Urinated apples

Probably, for many, the most beloved and popular fruit is apples. They are adored by both adults and children, and at least one fruit can hardly boast of such a variety of taste shades. Based on apples, jam, confits, jams, see, compotes are prepared. These fruits are unusually good in fresh, baked, dried form and, undoubtedly, urinated apples.

Interestingly, the urination of apples is considered one of the excellent ways to prepare this tasty and very useful fruit. Unfortunately, today few gardeners and culinary experts know how and strive to make such a preparation in the fall, but in vain. After all, urinated apples retain a lot of valuable properties of fresh fruits, while gaining a savory taste and aroma due to the spices that are used when urinating.

According to the traditional recipe for making soaked apples, a steamed rye straw is laid on the bottom of a wooden barrel, then a layer of apples, which is covered with cherry or blackcurrant leaves. The layers alternate in such sequence until the barrel is filled to the top. All components are poured with a cold mixture, which is prepared based on water, edible salt and granulated sugar.

Since in a modern city it is practically impossible to get a wooden barrel and straws of rye, culinary craftswomen came up with the idea of ​ ​ using ordinary enameled buckets and wheat flour for soaking. By the way, the fruits of autumn-winter and winter varieties, which should be best pre-laid for about ten days, are excellent for cooking urinated apples.

Benefits of urinated apples

The benefits of urinated apples for the human body are due to the increased content of ascorbic acid, which, when soaked, especially with viburnum or cranberries, not only does not decrease, but, on the contrary, increases, and several times. Thus, urinated apples due to the high content of vitamin C are able to have a strong anti-inflammatory effect, as well as increase the body's resistance to various kinds of infections.

Properly cooked fruits not only arouse appetite, but are also able to accelerate the secretion of gastric juice, as well as enhance intestinal peristalsis. In addition, the benefit of urinated apples lies in the content of calcium, so they are effective as a natural preventive agent against osteoporosis.

Harm to urinated apples

No matter how great the benefits of this product are, there is also the likely harm of urinated apples to human health. In particular, it is carefully recommended to use them for people who have increased acidity of gastric juice.