Previously, jelly was prepared on the basis of oats and barley, and today, a wide variety of fruits and berries are used for its preparation. For example, cranberry jelly is unusually tasty, and among other things, as you know, such a berry is rich in vitamins and minerals, which are necessary for both children and adults.

Classic cranberry jelly

Cranberries are a unique berry. Ascorbic acid is its main component, and by the amount of this vitamin it can compete even with citrus fruits. The benefits of such an acidic berry are undeniable, but you can’t eat a lot of it. But in the form of jelly - easily! And how to cook cranberry jelly, find out right now.

Ingredients:

  • 620 g cranberries;
  • 1.5 liters of water;
  • sugar to taste;
  • three tablespoons of starch.

Cooking method:

  1. First crush the red berry with a blender, then pass through a sieve.
  2. We do not throw out the cake, but fill it with water (liter) and put it on the stove.
  3. The remaining water is mixed with juice.
  4. As soon as the cake boils, filter and pour the diluted juice. Bring to a boil again, pour in the sweetener. The amount of the latter depends on what kind of sweet jelly you want to cook.
  5. Then we dilute the thickener with water (a glass) and pour into a pan. Stir. And as soon as the jelly boils, turn off the fire.

From frozen berries

Frozen cranberries are as useful as fresh, so during a period of flu illness, a vitamin drink based on it will prove to be very useful.

Jelly from frozen cranberries is prepared as described above, the only difference is that a little less berries are needed.

Ingredients:

  • 220 g of frozen cranberries;
  • 75 g granulated sugar;
  • up to 50 g of starch;
  • 350 ml of water (150 ml - for a thickener).

Cooking method:

  1. Pour the frozen berries into the pan, pour in a little water and warm.
  2. As soon as the fruits unfreeze, grind them with a blender, and then with the help of a sieve we separate the cake from the juice.
  3. Pour the berry mass with water and cook for five minutes. Then we fill up the sand and after a minute add the thickener diluted in water. Warm up a little more and remove the composition from the fire.
  4. Pour juice, stir and cool the drink.

From pureed cranberries with sugar

Cranberry jelly can be drunk both cold and hot. It can be cooked from whole berries or from grated with sugar.

Ingredients:

  • two glasses of grated berries;
  • two liters of water;
  • two tablespoons of starch;
  • citric acid.

Cooking method:

  1. Put the ground berries in a stew-pan, send three glasses of warm water there and bring the mass to a boil.
  2. Then we take a sieve and mash berries.
  3. We put a little citric acid, put the mass on the fire and, as soon as the pulp begins to boil, pour in the thickener.
  4. Again, wait until the jelly boils, and remove it from the fire.

Cranberry Jelly with Starch

Cooking cranberry and starch jelly is simple, any housewife will cope with this recipe.

The most important thing is to determine the amount of starch, because the consistency of the drink depends on it.

You can also boil liquid jelly, or you can make it very thick.

Ingredients:

  • two cups of red berries;
  • two liters of water;
  • five tablespoons of thickener;
  • sweetener to taste.

Cooking method:

  1. For the recipe, we need cake and juice of berries. To do this, just take a sieve and grind the fruits, filter the resulting juice.
  2. From the cake we make a decoction. To do this, dip it in boiling water, cook for 15 minutes, then filter. We remove the cake, and return the broth to the stove and sweeten.
  3. Then pour in the thickener, cook for 8 minutes, then add juice, stir and remove from heat.

Recipe for children

Every mother monitors the diet of her children and tries to ensure that each dish brings them only benefit. One of these wholesome desserts is cranberry jelly, rich in vitamins and macronutrients.

Ingredients:

  • two glasses of fresh berries;
  • a cup of sweet sand;
  • one orange;
  • half a glass of thickener.

Cooking method:

  1. Using fresh blender, we make mashed potatoes, chop the zest of orange on a fine grater.
  2. Pour two liters of water into the stewpan, as soon as the liquid boils, put the zest, mashed berry and sweetener.
  3. After 15 minutes, pour in the thickener, boil and turn off the heat.

With apples

Cranberry jelly can be boiled with the addition of other, equally healthy berries and fruits.

For example, with apples. It turns out a very tasty, nutritious and aromatic drink, especially if you cook it in a slow cooker.

Ingredients:

  • three tablespoons of red berries;
  • two apples;
  • a thickener spoon;
  • sweetener to taste.

Cooking method:

  1. In a bowl of an electric appliance we put berries, slices of apples (without peel), pour sugar to taste and pour 1.3 liters of water. We select the “Steam” mode and set the time to 10 minutes.
  2. Grind the fruit and berry mass with a blender, cook for another 10 minutes, then we introduce the diluted starch and after two minutes turn off the device.
  3. Ready jelly can be cooled right in the bowl, and then poured into another bowl.

Thick cranberry jelly

You can cook jelly in liquid form, like a drink, but it is better to cook it more thick. Its soft structure gently envelops the walls of the stomach and thereby has a therapeutic effect on it. At the same time, such jelly can be served as a full-fledged delicious dessert.

Ingredients:

  • 120 g of frozen berries;
  • half a cup of sweet sand;
  • 85 g of starch.

Cooking method:

  1. From sugar and a liter of water, boil the syrup.
  2. Then we fall asleep berries and as soon as they boil, we introduce the thickener dissolved in water.
  3. Bring the jelly to a boil and remove from the stove.

The benefits and harms of the drink

The benefits of jelly largely depend on what products are used for its preparation.But in general, the viscous and soft consistency of such a drink has a beneficial effect on the work of the human body. Its positive effect on the stomach and intestines is especially strong.

  • Cranberry jelly is recommended to drink during the period of epidemics of influenza and viral diseases, as these red berries are rich in vitamin C.
  • Such jelly not only restores the digestive system, but also removes excess fluid from the body, thereby helping the kidneys.
  • Cranberries are a low-calorie berry, so jelly from it will help control weight if you drink a glass of drink before eating.
  • Starch is used in the preparation. Such a natural thickener activates metabolic processes.
  • Cranberry jelly is especially useful for children, but only if it is made from natural berries, and not from purchased briquettes.

Cranberries are an acidic berry, so a sweetener is added to the jelly. This means that such a drink is worth drinking with caution to those who suffer from diabetes, so as not to cause an increase in blood sugar.

Now you know how tasty and healthy cranberry jelly can be. So in the fall, do not forget to pick such a berry and freeze it for a whole year, so that at any time you can make a vitamin drink for the whole family.

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