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Probably many people don’t know about the red berries of viburnum. But these wonderful fruits are a storehouse of useful vitamins and microelements. I note that you should not collect forest viburnum for medicinal purposes, since its taste depends on soil waters.

Today we offer you a selection of recipes for making fruit and berry jelly from juices. The main difference between jelly and preserves is its transparency. This dish is used as an independent dessert, as well as for decorating confectionery masterpieces. Also, jelly made from cranberry and lingonberry juice is ideal for meat and game dishes. The transparent delicate texture of the dessert does not leave children indifferent. They enjoy eating jelly, spreading it on toast or cookies.

To prevent viburnum berries from becoming bitter, they need to be picked at the right time. And this right time comes immediately after the first frost. If you don’t want to wait for frost, you can freeze the viburnum a little in the freezer for 2-3 hours. This will be quite enough.

Red viburnum is a noble berry that has been valued since ancient times for its numerous healing properties. Viburnum helps fight diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and genitourinary system. But, nevertheless, its main “advantage” for most people is that it is able to maintain the immune system in good shape during the period of exacerbation of seasonal viral diseases. And this is not a joke, viburnum really helps!

Five-minute viburnum jam is a very simple preparation. But the taste and usefulness of such a berry preparation deserve to be prepared yourself.

Not a single marmalade bought in a confectionery store can compare with the aromatic and tasty homemade marmalade from viburnum and apples, prepared according to the recipe offered to you. This preparation is made without artificial preservatives and additional dyes. This natural marmalade can be given even to very young children.

My two favorite autumn berries, viburnum and rowan, go well together and complement each other in taste.From these berries you can make an amazing fragrant homemade jam with a pleasant sourness and a slight piquant bitterness, and also rich in vitamins.

Natural and healthy viburnum juice tastes slightly bitter, but if you dilute it with water and sugar, it becomes very tasty. The juice has medicinal properties, since viburnum berries have long been used in traditional medicine as a tonic, antiseptic, and antipyretic.

Viburnum jelly prepared for the winter is a very healthy and tasty delicacy. Red, ripe viburnum berries, collected just before frost, are very useful. But they are naturally a little bitter and not every housewife knows how to prepare a tasty dish for the winter from viburnum berries. And it's absolutely simple.

Smokva is a slightly dry, but incredibly tasty, aromatic marmalade, similar to a bright marshmallow. Our grandmothers used to cook it. With a special sourness, this grandmother’s marshmallow is made from viburnum. The recipe for making figs at home is simple.