Who does not like sweets? Such people are unanimous, you will agree, and those who refuse from delicacies, most likely, are afraid to harm the figure. Children also adore tasty desserts and always expect from their mother something new for tea. The most pleasant thing is when something sweet is done by one's own hands, only time does not always suffice for this. We will tell you the recipe for a very delicious treat, which can be done quickly and without the skills of the chef - it's jelly from cranberries.
A bit about cranberries
Why did we choose this berry? It's simple - it is very useful, including for small children and mothers, that babies are pricked. Cranberries can be stored in the freezer for a long time while losing a small percentage of their useful properties. This berry is known for many centuries in all countries, and if it is stored correctly, it can give its healing properties up to two years. Well, simply because we recommend making jelly from cranberries, that few people know such a taste of dessert, and you will be able to surprise both children and guests, besides jelly stuff can be used for different cakes and pies.
Cranberry Jelly Recipes
Traditional
This recipe can be called classic because of its simple ingredients, simple cooking. Each hostess can make such a dessert.
We will need:
- cranberry berry - 500 grams;
- sugar - you can take reed, it is more useful - 250 grams;
- bag of gelatin - you need two tablespoons of table yellow powder;
- water - a little less than a liter.
Cooking a delicious jelly.
You can take the berry fresh, or collected in the past season and stored in the freezer. In the first case, the cranberries should be well washed, all inclusions and twigs removed, in the second one, you should wait, when the red "beads" a little thaw. After that, put the crate into the cup and press it with a spoon or a wooden tolstka very carefully. You get a lot of juice and pomace, now you need to filter everything either through several layers of gauze, or through a sieve or a small colander. We put the juice separately, then put the cake again in a saucepan or a cup.
A glass of boiling water should be combined with two spoons of gelatin. You do not throw out the cake, but fill it with warm boiled water - ½ liter. We put on the fire, after boiling, we languish 7-10 minutes. Next, the cake is filtered after it has cooled slightly. And now combine with granulated sugar and again pour into a saucepan and on the stove on a very weak fire. With constant stirring, combine the broth and fresh juice, bring to a boil and pour in the swollen gelatin, we languish all the time and ready. We pour into beautiful violets or molds that are at home, let it cool down and set in the cold until the moment of solidification.
Tip! To make jelly from cranberries even more beautiful and interesting for children in the shape you can add berries or nuts that will be visible after hardening.
With champagne
If the first dessert was for children, then this jelly is only for adults, an excellent option for a romantic dinner.
We will need:
- lemon - its peel is needed;
- cranberries - a glass of 100 grams;
- gelatin - ½ pack;
- a glass of champagne - 200 grams;
- vanilla sugar - 50 grams.
Cooking a delicious jelly.
This dessert is very easy to prepare. Gelatin is poured with cool boiled water, so that it is completely swollen, after which we drain the remaining liquid. Now you need to combine the mass with vanillin and melt with a water bath. Next, combine the warm mass and a glass of sparkling wine, here we spread our berries and rub a little bit of zest. We set to freeze in the refrigerator. These two variants of jelly from cranberries were with gelatin, try to do now without it.
Sweet dessert
This jelly will freeze at the expense of sugar in the composition, due to the natural process of transformation of berries when mixed with sugar, which should be taken as much as berries. This option can be stored for a long time in the refrigerator, store it for the winter.
We will need:
- berry and sugar - in equal quantities we will take 450 grams;
- water - 340 ml.
Cooking a delicious jelly.
The berries are either mine or thawed, after which we place them in a pot, fill with the right amount of water. The mass should boil, and the cranberries become soft. Now you need to wipe it all through a sieve, then combine it with granulated sugar, weighed on low heat for 10 minutes, and jelly-free gelatin is ready.With apples
This is another version of jelly made from cranberries, a delicious dessert can be prepared for the future and please the family on cold evenings.
We will need:
- cranberries - ½ kg is better to take fresh;
- apple - one medium sweet variety;
- water - slightly less than 400 ml;
- dates or other dried fruits at your request - 30 grams;
- honey - to taste.
Cooking a delicious jelly.
The berries are mine, we remove all impregnations, the field of which we connect with water and begin to boil. As the water boiled, we put here dried fruits and slices of a peeled apple. We simmer for 10-12 minutes, put sugar or honey to taste and wait about five minutes. You can immediately shift our jelly, and it will be possible to rub it from all the inclusions of berries. The beauty of jelly is that it can be used as a dessert either alone or as a component for recipes of cakes, pies, cakes - a double benefit and benefit for the hostess.
Tip! If you want your beak to be stored for a long time, then collect it in late autumn. But if there were already the first frosts, then this berry should be stored in the freezer. Also throughout the winter, cranberries can lie in the refrigerator in sugar syrup.
Such recipes will allow you to stock up on desserts for the winter, and make the children happy, and your husband or friends. Collect berries to make delicious treats from them, and a pleasant appetite!