Ежевика – царица среди ягод.She is very beautiful, has a noble dark purple color and a pleasant aroma. Something like a raspberry, therefore, refers to it to one family. Suitable for cooking various desserts, pastries, soups and cereals. However, many cooks prefer to cook tincture from blackberries at home. This drink is very tasty and useful, can be used for the treatment of colds.
Where to get the berry and which one to use?
There are three places where you can get a blackberry forcooking tinctures: in the store, the forest or your own garden. In supermarkets, berries are usually sold frozen. As a rule, it is already selected and prepared for further use. Before cooking, let it melt at room temperature and wash.
Blackberry forest often grows near the rivers.The easiest way to collect it is for villagers who know the terrain like 5 fingers of their own. City dwellers may not find it. When picking berries from bushes one should be careful, the branches cling to clothes and prick hard. Use the fruit for cooking should be immediately, since they are not stored for a long time.
Another option is to collect blackberries in your garden.It is clear that for this it must first be planted and grown. The best varieties to date are considered beshipnye - "Loch Ness", "Navajo" and some others. Homemade blackberries are simple to collect and use, it tastes better. But you need to be prepared for the fact that it lacks the unique delicate aroma that the forest has.
Whatever blackberry you use - forest,garden or purchased, see that it is ripe, dry and fairly solid. Tails, damage, non-standard color, mold on the berries should not be. Otherwise, a good tincture made on their basis will not work. She just does not deserve, spoil.
The benefits of tincture of blackberry
This drink made on moonshine, alcohol orVodka is considered healing. It helps the body to improve the work of the stomach and intestines, has a beneficial effect on the condition of the joints, allows you to get rid of inflammatory processes, including in the kidneys and bladder. May be used as antipyretic.
A similar effect on the body due tothe presence of blackberries and any drinks created from them of a number of useful substances: organic acids (ascorbic, citric, nicotinic and malic), vitamins P and K, retinol, iron, manganese, calcium and so on. Thus, drinking the tincture is a little very good for health.
Secrets of cooking
Blackberry tincture should be prepared immediately afterpicking berries or buying them. To do this, the berry must be washed and dried thoroughly, laid out on paper towels. After that, transfer to clean jars, pour the amount of sugar specified in the selected recipe, add other ingredients if necessary: a sprig of mint, a slice of lemon, and so on. Infuse up to 4 weeks, shaking occasionally. Pour through cheesecloth into a clean bottle. That's it, ready.
Recipe on moonshine
Эта настойка из ежевики эффективно помогает при Combating colds and pneumonia helps to cure joint inflammation. It can be used for gargling with gum disease and just to improve mood.
Ingredients:
- purified moonshine - 1 l;
- pure water - 0.5 l;
- sugar - 0.2 kg;
- blackberries - 1 kg;
- net can.
Preparation
Wash glass container with soda, sterilizeand slightly dry. Put the berries in it along with the sugar, pour the moonshine. Leave for 4 days, not forgetting to shake occasionally. Filter the resulting liquid from the sediment using gauze. The remaining berries on the fabric pour water, leave for 4 hours. All mix, strain again. Bottled, put on the shelf in the closet.
Alcohol recipe
The tincture prepared on alcohol, it turns out notworse in taste than made in moonshine. It is recommended for use in atherosclerosis, the presence of inflammatory processes, gastritis. Preparing easy enough.
Ingredients:
- Mint leaves - 1-2 pcs .;
- blackberries - 0.3 kg;
- lemon rind - a little;
- alcohol - 0.5 l;
- sugar - 1 tbsp. spoon;
- clean sterilized jar.
Preparation
For making blackberry tincture on alcoholyou need to take a glass container and immerse in it clean and well-sorted berries, mint leaves and lemon zest, mix gently (preferably with a wooden stick or spoon). Pour all the ingredients with alcohol, remove for 1 month (maybe a little more) in a dark cool room. Then filter, pour into a clean bottle and refrigerate.
The recipe of tincture on vodka
In the infusion of blackberries on vodka, you can addother berries, such as raspberries or black currants, as well as jam. The usefulness of the drink from this only increase. It will have relaxing and firming properties, can help with sore throat or flu.
Ingredients:
- blackberries - 0.2 kg;
- 40% vodka - 1 l;
- black currant (or jam) - 0.2 kg;
- sugar - about 4 tbsp. spoons.
Preparation
Рецепт настойки из ежевики на водке таков:Wash the usual three-liter jar with soda, rinse, sterilize for 15 minutes. Give a little dry. Put in her berries and sugar, pour in vodka. Cover with gauze and put in a dark place. Insist for 1-1.5 months, ensuring that mold does not appear. To avoid its formation, it is recommended to periodically shake the container, at least once every 1-2 weeks. After the infusion time of the drink, strain through gauze, pour into a dry bottle. Put in the fridge. Store up to 5 years.
Blackberry tincture for rubbing
Except for consuming inside, blackberrytincture is often used for rubbing sore spots with rheumatism, back pain (if there are no chronic diseases), arthrosis, and so on. To create ointments together, berries are traditionally used leaflets.
Ingredients:
- fresh leaves - 50 grams;
- Vodka - 1 bottle.
Preparation
Recipe tinctures of blackberry at home inThis case is very simple: you need to collect the leaves that do not have any damage, wash them, pour over boiling water, dry them a little, move them into a glass jar and pour vodka on them. Close the container with a nylon cover, remove for 7 days in a dark place. After pouring into a dry bottle and refrigerate.
Take note!
For whatever recipe you make the tincture ofblackberry, it can be used for compresses to treat colds. To do this, soak dry clean gauze in a drink and place it on the chest. Wear warm clothes on top or climb under a thick blanket. Since it is necessary to sweat well after this procedure, it is best to do it before going to bed. Since the compress is absolutely safe, it can be done for small children, except, perhaps, only for newborns and allergies.
