Bird cherry
How to make bird cherry jam - 3 recipes for bird cherry jam for the winter
For me, spring begins when the bird cherry blossoms. The sweet and intoxicating aroma of bird cherry is difficult to confuse with anything else; it makes your head spin and smells like spring. Alas, bird cherry blossoms do not last long, and its aroma is carried away by the wind, but some part remains in the berries. If you love spring and miss this freshness, I offer you several recipes for bird cherry jam.
How to cook bird cherry compote for the winter: recipe without pasteurization
Bird cherry has a very short harvest season and you need to have time to prepare it for the winter, or at least save it until autumn. Bird cherry is dried, jam is made from it, tinctures and compotes are made. But in order not to be disappointed in winter, you need to cook bird cherry correctly. Bird cherry does not like long-term heat treatment. This makes it lose its taste and aroma. Therefore, you need to cook bird cherry compote very carefully and quickly.
Dried bird cherry: all methods of drying at home - how to dry bird cherry for the winter
The sweet-tart bird cherry berry is widely used both in cooking and in alternative medicine. At the same time, not only fruits, but also leaves, shoots, and bark are harvested for medicinal purposes. The fragrant bird cherry color is also in demand. Experienced herbalists also try to preserve it for the winter.The best and most popular way to store bird cherry is drying. We will talk about all the intricacies of this process in this article.