Gooseberries with lemon: jam, drinks, desserts

For many housewives it's no secret that gooseberry with lemon perfectly combines in jams, jellies, stuffing for pies, compotes and even alcoholic beverages. Overseas lemons make desserts and alcohol from the more traditional for Russian cuisine gooseberries smoother and more interesting to the taste. In addition, such citrus-berry mixing is unusually beneficial for the body, because, like gooseberries and lemons, they are very rich in vitamins, organic acids, macro- and microelements.

Pre-treatment of

Before you send gooseberry and citrus into the dish, they must be properly selected and prepared. And here there are little tricks.

Lemons must be whole, tough, elastic and fragrant. Sluggish, soft, flabby, with signs of damage and damage, with a barely discernible smell in food is better not to use. Such fruits were stored for a long time or wrong. However, even good citrus must be thoroughly washed with hot water with a sponge, but without detergents, so as not to spoil the smell of peel.

The berries of gooseberries should be strong in appearance, without cracks, rot and mold. First they need to be sorted out by removing the stems. Then, in small portions, rinse with cold water and discard in a colander. After the excess excess liquid drains, the berries are ready to go to the dish.

Preserving recipes

Very popular billets from gooseberry with lemon. In winter they go for a bang with sandwiches, pancakes, fritters, cheese cakes, and also as a filling for pies.

Gooseberry in lemon-apple puree

• Gooseberries - 1 kg;
• lemons - 2 pieces;
• apples - 800 g;
• sugar - 400 g;
• water - 2 cups.

Clean lemon with a knife from the peel, cut into two parts, remove the seeds. The washed apples are divided into quarters, cut out the cores.

Prepared lemons and apples in a large pan, pour water and boil until soft. Then drain the liquid, cool the fruit and rub it through a sieve. In the mashed potatoes add the sugar and stirring, bring to a boil.

Gooseberries put in half-liter jars, pouring to the top with cooked puree. Cover with metal covers, sterilize for 15 minutes. Banks rolled up.

Confiture "Emerald Tale"

• Gooseberries of green color - 750 g;
• lemons - 2 pieces;
• kiwi - 500 g;
• sugar - 500 g.

Peeled kiwi fruit is cut into 4 parts, and each quarter is still chopped in thin slices. With a lemon remove a small griddle of cedar, from the pulp to squeeze the juice. Add this juice to the gooseberry, crushed with a blender. The resulting mashed potatoes are mixed with pieces of kiwi, lemon zest and sugar. Stir the mass and bring to a boil. Evaporate on low heat until the volume decreases by about 2 times.

Confiture in a hot kind to pour on jars and roll up.

Gem "The taste of a sunny summer" with lemon zest

Gooseberry berries are scalded with boiling water and rubed through a sieve. The resulting mass boil and cook over low heat for no longer than 10 minutes. Add granulated sugar( 1 gram of berry porridge - 700 grams of sugar).Again, stirring vigorously, bring to a boil.

To enhance the flavor, add 2 lemons and 6 tablespoons of gooseberry to gooseberries.spoons of red currant juice. Boil another 2 minutes, spread out on cans and roll up the lids.

Jam "Prepare all the year round"

For delicacy it is necessary to take 3 lemons, peel off, remove bones. Flesh break with a blender. Pour incomplete glass of water, pour in 1.5 kg of sugar. Boil.

Pour 1 kg of frozen gooseberries into lemon syrup. Cook until done. Keep in the refrigerator or, until the jam is not cooled, pour on sterilized jars and clog them with lids.

Drinks

Many people know a simple recipe for a soft drink made from gooseberries with lemon.

Compote "Kislinka in the heat"

Put on the fire 4 liters of water with 1 glass of sugar. How to boil, add 2 cups of gooseberries and 1-2 slices of lemon. Bring to a boil again. Cool and drain.

There is also a winter version of this delicious drink.

Compote with gooseberry and lemon "Easier nowhere"

Sterilize a 3-liter jar by a quarter fill with gooseberry berries( you can take unripe ones).Put 2 slices of lemon without skin. Hand over everything with a small amount of boiling water, after 5-10 seconds, drain the liquid.

Pour 1 cup sugar into the jar. Pour boiling water to the top, roll up the lid, turn over and wrap it until it cools.
And for the festive table the next alcoholic drink will do.

Bowl "Surprise Guests"

One lemon cut into thin slices and place in a glass jar. Pour 100 g of sugar on top, leave for about 2 hours. Then pour in 1 glass of chilled gooseberry juice, and for its preparation it is desirable to take berries of light color. Next, add a bottle of dry white wine. After an hour, drain.

Serve, mixing in half with champagne and adding ice cubes.

Tip. Instead of the usual ice, you can use frozen orange juice. With him, the drink will be even more original and pleasant to the taste.

With the health benefits of

It's no secret that heat treatment, destroys some vitamins, so most useful gooseberry with lemon without cooking.

Dessert "Lemon flavor"

2 lemons cut, along the way removing the seeds( you do not need to remove the crusts).Pass through the meat grinder with gooseberry( 1.5 kg).Add 2 kg of sugar, mix until smooth. Dispense in sterilized jars, cover with dry plastic covers. Keep gooseberries with lemon and sugar in the refrigerator.

Live vitamins

Grind 1 kg of ripe gooseberry. Add 1.5 kg of sugar.
1 large lemon and 1 orange( use citrus with skin, but without pits) to scroll through the meat grinder. Mix with sweet weight from gooseberry.
Store the sweetness in enameled dishes on the top shelf of the refrigerator.

And what will folk medicine say?

In non-traditional medicine, a mixture of gooseberry and lemon has long been known as an excellent means to strengthen immunity.

Recipe for miracle medicines

0.5 kg of mature gooseberries, 1 lemon with peel( remove the bones) and 0.5 cups of walnut kernels to pass through a meat grinder, add 0.5 cups of honey. Mix.

Keep in a cool place. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times daily before meals.

Such a tool will prevent colds and flu. Moreover, the indication for regular use of the mixture are the following diseases and conditions:

• vegetovascular dystonia;
• hypertension and hypotension;
• periods after a stroke, heart attack;
• memory degradation;
• pneumonia, bronchitis, tuberculosis;
• frequent viral infections;
• is a sexual impotence;
• anemia;
• lack of weight, exhaustion.

Also take a drug from gooseberry and lemon recommended to women during pregnancy planning, physically working men, the elderly, athletes, adolescents. In short, everyone who needs an additional source of energy and vitamins.

Cautions and contraindications

Lemon, honey and nuts are strong allergens, do not forget this. Therefore, even if there have not previously been negative reactions to these products, then during pregnancy and lactation, the mixture of gooseberry and lemon must be eaten with extreme caution. After all, the allergy can manifest not only in the mother, but also in the child. You need to start with half a teaspoon, gradually increasing the portion.

Warning! This tasty medicine is contraindicated for people with exacerbations of diseases or disorders of the gastrointestinal tract and urinary system, as well as diabetes mellitus.

At the same time, when everything is in order with the stomach and allergic manifestations are familiar only in theory, you can safely enjoy the above-mentioned useful desserts.