Dishes with rowan - 1 cooking recipes

It is difficult to find a tree that can compare in beauty with mountain ash in autumn. There are several types of rowan, among them red rowan and chokeberry are especially widespread. Rowan berries are widely used in the production of confectionery and in the alcoholic beverage industry. Rowan dishes contain a large amount of pectin substances, due to which they have high nutritional value. Recipes with rowan berries are recommended to be prepared for the winter. They can even be pickled. If we cook at home, we can make vitamin-rich rowan syrup from selected berries. It can be added to tea and other drinks to give them a unique taste and aroma. To prepare this syrup, you need to rinse the rowan berries, then pour cold water over them. After this, grind them with a mixer and heat until the mass boils. Then remove from heat and let cool, then squeeze the mixture into a clean pan. You need to add an equal volume of sugar to the juice and let it boil again for several minutes, stirring occasionally and skimming off the foam. Hot syrup should be poured into glass containers. If the rowan syrup is thick, it will harden into a jelly. The beneficial properties of rowan berries are due to the high content of vitamins, essential oils, pectin and tannins, flavonoids and other trace elements. Rowan leaves have a pronounced phytoncidal effect. The vitamin C content in rowan leaves is much higher than in the fruits. Rowan berries are used to treat hypertension, as a hemostatic agent. Rowan is also a good honey plant and a source of the earliest, healing May honey.