Just like corn, potatoes or tomatoes, pumpkin was brought to us from America. There she grew up in rainforests on the territory of modern Mexico and Texas. First, it was brought to Europe, and then she reached the Russian lands. And since then it has taken one of the main places among garden plants. They learned to cook dozens of dishes from pumpkins. And from some of its varieties, pumpkin juice is very healthy for health.
Many people know about the benefits of vegetable juices. They are a structured fluid that helps the cells of the human body tune into a harmonious existence. And pumpkin juice is 90% composed of such a liquid. It contains vitamins A, B, E and K. Also useful substances from these garden plants include substances such as carotene, ascorbic acid, zinc salts and other mineral salts. Fats and proteins are also found in pumpkin juice. And vitamin K is the most unique component of this juice. In other vegetables, this vitamin, which greatly affects the normalization of blood coagulation, is simply not.
Pumpkin juice also contains pectin, which helps metabolism. Pectin improves peripheral blood circulation, lowers blood cholesterol and normalizes intestinal motility. Using this substance, you can cleanse the body of various harmful elements. These include pesticides, toxins and even radioactive elements.
The benefits of pumpkin juice are significant and difficult to overestimate. Men who use it will be able to retain youth and energy much longer. It is useful for people with cardiovascular disease and liver disease. Vitamins from group B help to cope with stress, and also maintain the health of nails and hair. And vitamins E and A fight well against aging and wrinkles. Even people with insomnia, this juice will fully replace sleeping pills.
Pumpkin juice can and should be consumed from early childhood, as this is a valuable dietary product. This will tell every gastroenterologist or nutritionist. Up to three glasses of this juice per day will not hurt children. And for healthy adults, half a glass half an hour before breakfast will be useful for preventive purposes. To improve the taste of pumpkin juice, it can be mixed with lemon, carrot or apple juice. These combinations give a very rich set of various minerals that contribute to the healing of the body.
Since pumpkin is not exotic for our area, juice from it can be prepared in an ordinary kitchen. To do this, it is enough to grow it in your garden and have a juicer or a juicer on the farm. But if you want, you can do without these devices. Pumpkin juice can be rolled up in cans with or without pasteurization. There are several recipes for this.
Pasteurized juice is prepared as follows: the juice is squeezed out, brought to a boil and immediately poured into half-liter cans that have undergone sterilization. Then, for ten minutes, these cans are pasteurized at a temperature of 90 degrees and rolled up.
You can also roll up cans of juice that has not passed pasteurization. To do this, sugar is added to freshly squeezed juice : five tablespoons per liter of juice. Then you need to put it on fire, bring to 90 degrees and cook for five minutes. Then comes the spill on sterilized jars and rolling up.
Without a juicer, you can handle it as well. To do this, cut the pumpkin into slices and put in a pan. Water is poured at the level of a pumpkin. Seeds should be removed, and pulp cut and put in a pan. She will add density to the future juice. Then this mass is brought to a boil and cooked for five minutes. Then it needs to be wiped through a sieve, and the resulting mass should be returned back to the pan. At the next stage, sugar and citric acid are added to this mass . For six liters of juice, 15 grams of acid and about 300 grams of sugar are added. You can squeeze 2-3 oranges here. All this is mixed and cooked to a boil. And then the finished juice is bottled in jars and rolled up. In these ways, you can provide yourself with a tasty and healthy product for the winter.