Hawthorn: recipes for the winter

Many people do not know or remember about hawthorn fruits until health problems begin. And then an unprepossessing-looking shrub tree, growing everywhere, begins to interest. It turns out that it is not in vain that there are so many drugs in pharmacy chains that contain hawthorn. But harvesting hawthorn for the winter is not at all as difficult as it seems. And in addition to the standard dried hawthorn fruits, you can make a lot of all kinds of healing yummy from it, so that you do not run to pharmacies in winter, but it is pleasant to spend time at home.

What can be made from hawthorn

In modern, very hectic and stressful times, hawthorn and preparations from it are shown to almost everyone - after all, they facilitate the passage of stressful situations, calm the nerves, and relax. Well, even if you have any problems with the cardiovascular system, it is difficult to imagine a better medicine than hawthorn.

But those with a sweet tooth need to be more careful, since any preparations from this plant, no matter how attractive in appearance and taste they may be, can be absorbed only in very limited quantities. After all, hawthorn is a pretty strong remedy and you cannot get carried away with it.

And the variety of recipes for making hawthorn berries is really great. It can be whole berries with seeds, infused or boiled with sugar and mashed jams, confitures, jellies and jam.

Many healthy drinks are prepared from the fruits of this plant, ranging from juices to fruit drinks and kvass and even alcoholic tinctures.

The range of sweets made from this healthy berry is also varied: marshmallow, marmalade, candied fruit, candies.

Even a sauce for meat or fish dishes is prepared from the fruits.

It is interesting that all these numerous preparations for the winter can be made both from the large-fruited garden hawthorn and from its small wild forms.

Hawthorn with sugar for the winter without cooking

Among many other recipes, it is easiest to prepare hawthorn for the winter in this way.

For 1 kg of berries, you will need about 800 g of granulated sugar.

Preparation:

1. Most of the pre-prepared sugar is ground into powdered sugar in a coffee grinder.
2. The fruits are washed, freed from the tails and stalks and dried on a towel.
   Attention! It is necessary that the hawthorn fruits are completely dried, without a drop of moisture on their surface.
3. Powdered sugar is poured into a deep bowl and hawthorn is rolled in small portions.
4. The finished fruits are transferred to a clean and dry jar with a wide neck. When stacking, the jar is periodically shaken to increase the density of the berries.
5. In the upper part of the glass container, a place with a height of about 4-5 cm is left, where ordinary granulated sugar is covered with a continuous layer.
6. The neck of the can is closed with a paper or cloth lid, tightening it with an elastic band so that the workpiece "breathes". For the same reason, polyethylene lids are not used for sealing.
7. The berries can be considered ready after about two months.

Hawthorn, mashed with sugar for the winter

Another tasty hawthorn preparation for the winter at home is berries, grated with sugar. The most unpleasant procedure in this case is the removal of the bones. But the process can be facilitated if the berries are first steamed until softened.

For 1 kg of hawthorn according to this recipe, add about 2.5 glasses of sugar.

Preparation:

1. Washed and dried fruits are placed in a small amount of boiling water or in a colander over steam for a few minutes.
2. Then they are rubbed with a metal sieve - softened, they will quite easily pass through the holes, while the bones remain on the sieve.
3. Then sugar is added to the crushed berries, mixed and heated to about + 80 ° C. So that the mixture does not boil, and the sugar melts all.
4. The workpiece is distributed over clean cans, sterilized for about 20 minutes and rolled up.

Hawthorn with lemon without cooking

For those who find the sweetish taste of hawthorn too cloying, it is recommended to use the following recipe for the winter.

You will need:

• 1 kg of hawthorn;
• 800 g granulated sugar;
• 1 large lemon.

Preparation:

1. As in the previous recipe, the fruits are kept for a couple of minutes to soften, after which they are rubbed through a sieve.
2. The lemon is scalded with boiling water, cut into several pieces, the seeds that can impart bitterness are removed and chopped with a knife or blender.
3. The grated mass of hawthorn is mixed with lemon puree, sugar is added.
4. After thoroughly mixing, leave for several hours in a warm place for full interpenetration of all components.
5. Lay out in dry containers, twist and store in the cold.

Hawthorn with honey for the winter

Hawthorn with honey is in itself a very healing preparation for the winter, and according to the following recipe, a real cure for high blood pressure and headaches with a mild calming effect is obtained.

You will need:

• 200 g of hawthorn berries, sea buckthorn and red mountain ash;
• 100 g of fresh or 50 g of dry herbs: calendula, motherwort, mint, sage;
• about 1 liter of liquid honey.

Preparation:

1. Finely chop fresh herbs or grind dry ones.
2. Grind the berries with a crush or grind with a blender.
3. Mix berries with herbs in a single container and pour over honey.
4. Stir, arrange in jars and seal tightly.
5. Store in a cool place: refrigerator or basement.

Hawthorn juice

Despite the fact that the hawthorn is not juicy at all, but rather a mealy pulp, it is used to make a tasty and healthy juice for the winter. True, the drink produced according to this recipe can be called rather nectar. However, it retains most of the beneficial properties of this plant. It is especially easy to prepare a rich to taste juice from large-fruited hawthorn for the winter.

You will need:

• 1000 g of fruit;
• 1 liter of water;
• a pinch of citric acid;
• 100 g of sugar.

Preparation:

1. The hawthorn is washed, poured with water so that it only slightly covers the fruits, and boiled over low heat for about an hour.
2. Rub the softened berries through a sieve.
3. The resulting puree is diluted with water, sugar and citric acid are added and heated until boiling.
4. Boiling juice is packaged in sterile containers, tightly twisted and, turning over, wrapped until it cools.

If a juice cooker is available, then with its help, if desired, you can prepare absolutely natural juice from hawthorn berries at home without pulp and even without diluting with water.

The cooking process is as follows:

1. The fruits are washed and chopped using a meat grinder.
2. The resulting mass is loaded into the receiver for raw materials, water is poured into the lower section and the juicer is placed on the fire.
3. The juice extraction process can take up to an hour.
4. It is drained, filtered through cheesecloth, heated to + 100 ° C and poured into sterile glassware.
5. Immediately sealed hermetically for the winter.
6. If such juice is supposed to be stored in room conditions, then it is better to additionally sterilize it before clogging. For 0.5 liter containers, 15 minutes is enough, for liter containers - 20 minutes.

Hawthorn juice in a juicer

It is even easier to make hawthorn juice using a juicer. The fruits are washed, dried and passed through this device. The juice is obtained with a lot of pulp and has a very thick consistency. The taste is also rich with some honey-cinnamon aftertaste.

To preserve it for the winter, it is sterilized in a standard way. And when consumed, it is recommended to dilute it twice with filtered or spring water.

Hawthorn Morse

Fruit drink differs from other similar drinks in that it is obtained by diluting fruit grounds with water, and the content of puree in relation to the added liquid should be at least 15%.

Thus, for the manufacture of hawthorn fruit drink according to the recipe for the winter, you will need:

• 500 g of fruit;
• 2-2.5 liters of water;
• juice from half a lemon (optional);
• 300 g of sugar.

Manufacturing:

1. Prepared berries are boiled in a small amount of water until soft, then cooled and rubbed through a sieve.
2. The fruit mass is mixed with sugar and heated to almost boiling.
3. Water is added, again heated to almost + 100 ° C and immediately packaged in sterile containers, hermetically rolled up for the winter.

Hawthorn in syrup for the winter

Considering that the seeds of the hawthorn also contain considerable benefits, the preparation according to the following recipe is very tasty and healing.

You will need:

• 1 kg of hawthorn fruit;
• 700 g sugar;
• 200 ml of water.

Manufacturing:

1. Syrup is prepared from sugar and water, which must be boiled for at least 5 minutes to completely dissolve the sugar.
2. The hawthorn is peeled from the stalks, washed and dried, placed in boiling syrup.
3. The berries are boiled in syrup until the foam ceases to stand out, and the fruits themselves become almost transparent.
4. The workpiece is distributed over sterile jars, sealed and placed in storage for the winter.

Homemade hawthorn syrup recipe

A preparation such as hawthorn syrup for the winter is very popular among housewives, since it is universal in use and its preparation method is not complicated at all. The syrup is easy and convenient to add to tea or coffee. It can be diluted with cool water and get a healthy and at the same time refreshing drink. In addition, it is convenient to use for impregnating confectionery products and for improving the taste of various fillings.

You will need:

• 1000 g of fruit;
• 1000 g sugar;
• 5 g citric acid;
• 1 liter of water.

Manufacturing:

1. The fruits are dipped in a pot of boiling water and boiled until they are fairly soft.
2. The resulting drink is filtered through cheesecloth and sugar is added to it.
3. Heat the syrup until it boils, add citric acid and pour it hot into sterile bottles or other containers.

Hawthorn jelly recipe for the winter

Since hawthorn berries, like apples, contain a considerable amount of pectin, the process of making jelly is very similar to the technology of making a syrup.

You will need:

• 500 g of berries;
• about 70 ml of water;
• about 200-300 g of sugar.

Manufacturing:

1. The berries are steamed in boiling water until soft and pounded in a colander with a piece of strong gauze lined inside.
2. The juice is finally squeezed out with gauze, the cake is thrown away.
3. The required amount of sugar is added to the juice, heated to a boil and boiled for about 10-15 minutes.
4. The juice may not thicken when hot, but after cooling, the jelly will be quite dense.

Such hawthorn jelly is usually stored in the refrigerator in jars under parchment paper.

Hawthorn marmalade

The technology for making hawthorn marmalade is based on boiling off the released juice, so the first stages of preparation completely coincide with the description in the previous recipe.

For 1 kg of fruit, take 100 ml of water and about 400 g of sugar.

Preparation:

1. Juice is squeezed out of steamed berries and boiled over low heat until its volume is exactly halved.
2. Sugar is added, heated again until boiling and boiled for another 10-12 minutes.
   Attention! When boiling hawthorn juice with sugar, it is important to constantly remove the resulting foam.
3. The hot boiled mass is laid out on deep pallets in a layer not more than 2 cm thick.
4. Containers with drying marmalade are covered with a linen cloth or gauze and left in a warm room for several days.
5. After that, the layers of marmalade are cut into conveniently shaped pieces and, if desired, sprinkled with powdered sugar.
6. Store the sweet piece in cardboard boxes in a cool place.

Making hawthorn candies

You can also make very tasty sweets from a hot billet for marmalade.

You will need:

• 1 liter of juice obtained from softened berries;
• 0.5 kg of sugar;
• 100 g starch;
• 50 g icing sugar;
• 100 g of peeled and chopped nuts.

Manufacturing:

1. The juice from the fruits, boiled twice, is mixed with the same amount of sugar by weight and, heating to a boil, is boiled for about a quarter of an hour.
2. The starch is dissolved in cold water, poured into a saucepan with juice and mixed thoroughly.
3. Chopped nuts are added.
4. The resulting mixture is spread in a thin layer on a flat surface.
5. Dry either in a warm room for several days, or in a slightly heated oven (+ 50-60 ° C) for several hours.
6. Cut out any shape of the figurine, sprinkle it with powdered sugar and put it in a dry jar or cardboard box for storage.

Hawthorn jam for the winter

Simply and quickly, without long boiling, you can create delicious confiture from hawthorn if you use agar-agar.

You will need:

• 1.4 kg of hawthorn;
• 0.5 kg of sugar;
• 1 tsp agar agar;
• 1 lemon;
• 1 cinnamon stick

Preparation:

1. Steam hawthorn fruits in a standard way under a lid in a little water and rub the mixture through a sieve.
2. Add sugar, cinnamon, lemon juice and cook the fruit mass over low heat for 20 minutes.
3. 5 minutes before the end of the process, pour a small ladle of the mixture into a separate ladle, put agar-agar there and cook for a couple of minutes.
4. Pour the contents of the ladle back into the saucepan and stir.
5. Spread the hot mixture in sterile jars, roll up and cool quickly.

Candied hawthorn for the winter

You can also save hawthorn for the winter by making candied fruits from it.

You will need:

• 1.5 kg of hawthorn berries;
• 1.8 kg of sugar;
• 400 ml of water;
• 2 g citric acid.

Manufacturing:

1. Syrup is prepared from water and sugar.
2. The washed and dried berries are poured with hot syrup and left overnight.
3. In the morning, place the berries in syrup on the fire and after boiling, boil for 15 minutes.
4. Again, allow the workpiece to cool until the evening, when the whole procedure is repeated.
5. Then the berries are removed from the syrup, allowed to drain and laid out on a baking sheet covered with parchment.
6. Ready candied fruits are rolled in powdered sugar and dried either in the oven or in a warm room.
7. Store in a glass container with a tightly closed lid so as not to become damp.

Hawthorn sauce

It is also easy to cook a sauce from hawthorn fruits for the winter, like the one made from lingonberries.

For this you will need:

• 0.5 kg of hawthorn;
• 0.2 kg of sugar;
• 0.2 l of water.

Preparation:

1. The hawthorn is dipped in boiling water and boiled for 10-15 minutes until soft.
   
2. Rub the mass through a sieve to remove seeds.
3. Add granulated sugar, stir and heat slightly to dissolve the sugar.
4. Distributed in banks and rolled up for the winter.
5. To store the workpiece outside the refrigerator, it is advisable to additionally sterilize the cans.

Preparation of filling for apple and hawthorn pies

You will need:

• 1 kg of hawthorn;
• 0.8 kg of sugar;
• juice from half a lemon;
• 3-4 g of cinnamon.

Preparation:

1. For harvesting for the winter according to this recipe, it is advisable to remove seeds from the hawthorn fruit from the very beginning. To do this, the washed fruits are cut into two halves each and a bone is picked out with the tip of a small knife.
2. After that, the fruits are covered with sugar, poured over with lemon juice, cinnamon is added and put on a small fire.
3. After boiling, cook with constant stirring for about 20 minutes.
4. The hot workpiece is distributed over sterile jars, rolled up.

How to prepare hawthorn for the winter without sugar

According to the simplest recipe, hawthorn berries are simply boiled in a small amount of water, rubbed through a sieve and laid out in sterile jars. It is advisable to sterilize the workpiece or store it in the refrigerator.

Stevia leaves can also be used instead of sugar. It is an excellent and completely harmless sweetener. 15-20 dry leaves are added to 1 liter of the workpiece.

Is it possible to freeze hawthorn

Freezing hawthorn will make it very easy and efficient to prepare almost any number of berries for the winter. In addition, with this harvesting technology, all the useful substances available in the fruits from 6 to 12 months are preserved.

Freezing hawthorn for the winter

You can arrange whole washed and dried berries in one layer on a pallet and place them in the freezer for several hours. Then take it out and put it in portioned bags.

Sometimes it is more convenient to immediately remove the seeds from the berries and freeze the already peeled halves of the fruit.

How to use frozen hawthorn

Whole frozen berries can be used for cooking stewed fruit, fruit drinks, added to tea and other drinks.

Pitted frozen berries are convenient for making pie fillings and for adding to any jam.

Harvesting hawthorn: drying

Drying berries is the most traditional type of hawthorn harvesting for the winter. And this is quite justified, because you can use dried berries anywhere.

1. Healing decoctions are often prepared from them or simply brewed in the form of tea.
2. From crushed dry berries, you can also make a kind of drink, somewhat reminiscent of coffee.
3. Finely crushed berries can be added to the dough when baking bread or pies. They give the dough an attractive creamy color.

Rules for storing blanks from hawthorn

In the description of each recipe, it is mentioned in what conditions one or another hawthorn blank should be stored. Hermetically sealed glass jars are stored in normal room conditions.

Conclusion

Harvesting hawthorn for the winter will not take much time and effort. But, given the healing properties of this plant, every home should have at least a small supply of its fruits in one form or another.

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