Dogwood jam

Shrub from the Kizilovy family, which grows in the Caucasus, Crimea and Central Asian countries, in late autumn is covered with oblong sweet-sour, somewhat astringent, but pleasant to taste fruits with a large bone.

As a rule, it is customary to use dogwood berries quite specific in taste in cooking not in fresh form, but processed, turning them into jelly, marmalade, jam, liquor, compote, wine or jam. In addition, modern cooking art has numerous recipes for cornel sauces, which perfectly emphasize the taste of meat dishes. You can even cook soup from dogwood, add fruits to bread and other bakery and confectionery products.

However, dogwood jam deserves special attention, which is rightfully considered not only unusually tasty, but also an extremely useful treat. To prepare it at home, mature berries are thoroughly washed, freed from stalks and leaves, as well as bones at will.

In many recipes for making dogwood jam, in addition to the mature fruits themselves and granulated sugar, dry natural wine is added, but it can be replaced with some drinking water. All components are brought to a boil and boiled over medium heat until the mass thickens.

In addition to using such recipes, cornel jam can be prepared without subjecting products to high-temperature treatment (the so-called five-minute) or in the form of jelly. By the way, like many other berries, dogwood is remarkably stored frozen, with or without added sugar.

The numerous beneficial properties of dogwood jam in the cold season are especially relevant, when this natural treat can be used in its pure form or added as a tasty sweet and sour filling in pies, pies, layers. Thanks to the rich color, dogwood jam looks great on cakes and homemade desserts.

Benefits of dogwood jam

I must say that the useful properties of dogwood jam (like fresh dogwood berries) have been known to humans for a very long time. They are due to the composition of mature fruits, which contain a large amount of vitamin C, pectin substances, organic acids and sugar.

In particular, the benefit of dogwood jam for human health lies in the beneficial effect of its natural components on the activity of the gastrointestinal tract (cleansing the body of destructive life products). In colds, scarlet fever, anemia and measles, the benefit of dogwood jam as a medicine can also hardly be overestimated.

Dogwood jam video recipe