Everyone knows that sea buckthorn is a very healthy berry. No wonder it has long been used in Russian traditional medicine. She helps with coughing and heals burns. Therefore, thankful people call sea buckthorn a miracle berry and Siberian pineapple. The plant has fully deserved all of these flattering epithets, since it contains many useful substances and vitamins.
Collect small orange berries from prickly branches - hassle. But from it you can make a lot of tasty and healthy things. For example, butter. Yes, sea buckthorn also contains fats, so it is caloric than other fruits and berries. You can also make jam, syrup, compote, juice, jelly and alcoholic beverages from it. This article is about how to make sea buckthorn fruit. Nothing quenches thirst on a summer day like this drink. Sea buckthorn fruit juice is not only tasty and healthy. It also saturates the body. And to cook it is not difficult.
The benefits of sea buckthorn
The fruits of this cold-resistant tree contain a whole bunch of vitamins. First of all, these are carotene and derivatives, B1, B2, C, K, E and PP. A lot of sea buckthorn and useful organic and fatty acids (oxalic, tartaric, malic, folic, linoleic, oleic). Tannins, compounds containing nitrogen, iron, manganese and boron have a positive effect on the body. Oil is extracted from red fruits, which is widely used in medicine and cosmetology. Sea buckthorn fruit, due to the minimum heat treatment during manufacture, retains all the properties of fresh berries.
By the way, when frozen, the benefits of the fruit are also not lost. Even the bark of a plant is used in medicine. After all, it contains serotonin - a substance that has a positive effect on the nervous system. And the leaves of the plant are rich in volatile, tannins, ascorbic acid, trace elements.
Sea buckthorn fruit: beneficial properties
If you want to cure your cough, you need to drink the juice of this berry with honey. Sea buckthorn infusion will fill up the lack of vitamins and help with anemia. Oil is an excellent remedy against burns. Well, what is the use of sea buckthorn fruit? It strengthens the immune system. In addition, it perfectly saturates - one hundred grams contains 82 calories. Morse quenches thirst well. Due to its high iron content, it increases the level of hemoglobin and red blood cells.
Morse is good to drink before eating. It enhances the secretion of gastric juice and digestive enzymes. Morse is good for people with low blood pressure. Folic acid makes fruit drink an essential product for pregnant women.
Sea buckthorn is a late berry. She is in time for the viral season. And in order not to catch the flu, you need the whole family to drink fruit drinks and other drinks from this miracle berry.
Sea buckthorn in the diet of young children
Despite the generally recognized benefits of fruits, they should be given with caution to the child, especially as a first feeding. The bright orange color of the berry serves as a reminder that sea buckthorn can cause an allergic reaction in the crumbs. Freshly squeezed juice will have a negative effect on the digestive system of those children who suffer from high acidity or have problems with the liver and gall bladder. But the sea buckthorn fruit juice, the recipe of which includes water and honey, will be better perceived by the baby’s stomach. The use of the drink for children from five years is undoubted. Morse strengthens the immune system, nourishes the body with vitamins and iron. Sea buckthorn plant is called the tree of happiness. Serotonin, which is found in the bark and berries, cheers up.
Sea buckthorn fruit drink: classic recipe
This old Russian national drink is made very simple. A kilogram of berries should be sorted so as not to come across rotten ones, rinse under running water and dry on a sieve. Next, sea buckthorn must be crushed with a wooden mortar. Put the gruel on gauze, folded in several layers, and give the juice. Do not discard pomace. Prepare syrup. To do this, boil three liters of water and, without removing the pan from the heat, dissolve half a kilogram of granulated sugar. Put the sea buckthorn cake in the syrup. Boil for ten minutes. Then strain and discard the meal. Only then pour the juice. When the drink reaches room temperature, it can be refrigerated. Juice from sea buckthorn recipe suggests eating immediately. It can be stored for no more than two days in a glass container with a tightly screwed lid.
Morse without cooking
We have already mentioned that sea buckthorn has one unique feature. When frozen, its berries retain all their beneficial properties. And the drink can not be boiled! Thus, the fruit of sea buckthorn frozen will be even more useful than fresh. We take a pound of berries from the refrigerator and put in a colander. Wait until the sea buckthorn is fully thawed. Next, shift into a bowl and knead with a wooden mortar. Pour gruel with half a liter of boiled hot water. Add sugar (three tablespoons are enough, but more can be for sweet tooth). Stir thoroughly to completely dissolve the crystals. Filter the drink with gauze and cool. You can add two ice cubes to the glasses.
Honey juice
This drink combines the beneficial properties of two ingredients. Honey and sea buckthorn are a great cough and sore throat remedy. How to cook fruit drinks from these products? First, wash and dry the berry. Next, push it with a wooden pestle. Add natural and not very thick honey - two tablespoons for two glasses of berries. Knead the mixture again. Then dilute with half a liter of chilled boiled water. We filter, pour into glasses, add ice cubes.
Healthy fruit drink
Above, we described how to make a drink from one sea buckthorn. But this does not mean that you can not add other berries to it. With cranberries or lingonberries, the drink will turn out even more delicious and healthy. How to cook fruit drink from a mixture of berries? If solid lingonberry is used, we do so. We grind two types of berries in a blender, squeeze the juice. Pour boils of boiled water and cook for about ten minutes. Filter, add sugar to your taste and juice. Soft cranberries require a different approach. Frozen sea buckthorn is suitable for this recipe. In hot water (1 liter) pour berries. The best mix is this: 600 grams of sea buckthorn and half the amount of cranberries. Bring the water to a boil. Remove from heat and insist for half an hour. Next, filter the drink through a sieve. Berries are additionally squeezed. We combine the juice with a decoction. Add sugar or honey to taste.
Fruit drink with citrus
For this drink, it is better to take sweet types: oranges, tangerines, pomelo. How to make citrus fruit from sea buckthorn? The recipe advises first to squeeze the berries and pulp of oranges. Then the peel of one fruit should be grated, pour a liter of boiling water and boil for twenty minutes over low heat. Next, the broth is filtered. Add a glass of sugar to it and put it on the fire again. When the liquid boils, cool it again. Add sea buckthorn and citrus juice. Mix and serve.