Hawthorn jam

A rather tasty and unusually healthy hawthorn berry is more correctly called a small apple from the point of view of botany. The rather leathery shell of the fruits hides juicy, sweet flesh (and actually a little like a piece of pear or pear) along with angular, hard bones, which are recommended to be spat out when eating fresh berries. Also, if hawthorn is for making sauces, mash, preservation or other homogenous dishes, surely it's best to remove the bones beforehand.

To make hawthorn jam, the picked mature fruits are carefully sorted, the damaged ones are thrown away, and the high-quality fruit stalks are cut off. The berries are washed and dried a little. After that, as a rule, sugar syrup is prepared, which hot the fruits are poured and aged for about ten hours.

After infusing at the very beginning of the temperature treatment, you can add a little citric acid and vanillin to the future hawthorn jam. It is worth noting that usually it is customary to cook hawthorn jam in one go until completely ready, after which it is hot to pour into cans and seal hermetically.

When making homemade hawthorn jam, you need to remember that in the process of removing bones from fruits with uncovered hands, fingers and palms are painted brown, which is far from immediately removed. That is why it is recommended to use rubber gloves when handling these fruits.

You can cook hawthorn jam with the addition of other fruits - most often apples are present in its composition - it is best of all sour or sour-sweet varieties. It pairs wonderfully with pear hawthorn. Truly, hawthorn jam, unique in taste and presence of beneficial properties, is obtained with the addition of sea buckthorn, dogwood, rosehip or mountain ash - chokeberry or ordinary.

The benefits of hawthorn jam

The benefits of hawthorn jam are determined by the composition of this product, which is based on fruits that are very valuable for human health. Hawthorn is called a real treasure trove of vitamin C, as well as macronutrients - potassium and calcium. In addition, some species of hawthorn are distinguished, the content of carotene in which is no less than in carrot root crops.

In its composition, fresh fruits contain alkaloids, resinous substances, essential oils, tannins and fatty components along with vitamins of group B. Many other substances included in these berries contribute to the expansion of the coronary vessels and vessels of the brain.

The benefits of hawthorn jam are due to its ability to enhance the oxygen supply to the heart and brain, further improving metabolism, normalizing heart rhythms, improving sleep and general human health.