It's hard to find a berry healthier than a cranberry. It contains so many vitamins and microelements that it breaks all records for a positive effect on the human body. Many housewives go for the trick - they freeze the berries, and in the winter they prepare incredibly healthy fruit drink.
How to make frozen cranberry cranberry juice?
Cranberry juice, as the healthiest drink, especially in the ARVI season, can be prepared from frozen cranberries at any time of the year. The berry is thawed at normal home temperature and fruit drink is prepared with a short heat treatment in order to preserve all its useful properties. The proportion of berries, water and sugar can be chosen at your discretion.
Servings: 2 p.
- Cranberry 250 gr.
- Water 2 l.
- Granulated sugar taste
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Pour the frozen cranberries, calculated on the volume of the fruit drink, 1-2 hours before the start of cooking the fruit drink in a separate bowl and leave at home temperature to make the berry soft. -
Then crush the defrosted berry with the help of a potato crush as much as possible so that the berry gives a little juice. This is not an easy matter, since cranberries are quite resilient. -
Pour the resulting cranberry juice into a cup. Transfer the remaining berries to a saucepan and fill with the required amount of clean drinking water. Then add sugar to your liking in the heated water and stir everything so that it dissolves completely. Just bring the broth to a boil and turn off the heat immediately. Let the broth cool slightly. -
Then pour the cranberry broth through a sieve into another bowl, and grind the berries on a sieve with a spoon. You no longer need the leftover berry rind. Then pour the cranberry juice from a cup to the broth and stir. Taste the fruit drink and adjust the sweetness of the drink if necessary. The drink can already be drunk, but it is better to cool it in the refrigerator by pouring it into convenient containers, where it can be stored for up to 3 days.
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Cranberry juice from frozen cranberries without boiling
Fruit drink from frozen cranberries without boiling preserves all the beneficial properties of this berry as much as possible if it is prepared by deep and quick (shock) freezing and stored in a vacuum package. Such cranberries are thawed for a short time, a few minutes, and chopped using a blender.
Cooking time: 20 minutes.
Cooking time: 10 minutes.
Servings: 2 p.
Ingredients:
- Frozen cranberries - 250 gr.
- Water - 2100 ml.
- Sugar to taste.
Cooking process:
- Frozen cranberries in a colander are washed well with cold water and left for 5-7 minutes at home temperature so that it becomes slightly soft.
- Then the berry is poured into a blender bowl and 100 ml of cold water is added.
- Grind the cranberries at high speed until smooth.
- 2 liters of clean boiled water for fruit drinks are cooled in advance.
- Then the cranberry puree from the blender bowl is transferred to this water.
- Then sugar is poured into the fruit drink to your liking and everything is mixed well so that the sugar dissolves. Fruit drink is poured into any containers and placed in the refrigerator.
- Before use, cranberry juice is filtered on a sieve to remove small particles of berries, poured into mugs and served.
Drink and improve your health!
How to properly cook frozen cranberry juice for colds?
The benefits of cranberry juice for colds are known not only to doctors, because it strengthens the body during an illness, lowers the temperature and replaces some medications, especially at the onset of the disease.For fruit drink for colds, it is better to take frozen cranberries and cook it with minimal heat treatment in order to preserve all the vitamins. The ratio of cranberries to water should be at least 1: 4 and it is undesirable to use metal utensils for cooking.
Cooking time: 1 hour 30 minutes.
Cooking time: 30 minutes.
Servings: 2 p.
Ingredients:
- Frozen cranberries - 500 gr.
- Water - 2 liters.
- Sugar or honey to taste.
Cooking process:
- Rinse the required amount of frozen cranberries with cold water and pour from the bag into glass or plastic dishes. Then defrost it a little and chop it as much as possible with a wooden crush so that the berry gives juice.
- Then put the mashed cranberries in a colander with fine holes or on a sieve and rub thoroughly with a plastic spatula.
- Transfer the berry cake to a saucepan, fill it with two liters of clean water and bring to a boil. Pour sugar into the boiled broth to your liking or add honey, cook for 1-2 minutes over low heat and then turn off the stove. Cover the pot for 15 minutes to cool.
- Strain the slightly cooled cranberry broth through a thick sieve into another dish. Then pour the squeezed cranberry juice to it and stir.
- Cranberry juice for the treatment of colds is ready. Pour it into any container and you can drink it right away or put it in the refrigerator. Morse keeps its medicinal properties for 3 days in the refrigerator.
Drink to your health!
Healthy fruit drink from frozen cranberries without sugar
The sugar-free cranberry juice recipe is quite in demand for both dietary and proper nutrition. By itself, fruit drink has a pronounced sharp taste and not everyone can drink it, therefore honey or sweeteners are added to the drink and mint or cinnamon is added for the aroma.
Cooking time: 1 hour 30 minutes.
Cooking time: 30 minutes.
Servings: 1 l.
Ingredients:
- Frozen cranberries - 1 tbsp.
- Water - 4 tbsp.
- Honey to taste.
Cooking process:
- Many housewives have frozen cranberries in the freezer, but they can also be purchased in the store. Measure out the required amount of frozen berries with a glass.
- Pour it into a bowl and leave for a while to defrost a little. You don't need to wash it.
- Pour the slightly thawed cranberries into a saucepan and pour four glasses of clean drinking water.
- Bring it to a boil and for 1 minute, no more, cook over low heat.
- Then chop the cranberries right in the pan using a potato crush. This is done simply, because the berry becomes soft in hot water. Leave the crushed cranberries in the broth for 1 hour so that the berry releases all the nutrients.
- Then strain the berry broth through a sieve, and you can leave the cake for the baking filling.
- Pour the prepared fruit drink into any dish and, after cooling in the refrigerator, you can drink by adding honey to it.
Drink to your health!
Frozen cranberry and currant fruit drink
Assorted fruit drinks from different berries always have a special taste, and they are incredibly useful both cold and hot in winter. Having various frozen berries, and in this recipe, cranberries and red (black) currants, you can prepare this wonderful drink for your loved ones at any time of the year. The proportion of berries and sugar is chosen according to your taste, but the berry mass should be less than 40% of the volume of the drink.
Cooking time: 1 hour.
Cooking time: 10 minutes.
Servings: 2 p.
Ingredients:
- Frozen cranberries - 300 gr.
- Frozen red currant (black) - 300 gr.
- Water - 2 liters.
- Sugar - 250 gr.
- Mint to taste.
Cooking process:
- Pour the amount of cranberries and currants calculated for the volume of fruit drink into a separate deep dish and leave for some time to defrost. You do not need to rinse the berries.
- When the berries are almost thawed, grind them until smooth and puree with an immersion or ordinary blender.
- Pour the puree obtained from the berries into a saucepan for cooking fruit drinks and pour the calculated amount of clean drinking water to it. Pour in a glass of sugar, mix well.
- Then put a sprig of mint in a saucepan to the fruit drink for a fresh taste, bring the fruit drink to a boil over moderate heat and turn off the fire.
- For half an hour we cool the fruit drink and rub it through a thick sieve to remove the berry cake.
- Assorted cranberries and currants are ready. It can be served immediately or chilled in the refrigerator by pouring it into any container.
Drink to your health!
