Blackcurrant Recipes

2024 Author: Sebastian Paterson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:47

The tastiest things that can be made from black currant are juice and jelly

We close some of the juice in jars and in winter - always with vitamins. And we also make jelly from juice - it's better than any jam, you can't even compare. For 1 liter of juice, take 1-1.3 kg of sugar and boil over the fire until tender. Usually you can't eat a lot of currant jam, but jelly of this preparation is easy.

Currant leaves are also used

They can be used to brew tea, add when pickling and salting vegetables. Leaves need to be collected gradually, pick only young and green ones. If you have the opportunity, then dry the leaves in hot weather under a canopy, if not, then dry in the oven. Vodka or alcohol can be infused on blackcurrant leaves with the addition of cherry and raspberry leaves. It turns out an extraordinary taste of a strong drink, but you need to insist only on fresh leaves.

Blackcurrant liqueur:

knead 3 kg of black currant, add 5 grams of cinnamon and 2 grams of cloves. Pour 3 liters of pure alcohol and leave for 10 days in a dark place. Drain off the sediment, squeeze out the sediment. Filter, add 3 liters of sugar syrup (2 kg of sugar per 1 liter of pure water), let it stand for 2-3 hours, filter again, then pour into bottles and it is advisable to leave it for 2 months.

Medicinal blackcurrant tincture:

prepare 300 grams of currant juice. Grind 25 grams of gravilat roots, pour 0.3 liters of boiling water, cook over low heat for 10 minutes and leave for 4 hours. Strain and mix with juice. Add 200 grams of honey and 0.2 liters of alcohol. Promotes hematopoiesis, helps with any bleeding and 18 more diseases.