Naturally, with fresh berries and fruitsNeither their frozen nor canned versions can compare. However, they have one undeniable advantage. For example, you can cook kissels and compotes in well-known combinations from seasonal berries and fruits. And these combinations are determined by the ripening period of specific fruits. After all, by the time the plums ripen, the cherries have already gone, and the strawberries will not wait for the same black currants or gooseberries. And in places where you can pick fresh cranberries, you will never grow apricots. So, cooking cranberry-apricot compote or strawberry-cherry kissel from fresh berries is very problematic. But you can cook such kissel from frozen berries without any problems! Of course, we are not the pioneers. Our predecessors also prepared vitamins for future use, only they did it differently. They cooked more jam and dried apples, pears, cherries and plums. And what do we have? Go to any supermarket! There you will find cherries, plums, cranberries, lingonberries, currants, strawberries… And all of this is fresh frozen. Or you can skip the store and stock up on seasonal berries by freezing them yourself. Then you will definitely be able to make any kind of jelly you want, having come up with your own recipe. Or you can choose any recipe from those offered.
Kissel from frozen raspberries and cranberries
A surprisingly pleasant combination of sour cranberries andsweet aromatic raspberries. By the way, this recipe for making kissel from frozen berries can be used as a base. In the same way, you can then cook kissel from cherries, lingonberries or plums. Ingredients:
- Cranberry - 1 glass;
- Raspberry - 1 glass;
- Potato starch - 3 tablespoons;
- Water - 4 liters;
- Sugar - at its discretion.
Preparation:Pour water into a saucepan, put it on the stove and bring to a boil. Pour frozen berries into boiling water and cook for ten to fifteen minutes. After that, strain the resulting berry compote and add sugar. You can throw in the berries - we will not need them anymore. Put the broth back on the fire, and while it is boiling, dilute the starch with cold water. And now comes the most interesting part. As soon as the broth boils, reduce the heat and begin to stir the contents of the saucepan with a spoon in a circle. At the same time, pour the diluted starch into the saucepan in a thin stream. Before your eyes, the broth will begin to turn into a viscous transparent jelly. Cook it for another two minutes and turn off the heat. Our beautiful, aromatic and delicious jelly made from frozen berries is ready!
Kissel from frozen sea-buckthorn
We offer you a recipe for a traditional Russian drink made from sea buckthorn. This drink is very easy to make, although its recipe is slightly different from the previous one. Ingredients:
- 1 glass of sea-buckthorn berries;
- Incomplete glass of sugar;
- 2 tablespoons of potato starch.
- 3 or 2.5 glasses of water.
Preparation:Wash the berries and defrost them slightly. They should not melt completely, but should become soft enough to be mashed. So, put the sea buckthorn in a bowl and crush them with a regular masher. You can also crush the berries in a blender. Now take a saucepan of a suitable volume, pour water into it and add sugar. Put the water on the fire and let it boil. Put the crushed berries into the boiling water, and then add starch diluted in cold water. Stir and cook the jelly for about three minutes. That's it. Our jelly is ready!
Vitamin jelly from frozen berries
Another recipe for sea buckthorn jelly, but this time we will supplement it with other healthy berries. Ingredients:
- Half a glass of cranberry;
- Half a glass of cranberries;
- 1 glass of sea-buckthorn;
- 1 cup of sugar;
- 3 tablespoons of potato starch.
- 4 liters of water.
Preparation:Pour water into a saucepan and put it on the fire. While the water is boiling, rinse the frozen berries. Leave the cranberries and lingonberries whole, and grind the sea buckthorn into a puree. Dilute the starch with cold water. When the water boils, put the lingonberries and cranberries into the saucepan and cook the berries for about ten minutes. Then strain the broth, throw out the berries, and put the saucepan back on the fire and add sugar and sea buckthorn puree to the broth. Wait for the broth to boil again and, stirring it, add the starch diluted with water. Cook the boiled jelly for no longer than five minutes. Cool and taste.
Kissel from frozen strawberries
The recipe is from the classic series. And considering that we will cook jelly from frozen strawberries, this is also its simplified version. Ingredients:
- 400 grams of frozen strawberries;
- 6 tablespoons of sugar;
- 2 tablespoons of potato starch;
- 2 liters (approximately) of water.
Preparation:This jelly is very, very easy to prepare. First, pour water into a saucepan and put it on the stove. Add sugar and wait for the water to boil. After that, put all the berries in the saucepan, wait for the water to boil again and immediately take out the strawberries. Now put the strawberries in a blender and turn them into a puree, and dilute the starch with cold water. First add the diluted starch to the boiling broth, stirring it continuously, and then add the strawberry puree. Stir, let the jelly boil and turn off the heat. Serve completely cooled.
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This is how easy and quick it is to cook something deliciousberry jelly. And frozen berries give us the opportunity to experiment with flavors and enjoy this pleasant and healthy drink even after the berry season has passed. Just don't forget that you need to cook with pleasure. Bon appetit and success in the culinary field! We recommend reading:
