little water.The cooking method is very simple:
- Grind all the berries, washed and dried, through a meat grinder along with the seeds.
- Add liquid natural honey.
- Place 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 for the marshmallow to form.
- Cut the finished product into squares and place in a glass jar.
The treat must be stored in a dark, dry place, without signs of moisture.
Boiled and ground hawthorn pastille
You can also prepare a delicacy using a different recipe. To do this, the hawthorn will have to be boiled and ground. This is a more complex cooking option, but is suitable even for novice cooks. At the same time, despite heat treatment, vitamins and microelements are preserved, and the product remains useful for strengthening the immune system. 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:
- Wash the berries and place them on a towel to dry.
- Place 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.
- Remove and leave for several days in a dry and ventilated area.
- Cut into squares.
- Roll in powdered sugar.
Can be placed in plastic or glass containers and stored in a dry place. An excellent cure for high blood pressure, and tasty too. Nice to eat at any age.
Hawthorn and apple pastille
Hawthorn marshmallows in video recipes are often prepared not only from berries, but also using additional ingredients. Then the delicacy turns out to be both tasty and healthy.
Products for dessert that can be consumed by hypertensive patients, as well as people to strengthen the immune system:
- 1 kg of apples and hawthorn fruits;
- half a kilogram of granulated sugar;
- half a liter of water.
Instructions for preparing pastille:
- Rinse the berries, add a little water and simmer over low heat.
- Prepare the puree by rubbing the red fruits through a sieve.
- Prepare apple puree and mix it with hawthorn, grated through a sieve.
- Add granulated sugar and cook until required thickness.
- Pour onto a baking sheet in a 1 cm layer.
- Dry and then sprinkle with sugar to preserve.
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 one and a half months.
Recipe for hawthorn marshmallows in the oven
The oven is best suited for preparing delicacies at home. You will need washed and sorted hawthorn, which you need to put in an enamel pan and pour water over a third of the fruit. Then follow these steps:
- Add granulated sugar at the rate of 200 grams of sugar per 1 kg of berries.
- Cook for half an hour until it reaches the consistency of jam.
- Cool and grind through a sieve to remove seeds from the fruit.
- Spread the thick jam onto a wooden board and place in the oven.
- The temperature should be no more than 70 degrees.
- To check readiness after 6–7 hours, press on the pastille. There should be no fingerprints left.
The delicacy is ready, you can gather the whole family for tea.
Hawthorn pastille in an electric dryer
You can cook berries in an electric dryer without cooking. This will preserve vitamins and healing properties.
The products for the delicacy are still the same: hawthorn, sugar. The berries must be doused with boiling water in a colander. Then chop the fruits and remove the seeds. Can be done through a meat grinder or juicer. Add granulated sugar to the resulting puree to taste, which can be replaced with natural honey.
After this, place the resulting mass on special trays for marshmallows. Set the electric dryer to medium drying mode and leave the product there for 7 hours. After this, reduce the temperature in the device to a minimum and wait another 2 hours.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar and place in cardboard boxes.
Rules for storing hawthorn marshmallows
To store marshmallows at home, you must follow several rules. You can store this dessert in glass jars or canvas bags. A cardboard box or plastic container is also suitable.
The temperature for storing a healthy dessert is +15 °C plus or minus a couple of degrees. The humidity in the room for long-term storage should not exceed 60%. In this case, the delicacy can be easily stored for 40–45 days.
Marshmallow does not like direct sunlight, and therefore it is better to choose dark places without excess humidity for storage.
Conclusion
Homemade hawthorn pastille will not only be a tasty treat for tea, but also an excellent medicine that will help normalize sleep and blood pressure, strengthen the immune system and give vital energy. You can cook it in the oven or in an electric dryer. There are recipes where you need to boil the berries, but there are also options for lovers of a raw food diet.After preparing a delicious dessert, it is important to properly package and store it so that you can enjoy the exquisite taste of a sweet, healthy recipe at any time.
