Kissel is one of the traditional dishes in Russia. To date, this healthy and nutritious drink is common not only in Russia, but also in many European countries.
Yagodno-fruit jellies occupy one of the first places in terms of usefulness, by the number of vitamins and amino acids contained therein. Earlier Kissel did not thicken with starch, but was simply cooked on the fermented cereal grains. Nowadays it is prepared not only from fresh berries and fruits, syrups, juices, but even from jam or jam. Today we'll figure out how to make a delicious and healthy jelly from jam. You can use any jam that you have available: strawberry, cherry, plum, currant or any other.
Kissel from raspberry jam
Raspberry jam is one of the most useful preparations for the winter. It can be taken not only as a cold remedy, adding to tea, or used as a filling for pancakes, but also boil it with a stunning kissel. How to cook jelly from raspberry jam? It should be noted that the consistency of jelly from starch and jam directly depends on the amount of added potato starch. If you want to do more, put more starch and vice versa.
Ingredients:
- water - 2 l;
- starch - 3-4 st. spoons;
- jam crimson - to taste.
Preparation
To our kissel was a homogeneous consistency and it did not hit the seeds of raspberries, take a bowl and cover it with a double layer of gauze. Carefully lay out the raspberry jam on the cheesecloth, carefully holding it, so that it does not sag. Then squeeze the jam. The remaining seeds in the gauze are thrown away. Starch pre-dilute in cold water and leave to swell. In a saucepan with boiling water, gently pour raspberry jam and after 5 minutes add a thin trickle of starch. Do not forget to stir the jelly constantly so that lumps do not form. Immediately after boiling, remove the jelly from the heat and refrigerate. Kissel from raspberry jam can be served with any cookies or simply with a loaf.
Kissel from strawberry jam
Ingredients:
- water - 1 l;
- strawberry jam - 3-4 st. spoons;
- sugar - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- starch;
- pinch of citric acid.
Preparation
Strawberry jam with hot water and cook on low heat for 5-7 minutes. Filter the resulting syrup through a sieve, add sugar, citric acid and mix to allow all sugar to dissolve. Gently pour in pre-diluted starch with cold water and bring the mixture to a boil. Remove from the fire and leave to kissel infused and cooled.
Kissel from cherry jam and apples
Ingredients:
- water - 1 l;
- cherry jam (preferably without pits) - 4 tbsp. spoons;
- apples - 2-3 pieces;
- starch - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- sugar - to taste.
Preparation
My apples, cut into large pieces and put in a pot of boiling water. In a few minutes, add the cherry jam
On the benefits of jelly
Doctors recommend using jelly for people to treat the gastrointestinal tract, especially with gastritis, peptic ulcer. Also it is useful to people suffering from obesity, as it creates a feeling of satiety and does not get fat from it. Each berry, used in the preparation of jelly, treats its disease. Kissel from cherry jam helps with respiratory diseases. Kissel of apples and cherry jam improves pancreatic work, blood composition. It turns out that regularly using jelly, you will be healthy and energetic. So - cook jelly for health!