Dried ground bird cherry application. How to chop bird cherry berries? How to shape and trim bird cherry? Harm and contraindications to ground bird cherry
Bird cherry flour is a product for our area, unfortunately, not very well known. But it has a lot of advantages - from a wonderful taste and rich beneficial composition to dietary properties. Many baked goods are prepared from bird cherry flour, the delicious taste of which, coupled with a valuable composition that carries many benefits, deserves the attention of the general public.
Peculiarities
It would seem that in our time you won’t surprise anyone with a new type of flour - almond and coconut, various nuts and peas, and pumpkin are widespread. However, bird cherry product stands separately on this list. In Russia, this type of flour is not very widespread - few people know about its existence, despite the huge number of useful properties and advantages. Therefore, it can be very difficult to find it in mass production; it is made to order by small specialized enterprises.
Bird cherry flour is obtained not from bird cherry grains, but from its dried fruits. Bird cherry is dried in specially created artificial conditions or under the rays of the sun. It is noteworthy that for many years bird cherry was considered an unsuitable product for cooking due to its rather bright and piquant composition. In those days, many peoples, including Slavic ones, collected bird cherry berries and added them to pies, decorated dishes with them, and made compotes, but this plant began to be used as flour only recently.
Description and characteristics
The epithets “unusual”, “tasty”, “savory” are ideal for culinary products made from this type of flour. In addition to various types of baked goods, jelly is prepared from bird cherry flour; it is added to alcoholic drinks, including wine, as a natural coloring. Bird cherry desserts are especially delicious if you brew them with black tea or pour a cup of hot chocolate.
Externally, this flour is very similar to cocoa powder - a pleasant brown color, soft silky texture and fine grinding. Its smell is somewhat reminiscent of the smell of almonds, and it tastes sweet, but with a bitterness, in a word, really piquant.
Beneficial features
Bird cherry flour is a product that is not only tasty, but also healthy. It is still believed to have greater medicinal properties than wheat. It is credited with bile- and diuretic effects, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, and is widely used in the prevention of colds, to accelerate regeneration and improve immunity. In a word, its application is enormous.
Bird cherry flour has long been used in folk medicine. For example, it was believed that products made from bird cherry and wheat flour in half helped with diseases such as tuberculosis, diabetes, and various intestinal disorders. Dishes made from bird cherry flour help stabilize metabolism.
A sufficient amount of antioxidants and flavonoids allows us to conclude that bird cherry flour is a hypoallergenic product.
If you are not allergic directly to bird cherry, of course. It can relieve irritation, itching and inflammation caused by exposure to allergens.
It is also a very low calorie product. The calorie content of 100 grams is only about 120 kilocalories or 500 kJ, which is several times less than other similar products. 67% of its BZHU are complex carbohydrates, which will allow you to consume baked goods from this flour when losing weight, on diets or during fasting days.
The remaining 16% comes from proteins, 17% from carbohydrates. It can also be used by people with glucose intolerance or low glucose tolerance. Nutritionists point out that there is more fiber here than in any other flour, which is due to the fact that the seeds and skins, which contain huge amounts of fiber, are also ground into flour.
One of the most important features of this flour is the lack of heat treatment. It is thanks to this that substances such as vitamins E, P, B1-B2, zinc, copper, and iron are preserved in its composition. It is also important to note that the composition of bird cherry flour is very “acidic” - it contains a large amount of organic acids, for example, citric, malic and ascorbic.
However, if you suffer from ulcers or gastritis, then there is no need to be afraid of this - a large amount of fruit acids helps remove toxins from the body and normalizes the acidic environment.
In cosmetology, it is especially emphasized that bird cherry contains a large amount of vitamin P, otherwise known as routine, which slows down the aging process, and in combination with vitamin C and fruit acids can be used as a good renewing agent. Judging by the reviews, resourceful ladies have long known about this and are already using bird cherry flour with all their might as masks and peelings, however, mixing it with clay, basic fatty oils or other types of flour, for example, pumpkin flour.
All this makes bird cherry flour very useful for entire categories of people (losing weight, eating healthy, having glucose intolerance), and baking from it tastes no less pleasant than from other types of flour.
Contraindications
Despite a number of advantages, beneficial properties and rich composition, bird cherry flour cannot be consumed during certain periods of life or in case of certain diseases.
Due to the content of prussic acid in bird cherry seeds, this flour is not recommended for pregnant women, while breastfeeding and children under two years of age. The likelihood that hydrocyanic acid will cause any harm to the body is very small, but if you are hypersensitive, it is better not to use it. The same applies to allergies to flour and individual intolerance.
It is recommended to avoid bird cherry flour even if you have diseases such as ulcers or gastritis. It can lead to an exacerbation of the disease, because bird cherry berries contain an increased concentration of acids, which should not be consumed in case of such diseases.
For chronic constipation, bird cherry flour should also be avoided - it binds the stool, which can only aggravate the problem. Also, due to the “acidic” composition, you should pay great attention to the expiration date of flour if you purchase it in a store.
How to cook?
In the vast expanses of our vast homeland, this flour is not yet so popular, however, gourmets have already managed to appreciate it. It is not mass produced, so it will be quite difficult to purchase it - one might even say that it is easier to prepare it yourself.
The algorithm for preparing bird cherry flour at home is simple. The first step is to collect the bird cherry and dry it. In most areas of our country, the best time for this is considered to be from the end of July to the beginning of September. Next, grind the berries thoroughly, for example, using a coffee grinder.
A mortar can also help to grind the berries, but this method is very long and requires a lot of effort. When the bird cherry begins to look more like finely ground flour, you should put it through a sieve to get rid of any remaining peel and too large pieces of seeds. This flour can be stored for 1 year from the date of production in a closed, dry room.
Where is it used?
Many diets often contain recipes for various baked goods made from this flour. These include cookies, pancakes, muffins, breads, buns; it is widely used in making pies. The range is as huge as in the case of regular wheat flour. Here are some simple recipes that anyone can repeat.
Pancakes made from bird cherry flour
Such pancakes, like everything made from bird cherry flour, are rightfully considered dietary. To prepare them you will need bird cherry flour, wheat flour, milk, water, two chicken eggs, sugar, salt and soda to neutralize acids. The sequence of actions is the same as in the case of regular pancakes. Two types of flour are mixed in a separate bowl in a ratio of 2: 1 (more bird cherry flour). Beat the eggs separately, add one teaspoon of salt and two tablespoons of sugar.
Next, 100–200 ml of milk is poured into the eggs, everything is mixed, then flour is added. Stir the mixture until smooth and carefully add the remaining milk or water - we do not pour out all the milk at once, since a thicker mass is easier to make homogeneous. Add a pinch of soda. You can mix the dough either with a mixer or by hand.
At the very end, add two tablespoons of vegetable oil to the dough and mix again.
The calorie content of such pancakes will be only about 200 calories, and the taste will be excellent. If desired, such pancakes can be stuffed with filling, for example, low-fat cottage cheese.
Bird cherry brownies
Brownies, which can be baked from bird cherry flour, are considered no less tasty. You will need 100 grams of bird cherry and wheat flour, sugar and butter, 200 ml of milk, 3 eggs and sugar - to taste. You can use pomegranate or nuts as decoration. You will also need cake molds.
Boil the milk and pour it over the bird cherry flour, leave it in this position for 2–2.5 hours. Melt the butter, mix the eggs with sugar - but don't beat it.
Bird cherry flour should look like a thick dark paste after time. Add it to the eggs and sugar, and don’t forget about the butter. Stir the resulting composition, add wheat flour. The dough will be liquid; for convenience, we recommend using a ladle to fill out the molds. Grease the molds with vegetable oil. Brownies are placed in the oven preheated to 170 degrees for 15-17 minutes.
Bird cherry bread
If you are a lover of homemade bread, then you will definitely like the bird cherry bread recipe. It's a little more complicated than making regular wheat or pumpkin bread, but the taste is amazing. Take 400 ml of water, bird cherry flour 30 g, wheat flour - 600 g, 3 tablespoons of sunflower oil, salt - 1 teaspoon, 1 tablespoon of sugar and 6 g of dry yeast.
First of all, mix the wheat flour with yeast in a large bowl, pour the bird cherry flour, as in the case of Brownies, with boiling water (200 ml), add salt and sugar to it. Wait until the boiling water with flour has cooled, and then pour the resulting mixture into the wheat flour. Add the remaining 200 ml of warm water, sunflower oil, mix the dough thoroughly, knead. As a result, it remains soft for a long time and slightly sticks to your hands.
Now take another bowl, grease it with sunflower oil and place the dough in it. Now you need to cover it with a plastic bag and leave it for an hour and a half. After forty minutes, the dough will need to be kneaded, covered again with film and left to rise for the rest of the time. After this time, the dough will rise and become more similar to traditional bread - all that remains is to give it the shape of a loaf.
The form in which the bread will be baked should be lined with parchment or greased with butter. You should place the bread in the pan, cover with a cloth and leave to stand for another half hour. During this time, the dough will increase even more, occupy the entire shape, and then it can be baked.
The oven should be preheated to 200 degrees for the first 10 minutes. You need to bake the dish with steam, placing a bowl of water under the pan. Next, you should reduce the heat so that the temperature drops to 185, leave the steam, bake for 40 minutes.
Depending on your oven, the baking time may be a little more or a little less; on average, bird cherry bread is baked for about an hour.
You can also watch the video recipe for bird cherry cake in the following video.
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How to chop bird cherry berries?
We also really love bird cherry pies and sometimes chopping causes so much trouble, we just don’t have the strength. So, in order to get bird cherry paste of good consistency, you need to do several operations.
First, first grind it in a blender.
Second, then grind it in parts from a blender in a coffee grinder.
And finally, thirdly, this entire mass must be rubbed through a very fine sieve.
This is the only way you can get very tasty pasta without bone fragments.
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The fruits are covered with sugar (500-600 g of granulated sugar per 1 kg of fruits), let stand for a day so that the juice begins to come out. Then the juice is drained, boiled for 15 minutes and rolled up. Store in a cool place.
Housewives should be warned that bird cherry seeds need to be removed, since they contain the alkaloid amygdalin, which, when entering the body, is broken down into hydrocyanic acid - a strong poison.
Rubbed with sugar
Using a juicer attachment, the fruits are minced in a meat grinder. Remove the seeds from the resulting pureed mass and add sugar (1 kg per 1 kg of fruit). Roll up and store in a cool place.
How to shape and trim bird cherry?
After planting, bird cherry seedlings are pruned at a height of 70 cm to lay the foundation of a low crown.
After the formation of branches, the 3-4 most powerful and conveniently located ones are left. Over the course of three years, the central conductor is shortened to 50 cm each time to form the next tier of 3-4 branches. The most powerful annual growths are shortened in the same way.
A peculiarity of Virginia bird cherry is the increased formation of root shoots in the fourth year of life. To organize this growth, it is recommended to leave three offspring at an equal distance from the trunk, which will replace the dying trunk in 5 years. The offspring are formed in the same way as the central conductor, shortening the annual growth to 50 cm, leaving 3-4 of the strongest branches in each tier. The main thing is not to let the bush grow in height. This type of pruning promotes intensive branching. In this regard, it is necessary to cut out competing, thickening and damaged branches and shoots. The sections are covered with oil paint.
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Ground bird cherry is the dried and crushed fruits of the bird cherry tree. The plant gets along well in the difficult Russian climate. Although its homeland is considered to be East Asia (China) and Africa (Morocco). Flowers, fruits and even tree bark have a unique healing composition, and therefore at all times they have been actively used in the prevention and treatment of various diseases. However, ground bird cherry has also found its place in cooking. The first in our country to make flour from the fruits of the tree and mix it as a healthy additive into ordinary wheat or rye flour were Siberians and residents of the Urals. However, a similar tradition has existed since ancient times in other countries. Powder from the fruits of the bird cherry tree makes dishes not only healthier, but also tastier. The flour is brown in color and has a pleasant almond smell.
Calorie content and composition of ground bird cherry
Almost all vitamins, except B12, are found in ground bird cherry; it also contains a large number of macroelements and other useful components.
The calorie content of ground bird cherry is 101 kcal per 100 g of product, of which:
- Proteins - 8.4 g;
- Fats - 0 g;
- Carbohydrates - 16.8 g.
Microelements per 100 g:
- Iron - 0.2 mg;
- Cobalt - 10000 mcg
- Manganese - 1 mg;
- Copper - 100 mcg;
- Zinc - 0.3 mg.
In addition, the fruits of the tree contain pectin, which is a specific analogue of fiber, as well as benzoaldehyde, which provides the plant with phytoncidal properties - in other words, an antibacterial and antifungal effect.
Useful properties of ground bird cherry
Due to its rich chemical composition, bird cherry flour is used everywhere in folk medicine. Biologically active substances contained in large quantities in fruits have a beneficial effect on the activity of all systems and organs. However, it is important to understand that the positive effect of bird cherry flour is fully revealed only when it is regularly consumed.
Let's take a closer look at the benefits of ground bird cherry
- Anti-inflammatory effect. The reason for this beneficial effect is the phytoncidal properties of the fruit, which we have already discussed above. Thanks to these properties, bird cherry flour works as a natural antiseptic, actively fighting the pathogenic environment. The phytoncidal properties of the plant are so great that it can not only have a preventive effect, but also actively fight against already developing inflammatory processes of any nature, even venereal ones.
- Normalization of the gastrointestinal tract. Tannins and other beneficial components contained in the fruit help improve the functioning of the digestive system and fight its disorders, especially diarrhea. A pronounced antispasmodic effect prevents pain in the gastrointestinal tract.
- Prevention and treatment of colds. The high content of ascorbic acid and other vitamins in fruits helps prevent respiratory infections. At the same time, a pronounced diaphoretic and antipyretic effect in combination helps to cure any cold in the shortest possible time.
- Strengthening blood vessels. The flavonoids contained in ground bird cherry help strengthen the walls of blood vessels, especially capillaries. In addition, the vessels become more elastic.
- Beneficial effect on the nervous system. The fruits of the plant have an amazing effect on the nervous system. On the one hand they tone, on the other they calm. In this way, a person can relieve excessive emotionality associated with stress or other reasons, without the side effect of relaxation and loss of concentration.
- Strengthening men's health. The tonic effect that bird cherry has has a positive effect on men's health, increasing potency. Thus, flour from the fruits of this tree can safely be called an aphrodisiac.
- Blood purification. Ground bird cherry is rich in vitamin PP and pectin, which in combination prevent the absorption of cholesterol into the blood and remove excess cholesterol from the body. In addition, these same components help cleanse the blood of other harmful toxins.
- Strengthening the immune system. Increasing the body's defenses as a whole is a beneficial effect that bird cherry owes to three components, such as vitamin C, beta-carotene and flavonoids. This trio, working in combination, actively stimulates the immune system and prevents the development of cancer processes.
- Normalization of the urinary system. Bird cherry fruits have a pronounced diuretic effect, and the essential oils they contain have a positive effect on kidney health. Thus, their regular use is an excellent prevention of diseases of the urinary system.
- Strengthening joints. Ground bird cherry also has a positive effect on joints. It heals and strengthens them, helps remove heavy metal salts. Thus, eating fruit flour is an excellent prevention of arthritis, rheumatism and other similar diseases.
- Improved skin condition. The beneficial effect of bird cherry flour on the skin has been noted; it looks fresh and rejuvenated.
Harm and contraindications to ground bird cherry
Any product, no matter how useful it may be, has its contraindications. Unfortunately, ground bird cherry is no exception. Contraindications in this case, as well as the healing properties, are explained by the peculiarities of the composition.
Eating bird cherry flour can harm people:
- With a weakened immune system. The fruits of the bird cherry tree contain amygdalin, which, when decomposed, releases poison - hydrocyanic acid. And although the amygdalin content in the plant is small, for those whose immunity is weakened (people who have suffered serious illnesses, pregnant and lactating women) or is not developed (children under 3 years old), bird cherry is still contraindicated in any form.
- For those suffering from constipation. As we said above, bird cherry fruits contain tannins in large quantities; they have astringent and fixing properties, which helps fight diarrhea, but with constipation the situation can only get worse.
- With severe diseases of the digestive system. Ground bird cherry slightly irritates the mucous membranes, and therefore is prohibited during exacerbation of gastrointestinal diseases.
- Diabetes sufferers. The fruits contain a lot of sugar, which means they are not recommended for diabetics.
- For allergy sufferers. Certain components that make up the fruits of the bird cherry tree can cause allergies due to individual intolerance to the components, in which case the use of the product is strictly prohibited.
Recipes for dishes with ground bird cherry
The use of ground bird cherry in recipes is especially important when preparing various baked goods. Fruit flour turns dessert not only into a tasty, but also healthy dish. So, in fact, you can add it in small quantities to the dough for any cake, pie, cookies, pancakes, etc. The familiar dish will acquire a light nutty and blueberry flavor.
Bird cherry flour is often added to drinks: non-alcoholic - syrups, compotes, kvass; and alcoholic - a variety of liqueurs and tinctures. Let's look at the best recipes with ground bird cherry:
- Siberian cake with bird cherry flour. Take a pan, put salt (1 tablespoon) on the bottom, cover it with a clean piece of cloth (you can use gauze, but you need to fold it in 2-3 layers). Pour sour cream (500 grams) on top, close the pan and refrigerate - preferably overnight, at least for 4 hours. Bring milk (1 cup) to a boil, pour it, without cooling, into a deep bowl and pour ground bird cherry (1 cup) on top, leave the mixture to swell for several hours. In a new bowl, beat eggs (2 pieces) with sugar (1 cup), then add wheat flour (1 cup) and soda (1 teaspoon), quenched with vinegar. Take a bowl of swollen bird cherry, drain the remaining milk if necessary, and add it to the main dough. Place parchment paper in a tall baking dish, grease with oil, pour the dough into it and bake at 180 degrees for 40 minutes (check for doneness with a dry match). Remove the sour cream from the refrigerator; it should have released excess liquid and become thicker. Place the sour cream in a bowl (it is advisable to pre-cool it in the freezer), add powdered sugar (200 grams) and beat for 5-7 minutes with a mixer until stable peaks form. Remove the “pie” from the oven and cut into two layers, brush both with cream. To taste, sprinkle the cake with nuts or decorate it in another way and let it sit in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
- Pancakes with mascarpone and berries. Beat eggs (2 pieces) with sugar (30 grams) in a deep bowl, add milk (250-300 ml), kefir (100-150 ml), salt (5 grams), soda (3 grams) and mix thoroughly. Add a mixture of bird cherry (60 grams) and wheat (100 grams) flour a little at a time. If you cannot achieve homogeneity, use a mixer. Heat up the pan and start baking pancakes. Place mascarpone and any berries to taste on each pancake and roll into a roll. Sprinkle the tops of the pancakes with powdered sugar.
- Bird cherry bread in a bread machine. Pour whey or milk (300 ml) into the bread machine, add salt (1 teaspoon), sugar (1 tablespoon), sifted wheat flour (500 grams), then bird cherry flour (50 grams). Make a well in the flour and pour in the yeast (fast acting, dry - 1 sachet). Select the main mode (bread baking mode) and bake. You can prepare this bread in the oven, then you first need to let the dough rise. Bake bread in the oven at 180 degrees for 40-50 minutes. Willingness to check with a match.
- Bird cherry coffee. Pour boiling water (200 ml) into a mug, add ground bird cherry (2 teaspoons), brew for 5-7 minutes. Add sugar and milk to taste.
- Kissel made from bird cherry flour and honey. Pour boiling water (0.5 liters) into flour (100 grams) and mix thoroughly. Add another liter of boiling water, honey (2 tablespoons) and starch (1 tablespoon) to the resulting mixture. Bring the mixture to a boil and immediately remove from the stove. When the jelly has cooled, you can drink it.
- Bird cherry kvass. Pour ground bird cherry (500 grams) with water (4 liters), bring to a boil and cook for 15-20 minutes. Cool the mixture, add sugar (300 grams), mix thoroughly and leave to brew for 12 hours. Add more sugar (200 grams) and pour in more water (2 liters), and also add yeast (10 grams). Leave the mixture for another 12 hours. Strain the kvass and pour it into closed containers - after 2-3 days it will be ready to drink.
There are many legends about the origin of the tree. One of the most beautiful legends says that an unhappy girl suffering from unrequited love turned into a bird cherry. Her heart grew cold from unrequited feelings. That’s why when the bird cherry blossoms, the days and nights are cold.
Bird cherry in our country has always been considered a symbol of love, youth, tenderness and innocence. Charms made from fruits and other parts of the tree protected lovers - they saved them from disputes, quarrels, and betrayals.
It was also believed that the plant protected against evil spirits, and therefore bird cherry trees always received special care.
Archaeologists have recently found evidence that bird cherry was used by people back in the Stone Age. The first written mention is found in the works of the ancient Greek botanist Theophastus, who described the beneficial properties of the fruits of the tree, as well as its bark and leaves. In Russian writing, the first mentions of the plant appeared in the 15th century.
Bird cherry, along with rowan, is a favorite of Russian poets and songwriters; many poems, songs, proverbs and sayings have been written about the plant.
The tree has dark bark - almost black. It is believed that it was this feature that gave the plant the name it has, because in the old speech “cherma” means “dark”, “swarthy”.
Bird cherry fruits can be eaten fresh, but it is important to get rid of the seeds, in which the concentration of hydrocyanic acid is quite high. Also, you should not brew fruits with seeds.
It is noteworthy that bird cherry is used not only in cooking and folk remedies for treating certain diseases. The plant is also used in cosmetology and… paint production.
Despite the delightful aroma and beauty of the flowers, it is not worth bringing bird cherry into the house for a long time; prolonged inhalation of its smell can cause a headache and cause one or another disorder of the nervous system. However, if you want to disinfect the air in the room and/or get rid of insects, place the bouquet in the house for half an hour.
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Ground bird cherry is a unique product. It is extremely healthy, and if you have no contraindications for eating it, be sure to add flour to baked goods and drinks from time to time. As we have already said, it is not easy to get it on sale, but preparing it yourself is not at all difficult. As a last resort, ground bird cherry can be ordered on the Internet, on sites that sell healthy products.
Pies, lush, soft, the same ones that, as you know, make a red hut - are the best decoration for any hospitable table. They don’t make them with anything! The list can be endless. We will focus on a rather rare version of the filling made from wild berries - the famous bird cherry, which blooms when it gets colder and whose taste, tart and sweet with a slight bitterness, is so pleasant.
Bird cherry jam for pies
The most basic bird cherry filling for various types of baked goods is jam. This is a ready-made product that you just put in the dough and put in the oven. How to prepare it for future use? The collected berries are removed from the brushes, sorted, then blanched in boiling water for 2-3 minutes to soften them. You can cook it in the same water and from it you will get an excellent bird cherry filling. Product consumption is as follows: for every kilogram of berries, at least 1.3-1.5 kg of sugar and 600 g of water are required. Pour the hot syrup over the berries, let the jam boil again, and then keep it over low heat, stirring and skimming, until the dessert is ready. To make the future cherry filling for baking tastier, you can add a couple of grams of citric acid to the berries during cooking. When the syrup reaches the desired thickness and “sets” rather than spreading, transfer the mixture into sterilized jars and roll up. Another tip: since this is not just jam, but a cherry filling for pancakes, pies, cookies, then at the very end put a little vanilla sugar in a bowl with the berries. Thus, this dessert itself will already smell like baking!
If the cherry filling for a pie in the form of jam turns out to be runny, you can do this. First, place the contents of the jar in a colander, which is placed over the saucepan. The syrup will drain, and the berries can be safely placed in the dough. Secondly, there is another way to make the bird cherry filling more tender and tastier. Rub the berries through a sieve and add the same grated cottage cheese. Or beat cottage cheese with bird cherry syrup. The air mass will taste very pleasant. If it doesn't seem sweet enough, add a little sugar while whipping.
Dried bird cherry
Bird cherry pie filling made from dried berries is considered tasty and retains all the vitamins and beneficial properties. Where to start in this case? Of course, from the fruits themselves. True, you can buy bags of berries in the store. However, everything that is made with your own hands is undoubtedly tastier and of higher quality. Place the collected, sorted and washed bird cherry on baking sheets in a layer no thicker than 2 cm and dry in several stages in an oven heated to +50-60 degrees. It needs to be turned over periodically. When the berries wrinkle, a coating of sugar crystals will appear in their folds, and they themselves will acquire a tart-sweet taste, let them cool, pour them into paper bags and store them in places inaccessible to dampness. A very unusual filling of ground bird cherry is made from such berries. But more on that below. How to use dried? About the same as raisins! That is, if you need to add berries to some dish, just steam a certain amount of them in hot water. The bird cherry will swell. Then you can grind it with the same cottage cheese. Or add to any fruit filling.
Ground bird cherry
The ground cherry filling is a rather complex product, primarily in its production. Although in Rus' it has been used for various types of baking since time immemorial. To get this filling, you need to grind the dried berries in a coffee grinder along with the seeds into powder. It turns out the so-called It can be put into the dough, mixed with regular wheat. Or you can make a soufflé filling. To do this, pour the same amount of hot milk into 100 g of flour, boil for a minute or two and let cool, brew, and swell. Add sugar to taste, beat in an egg, add 150 g of curd mass, beat everything with a mixer or whisk. This filling is suitable for pies made from biscuit dough.
Fresh berry filling
Here is another useful recipe, although somewhat labor intensive. Prepare the collected berries for processing. Scroll them several times in a meat grinder (at least 4 to grind the seeds well) and add sugar. Take products in a ratio of approximately 1 to 2, i.e. for every 1 kg of berries, 2 kg of sugar. For taste, you can add crushed small lemon.