Since the time of our grandparents, cranberry juice was considered not only a thirst-quenching drink, but also a very effective medicine. The recipe for its preparation is quite simple, but over time, gourmets came up with several non-standard options, no less tasty and healthy. Cranberries contain a lot of useful vitamins and minerals, which contributes to a speedy recovery and strengthens the immune system. So how to make cranberry juice?
Cranberry juice. Recipe number 1. Standard
One and a half liters of water will need:
- a glass of cranberries;
- granulated sugar to your taste (whoever loves).
Cranberries must be carefully sorted and washed in a colander under running water, then the berries must be steamed for two to three minutes in boiling water, after which the cranberries are kneaded with a wooden spoon and left on the fire for another five to ten minutes.
Next, you need to get all the berries and rub them through cheesecloth or sieve. Let the juice drain into the pan. When all this boils, sugar should be added to taste. Instead of sugar, you can use several tablespoons of honey - it is also very tasty and healthy. Give the fruit drink two hours to brew, and he is ready.
Cranberry juice. Recipe number 2. In a hurry
For 2 liters of water you need:
- 2 cups of fresh, ground in a meat grinder cranberries;
- granulated sugar to taste.
How to make cranberry juice in this case? Yes, nowhere is easier! Grind cranberries with freshly boiled water and add granulated sugar to taste.
This option is good in that the berries are not subjected to prolonged heat treatment, and, accordingly, all the beneficial properties are preserved.
Cranberry juice. Recipe number 3. A storehouse of vitamins
What is needed for 4 glasses of water:
- 2 cups fresh cranberries;
- 2 tablespoons with a slide of honey.
First you need to sort out and rinse the cranberries, then rub through a sieve with a wooden spoon into the pan. Next, the flesh remaining in the sieve must be squeezed through four-fold cheesecloth into any other dish. Pour four glasses of water into the pot, and after it boils, cook over low heat for five to ten minutes. Now you need to strain everything and add honey, and then pour previously squeezed cranberry juice into the resulting fruit juice. Morse is ready. It can be served both hot and chilled. It is good because fresh juice of berries, added at the end of cooking, did not lose its beneficial substances during cooking.
Cranberry juice. Recipe number 4. Children's
Ingredients for a half liter of water:
- 100 grams of fresh or thawed cranberries;
- 3-5 tablespoons of sugar syrup.
To start, the berries must be carefully sorted and washed, after which - squeeze the juice from the cranberries, and what remains after the squeeze - pour freshly boiled water. This broth should boil for twenty minutes, then strain the contents through gauze. When the fruit juice has cooled, it is necessary to pour cranberry juice and sugar syrup squeezed earlier. Morse is ready to eat, and all of its vitamins have remained with him.
Cranberry juice. Recipe number 5. Fruit drink - juice
Ingredients:
- thawed cranberries (the amount does not matter);
- sugar, sugar syrup or honey to taste;
- water (if necessary).
Cranberry berries in a colander must be doused with boiling water, then squeeze the juice into a saucepan. Now you need to strain it through a sieve or cheesecloth and add sugar syrup, sand or honey. If the juice is too concentrated, you can add water to taste, this is at your discretion. Such fruit drinks can be drunk every day and more than once, both for prevention and for the treatment of colds.
Cranberry juice. Recipe number 6. Using a slow cooker
For a drink you will need:
- two liters of water;
- two glasses of cranberry berries;
- one glass of granulated sugar.
First, you need to pour water mixed with sugar into the multicooker tank and set the βsteamingβ mode for 50 minutes (this is necessary so that the water boils). While the crock-pot is busy, cranberries need to be put in the right form: sort through, rinse, rub through a colander.
Now, when the multicooker gives a signal about the end of a given operation - it can be turned off. She will fulfill the function of a thermos. In the capacity of the multicooker, you need to add both the juice squeezed from the berries and the cake itself. Mix it all thoroughly, cover and insist for four to five hours. When the finished fruit juice has cooled, you need to strain it. For taste, you can also add honey, or you can replace sugar with it from the very beginning. It is at the discretion of the cook. You can drink fruit drinks!
Any fruit drink warmed up and drunk just before bedtime will be an excellent doctor. Enjoy and do not get sick!