Berry juice: cooking options and recipes

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Berry juice is a he althy and tasty drink that is liked not only by children, but also by adults. Mors is especially good in winter - at a time when the body lacks vitamins so much. However, in summer, berry juice will come in handy, especially if you drink it chilled.

The article contains the most popular recipes for this drink, the secrets of its proper preparation and some tips on choosing the ingredients for a delicious fruit drink. It won't take long to make fruit drinks at home, and the result will meet all expectations.

Cooking at home

Before you make berry juice at home, you should find out some interesting facts about this drink:

• In Russia, fermented juices of wild berries were used to make fruit drinks, and in terms of strength, such a drink surpassed even kvass and kefir. Now berry juice is prepared without "alcoholic" intervention.
• Morseabsorbs all the useful properties of the berries of which it consists. That is why it is considered one of the he althiest drinks.
• Coffee is also a kind of "berry juice", because coffee beans are actually "coffee tree berries".

However, the most important thing to know about fruit drink is that this drink is very useful, allows you to maintain the normal functioning of the immune system and prevents the development of many diseases.

Various recipes

There are many different recipes for berry juice in the world, which is not surprising, because almost every housewife prepares it according to her own, special technology. However, among all of them, there are some of the most popular and frequently used recipes, thanks to which an incredibly tasty and he althy drink is obtained.

It is worth noting that fruit drink does not have to consist of certain berries. It can combine several ingredients at once, thus making the drink even more useful. As mentioned above, fruit drink absorbs all the nutrients from berries, so the more of them in the composition, the more saturated with vitamins it will turn out.

Red currant juice

Currant juice is an excellent drink to quench your thirst in summer, which can be consumed even when losing weight, because it contains only 50 kcal. To prepare it, you will need the following ingredients:

• red currant - 250 gr.;
• sugar - 5Art. l.;
• water - 1 l.

First, you need to thoroughly wash the currants, separate them from the branch and dry them. Then put the berries in a bowl and mash with a spoon, then pour 2 tbsp. cold boiled water.

Put the berry mass into a fine sieve, squeeze the juice through it. If there is too little liquid, you can gradually add more boiled water. When enough juice has collected, put it in the fridge.

Put the remaining berries in the sieve into a saucepan, pour 3 cups of hot water into it. When the liquid boils, reduce the heat and cook it for another 8-10 minutes. After that, remove the resulting broth from heat, cover with a lid and let it brew for 20-25 minutes. Once again, strain everything well, squeeze the juice from the berries, add the juice from the refrigerator and sugar, mix thoroughly. Currant juice is ready!

Cranberry juice

It is the cranberry that is most often used for making fruit drinks, as this berry contains a large amount of vitamins and antioxidants that have great benefits for human he alth. Cranberry berry juice can even be found on store shelves, but it is much better to make this drink yourself, using only natural products. For cooking you will need:

• cranberries - 125g;
• sugar - 120 g;
• water - 1 liter.

Berries put in boiling water and simmer for about 8 minutes. Then extract and squeeze the juice out of them. The resulting juice is mixed with the finished broth. Add sugar to itmix thoroughly. It is recommended to drink chilled. The question of how to make berry juice from cranberries has been resolved! You can enjoy your drink.

Cowberry juice

Another popular treat for all children and adults is cranberry berry juice. It is prepared in the same way, only the number of ingredients is slightly changed. For cranberry juice you will need:

• 150 grams of berries;
• 120 grams of sugar;
• 1 liter of water.

Rinse the berries thoroughly, pour over hot boiled water and put to cook on a slow fire. After 5-8 minutes, remove them from the pan, pass through a sieve - this way you can squeeze out the juice remaining in the berries.

Add the juice to the finished broth, add 120 grams of sugar, mix. The drink can be drunk both hot and cold. It is noteworthy that if you add a little starch to it during cooking, you get a very tasty berry jelly.

Frozen fruit drink

How to prepare this drink from fresh products is already clear, but how to cook berry juice from frozen berries is still worth analyzing. In fact, the technique for preparing such a decoction is not particularly different, with the exception of some points.

Berries must first be defrosted. To do this, they are placed in a saucepan with boiling water, the dishes are covered with a lid, wrapped in a thick towel and stand for three hours.

Then the berries are removed, passed through a sieve. The resulting juice is added to the infusion formed during this time. Berry juiceready! Can be consumed warm or chilled.

About the benefits of fruit drink

As mentioned above, fruit drink is a very he althy drink, but why exactly is worth analyzing in detail. To do this, you can consider an example of a list of ingredients, tips for eating a dish and other notes taken from the document of the catering establishment "Berry Morse: technological map". First of all, let's study the nutritional value of the drink.

Name	Content per 100 grams of finished product	Percentage Nutrient Loss During Processing
Calories	48, 66	0
Proteins	0, 06	0
Fats	0	0
Carbohydrates	12, 45	0
Thiamin (B1)	0.0025 mg	0
Riboflavin (B2)	0.0025 mg	0
Iron (Fe)	0.0771 mg	0
Calcium (Ca)	1.955 mg	0
Potassium (C)	0.735	60%

You cannote that when brewing, all useful substances remain in the drink, with the exception of potassium, which evaporates in small quantities. Thanks to this, fruit drinks are low-calorie, but at the same time saturated with vitamins and minerals necessary to maintain human he alth.

Consumption rate

Like any other food, berry juice has its own consumption rates, which are also indicated in the technological map. The recommended output of a dish for one meal for different categories of people is as follows:

• children from 1 to 3 years - 180 ml;
• children from 3 to 7 years old - 200 ml;
• pupils aged 7-18 - 200 ml;
• adults - 200 ml.

Very often, berry juice is served in school canteens instead of tea or compote. In addition, this drink is widely in demand in the catering of various sanatoriums and recreation centers. However, in order to enjoy a delicious vitaminized fruit drink, it is not at all necessary to go to a resort, because cooking it at home will not be any problem. You can experiment and add various berries to the recipe, for example, blackcurrant, raspberries, cherries, gooseberries, blueberries and others.