The fruits of sea buckthorn are used in the preparation of both fresh and processed. They are a valuable and preventive tool for certain diseases. We advise you to make blanks of this berry for the winter. For example, you can make juice, jelly, jam or sea buckthorn compote. But first, let's find out why this fruit is valuable.
Sea buckthorn: its beneficial properties
Berries contain vitamins of groups A, B, C, E and K, as well as a huge amount of trace elements, such as sodium, magnesium, aluminum, manganese. Fruits contain sugars, ascorbic acid, carotenoids, tocopherols, alkaloids, organic acids. In folk medicine, sea buckthorn is used to treat and prevent acute respiratory infections, vitamin deficiency, peptic ulcer, atherosclerosis, with a decrease in potency, low hemoglobin, overwork and so on. You can continue the list for a long time. But there are contraindications. The use of sea buckthorn is not recommended for the following diseases: diabetes mellitus, dental disease, diarrhea, acute cholecystitis, urolithiasis and for individual intolerance. Be careful, first of all, consult a specialist for advice on whether you can consume this berry. Next, we learn how to cook compote from sea buckthorn. A minimum amount of products and time will be required. Here are some recipes.
Sea buckthorn compote
Traditional recipe
The main ingredients:
- fruits of sea buckthorn (500 grams);
- water (550 grams);
- granulated sugar (450 grams).
Cooking method
Sort the fruits of sea buckthorn, free from the stalks. Then wash in cold water. Discard on sieve. Now we are preparing sugar syrup. We take a pan, pour water and add sugar. Boil. We sterilize the cans and add sea buckthorn to it. Pour all the hot syrup. We pasteurize cans in boiling water: 0.5 ml in volume - ten minutes, and 1 liter - fifteen minutes. Observe time from the moment of boiling. Roll up the cans. You can cook sea buckthorn compote with the addition of other products.
Compote with pears
The main ingredients:
- sea buckthorn (500 grams);
- sugar (700 grams);
- pears (one kg);
- water (one liter).
Cooking method
To cook the compote, take pears of sweet varieties. We will preserve small fruits as a whole, and cut large ones into slices. Sea buckthorn and pears are placed in sterilized jars. Pour in syrup (how to cook - see above). We pasteurize and roll up the banks. Instead of pears, you can take apples.
Assorted compote of sea buckthorn
The main ingredients:
- sea buckthorn (1 kg);
- rosehip (600 grams);
- sugar (50 grams);
- apples (one kg);
- water (one liter).
Cooking method
Wash the apples, peel the core (you can also peel the peel). Cut into slices. Blanch in boiling water for about five minutes. Then immediately pour cold. We select large, hard and ripe rosehips. We remove the stems. Cut the berry in half and peel it thoroughly from seeds and hairs. If the fruits are small, then it is better not to cut in half, but to put the whole. My sea buckthorn and remove the stalk. We sterilize the banks. Stack apples, rose hips and sea buckthorn in layers. We seal. Pour in hot syrup. We pasteurize the banks. Roll up.
It is very simple and quick to make a useful compote of sea buckthorn. Drink it warm or chilled. I wish you good health!