An adult irga is a rather large bush, consisting of a large number of thin branches growing from the ground. Fruits abundantly every year. Ripens in the second half of summer. The berry is dark blue with a bluish bloom, sweet, honey taste.
Another name for the berry is currant. The largest specimens reach one or even one and a half centimeters in diameter. When using irga, you need to know beneficial features this berry and contraindications to its application.
What is irga and how is it useful
Irga is useful to strengthen blood vessels, it can be used for the prevention and treatment varicose veins and atherosclerosis. The berries contain carotene, which is a powerful antioxidant, it has the ability to strengthen the immune system. Pectins contained in irga contribute to the removal of harmful substances from the body, including cholesterol. The berry has a mild sedative effect. And you also need to remember that irgi berries lower blood pressure. Fruits can be eaten fresh, from a bush for prevention, as a vitamin remedy that can strengthen the body.
- Irgi berries can be eaten fresh, and also retains their beneficial properties well in various preparations, dried, frozen.
- Compotes are prepared from berries, jam, marmalade and jams are cooked, stored in a candied form, and even wine is made. Below you will find several universal recipes for preparing these fruits.
Blanks. Irga: recipes for harvesting fruits for the winter
Making juice from irgi for the winter
To prepare juice, you must first prepare the berries in a special way. To do this, lay out the collected clean berries in the room and keep at room temperature for about a week. Dried in this way, the berries will release the juice more easily. Strain the squeezed juice, and then boil and pour into a sterile container.
How to make compote for the winter - recipe
To prepare compote, which we intend to store all winter, the berries need to be taken slightly unripe. Clean them of debris and rinse. Then pour boiling water over or warm for about two minutes. Arrange prepared berries in jars.
Let's make syrup. To do this, for every liter of water, take 350 grams of sugar. Bring the syrup to a boil, stirring constantly and skimming off the foam.
The next step. Pour the decomposed and pre-prepared berries with boiling syrup and sterilize. Half a liter is enough to sterilize for 5 minutes. We roll up the jars with the workpiece and cool them at room temperature, then put them in a dark, dry place for storage.
Irgi jam for the winter - recipe
Jam can be prepared in many ways. From shadberry alone and with various fillers and additives like various citrus fruits or other berries and fruits.
By experimenting with flavors, you can find optimal combinations various products by yourself.
So, for the simplest jam recipe, we need a berry, sugar and water.
For every kilogram of fruit, take the same amount of sugar and 300 ml of water.
First of all, for this recipe, as usual, prepare the berries of the irgi, clean them of debris and sticks, rinse and put them in a separate saucepan, in which we will later use them. boil with syrup.
Then we need to cook sugar syrup. To do this, add sugar to boiling water and boil with constant stirring until the sugar is completely dissolved. Pour the berries with boiling syrup and cook, stirring for 5 minutes, remove from heat, cool. This technique is repeated at least three times. Pour the finished jam into pre-prepared jars.
When cooking jam in the above way, the product may “candied” after a while, if you want to store the workpiece for a long time and you do not like “candied” jam, add citric acid at the tip of a teaspoon at the end of cooking.
But the shadberry jam, prepared according to the following recipe, is guaranteed to remain in its original form for a long time.
Irgi jam with lemon - recipe
Berry, as usual, pre-prepare. In a large enameled or other container suitable for cooking jam, put the fruits and add water.
Put on fire and let the mass boil. Then you need to close the container and cook the berry over medium heat for half an hour. Make sure that the mass does not burn.
At the next stage of preparing delicious jam from shadberry with filler (lemon), we need to add sugar to the prepared mass and, stirring, cook for another half hour.
At the final stage, according to this recipe, we need to add lemon to the prepared jam. To do this, wash and chop the fruit. You can do it to your taste, someone likes it when larger pieces are found in a homogeneous mass, while another needs only taste and aroma. In the latter case, it is better to grind the lemon with a meat grinder or blender into gruel.
- Let's boil the jam with lemon for some more time, determining the readiness of the product by its density.
- You can check by dropping the jam into the water, if the drop does not spread, but remains at the bottom, the jam is ready.
For this jam, you need to take one and a half kilograms of berries, 700 grams of sugar, 200 grams of water and one lemon.
And you can also make jam, jam, confiture from irgi
Recipe for lovers of homemade wine. Wine from irgi
From the berry you need to extract the juice according to the first recipe. That is, dry the pre-cooked berry, peeled, at room temperature for a week, then the irga will easily give up all the juice.
We have the juice ready, now we dissolve the sugar in warm water, stir the syrup well until completely dissolved and let it cool. Mix cold sugar syrup with irgi juice. We put the mixture for at least three months in a dark, cool place. Let's strain and you can taste homemade wine from shadberry according to this simple and affordable recipe!
Irga (or, as it is called in another way, cinnamon) is a tasty and healthy berry that visually resembles a very small apple. The bluish-reddish fruits seduce not only with their appetizing appearance, but also with a sweet, pleasant taste. Preparations from them, with regular use, will increase immunity in the cold season and give a summer mood. You will find a simple recipe for shadberry jam in this article.
Irgi jam has many useful properties
Ingredients
irga 2 kilograms Granulated sugar 3 kilograms Lemon acid 9 grams
- Servings: 6
- Time for preparing: 40 minutes
Irgi jam: all useful properties
Miniature fruits contain a whole range of useful substances:
- vitamin C,
- vitamin P,
- pectin,
- tannins,
- copper,
- lead,
- cobalt,
- flavonols,
- acids.
The calorie content of berries is only 45 calories per 100 grams. product, which is perfect for those who follow their figure. Due to the content of pectin, irga helps to cleanse the body of toxins, helps to normalize cholesterol levels. Antioxidants strengthen the immune system, fight back stress and depression. And the high content of vitamin P in the composition of the berry has a therapeutic and preventive effect on the cardiovascular system, reduces the risk of developing a heart attack and varicose veins.
Consider several recipes for a healthy and tasty dish.
Irgi jam for the winter without cooking.
You will need:
- 2 kg. fresh berries of irgi;
- 3 kg. granulated sugar;
- 9 g of citric acid.
Rinse the berries under running water, remove the stalks. Then the irgu must be crushed in a blender or meat grinder, the mass should be of a homogeneous consistency. Add granulated sugar, citric acid to the berry mass and mix thoroughly. Arrange the workpiece in pre-sterilized jars and tightly cork with a lid. It is best to store in the refrigerator or in the cellar.
Irgi jam in a slow cooker.
The recipe will save time and help you prepare delicious and healthy jam for the whole family. For cooking you will need:
- 500 g fresh berries;
- water - ½ cup for a multicooker;
- 500 g of granulated sugar.
Wash the berries, separate the cuttings. Grind Irgu in a blender to a puree state. Fold the berry mass into the cooking container of the multicooker, add sugar and pour water, mix until smooth. Cooking time - 1 hour in the "porridge" mode. Remember to stir occasionally, otherwise the sweet syrup will burn. Pack the resulting jam in sterilized jars and twist. It is necessary to store the delicacy in a cool, dry place, a cellar or a kitchen cabinet will do just fine.
Enjoy your meal!
Irgi jam very useful and has a lot of all sorts of useful properties: it increases the elasticity of blood vessels, normalizes sleep, strengthens the body. In addition, this jam is unusually tasty and therefore it makes sense to prepare it for the coming winter.
Pro jam from irgi in general, few people heard. After all, irga in our area is not the most popular berry. But as soon as you pour shadberry jam into a cup and put it on the table, all those present immediately begin to be surprised at its wonderful taste and stubbornly wonder what kind of berries this jam is made from.
And indeed, it turns out jam from shadberry is simply wonderful. It goes great with pancakes and pancakes. It can also be used in baking. A wonderful dessert that is prepared very simply and, not least, anyone can do it.
Irgi jam ingredients:
Irgi - 1 kilogram
Sugar - 200 grams
Water - 250 milliliters
Citric acid - 1 gram
How to cook jam from irgi:
Take the game. Carefully sort it out, removing all the stalks. Then rinse in running water and let the water drain.
Prepare sugar syrup for making jam. Sugar syrup is prepared as follows. In accordance with the selected recipe, measure out the required amount of water and sugar.
Then pour into the water prepared in the pan, add granulated sugar, mix everything thoroughly with a spoon and put this pan on the burner of the stove so that it heats up only on one side.
Thus, foam will collect on the opposite side of the pan, which is periodically removed with a slotted spoon or spoon.
As soon as the foaming stops, put the pan with the sugar solution being prepared on a high heat and evaporate the water. until you get a sugar syrup of the desired density (density).
Pour over the irga with hot sugar syrup, bring the contents of the pan to a boil and cook on low heat for 6-7 minutes;
Remove the prepared jam from the shadberry from the heat and leave it to cool for 7-8 hours. I, personally, leave the jam overnight.
After this time, boil the jam and add citric acid at the very end of cooking.
Let the shadberry jam prepared by you cool down and then put into clean pasteurized jars.
This jam has a sweet and very unusual, and slightly tart taste. It will surely please your children and you.
Calorie recipe jam from shadberry:
In the ingredients of this jam recipe, on average, there are a lot of kilocalories, in general - 374.0; at the same time, there are practically no proteins, only 0.3; but a lot of carbohydrates - 99.5.
Irga useful properties:
Irga, like all blue berries, is very rich in vitamin activity substances. As a result, its use is very useful for gastrointestinal and cardiovascular diseases, vascular fragility, beriberi, atherosclerosis. Irga is also very useful for preventing the occurrence of varicose veins and in myocardial infarction.
One of the best antihypertensive and cardiological agents for heart failure and hypertension is an infusion of shadberry inflorescences.
For the healing of various wounds, as an external agent, as well as for disinfection of the oral cavity in periodontal disease, especially in patients with diabetes, a decoction of the bark of the shadberry is used.
A decoction prepared from the bark of the shadberry, in addition, is also used for rinsing the mouth with acute respiratory infections, dental diseases, tonsillitis, as well as in the treatment of various burns and bedsores.
Irgi contraindications:
Irga has an excellent calming property. It's very good in the evening. But those who get behind the wheel of a car in the morning, in the morning, should not drink compote or eat jam from shadberry.
Irgi jam helps to lower blood pressure. Therefore, they should not get carried away too much by people suffering from low blood pressure - hypotensive patients.
What to cook from irgi:
The fruits of irgi are widely used in dietary and clinical nutrition. Irga is used as a fresh, freshly picked berry, and subjected to all kinds of processing - it is dried, and fruit drinks are made, and compotes with jams are cooked, frozen.
Morse from irgi:
Irgi berries are thoroughly washed, kneaded and then all the juice is squeezed out of them. Pour the squeezers with 1 liter of boiling water and leave it for 10 minutes. Mix the infusion with the irgi juice you received earlier, add sugar (for 2 cups of squeezed juice and 1 cup of sugar for 1 liter of water). Soak the resulting drink for about 10-12 hours and serve it cold.
Juice from irgi:
Collected and thoroughly washed berries of irgi, lay out for a week on a wooden tray. After lying down in this way, they will better separate their juice. Wash the irgu again, chop, heat over low heat for 5-7 minutes and squeeze the juice with a press.
Drain all the juice obtained, filter well. Then reheat and pour into sterilized jars. Juice from berries of shadberry can be rolled into jars for the winter and used in the preparation of jelly, marmalade, fruit drink, jelly.
Irgi raisin:
Separate the berries of the irgi from the stalks, dry them in the oven or in the air. Take a plywood box (you can also take a cardboard box). Lay it inside with paper, with powdered sugar sprinkled on it. Cover the top layer of berries with gauze. On top of the gauze, on a plywood board, place a small weight.
Irgu dried in this way can be used instead of raisins when baking pies.
Watch the video recipe How to cook shadberry jam. I use shadberry jam prepared according to this recipe as a filling for various pastries.
Sweet and healthy irga is popular and loved. Its high productivity contributes to the implementation of a wide variety of harvesting. Today we will show you some of the most interesting recipes.
How to collect irgu?
The berries that form a beautiful bunch do not ripen at the same time, so the irgu is harvested in several steps. In dry and hot summers, the berries ripen faster, so harvesting may be limited to a couple of “approaches”. Rainy summer involves 3-4 "approaches". They remove from the bush those clusters on which most of the fruits have reached the stage of maturity (sweet juice flows from ripe berries when pressed). Irgu is put into small baskets with a capacity of 2-5 kg. Ripe berries can be stored not longer than 3 days. For longer storage, the irga is left in a room with a temperature of 0-2º C.
Frozen shadberry
After thawing, it does not lose its shape and becomes even sweeter than fresh. Since the taste of this berry does not require any additions, it is advisable to freeze the irga without syrup and sugar. Before being frozen, the berries are washed, sorted and dried on a canvas. After that, the game is laid out in one layer on a baking sheet or on a cardboard tray, freeze, put in bags and carefully tie them.
Dried shadberry
Irgu is dried in a warm and well-ventilated area, spread out on a grid. You can also dry the berries in the oven or in the dryer at a temperature not exceeding 60º C. During the drying process, the berries are periodically mixed.
Irgi jam
Method number 1
- Sugar - 1kg
- Water - 250 ml
- Citric acid - 3 g
- Irga - 1 kg
Syrup is made from water and sugar. Prepared berries are lowered into it and brought to a boil. So repeat 2-3 times with an interval of 10-12 hours or cook jam in one step. Before the end of cooking, add citric acid. The finished product is laid out in jars and closed with polyethylene lids.
Method number 2
Irga is a very sweet berry, so it is advisable to cook jam with less sugar than indicated in the first recipe.
- Sugar - 300-400 g
- Water - 200 ml
- Citric acid - 2 g
- Irga - 1 kg
Prepared berries are blanched in boiling water for exactly 2 minutes, allowed to drain and poured into boiling syrup. On low heat, bring the jam to a boil and set aside for 12 hours. Before the end of cooking, add citric acid. The product is placed in jars and sealed.
Jam from irgi
- Sugar - 500 g
- Citric acid - 3 g
- Irga - 1 kg
prepared berries knead, sprinkle with sugar and let it sit for a few hours. Next, the jam is boiled over low heat, stirring occasionally, until fully cooked. At the end add citric acid. Ready jam is laid out in jars and corked.
Marmalade from irgi
- Sugar - 0.5 kg
- Irgi puree - 1 kg
- Water - 200 ml
- Gelatin - 1 sachet
Ripe and thoroughly washed berries are blanched in boiling water (2-3 minutes), rubbed through a sieve, sugar and water with gelatin diluted in it are added. Everything is mixed and cooked for a quarter of an hour from the moment of boiling. The finished product is poured into jars and sealed.
Pastila from shadberry
- Sugar - 300 g
- Irgi puree - 1 kg
Irga is blanched for 2 minutes, rubbed through a sieve, sugar is added (citric acid is also thrown if desired) and laid out in a 1 cm layer on paper greased with vegetable oil. Dry over low heat with the oven door open until it stops sticking. For storage, the marshmallow is folded into a tube and wrapped in cloth.
Irgi compote
- Sugar - 450 g
- Water - 1 l
- Irga - 1 kg
- Citric acid - 3 g
Prepared berries are blanched for 2 minutes, laid out in jars up to half the volume, pour boiling syrup, cover with lids and pasteurize (0.5 and 1 l - 10 and 15 minutes, respectively). The jars are sealed and allowed to cool at room temperature.
Juice from irgi
- Sugar - 300-400 g
- Irga - 1 kg
- Black or red currant - 500 g
Before getting juice, irgu is stored for 7 days in a cool room, scattering on the film (this increases the juiciness of the berries and enhances the flavor). After that, the berries blanch, grind and squeeze the juice out of them(through several layers of gauze). Juice can also be made using a juicer. Sugar is added to the resulting liquid, heated over low heat until the crystals are completely dissolved, poured into jars, rolled up and stored in a dark and cool room.
Irgi puree
Ripe irgu is washed, blanched for 1-2 minutes and allowed to drain. The berries are rubbed through a sieve or twisted with a meat grinder. Sugar (1:1) is added to the puree, mixed, left for 6 hours, placed in a cool place. After this time, the product is laid out in sterilized jars, covered with parchment paper and sent for storage in a cool and dark place.
Syrup from shadberry
- Sugar - 0.5 kg
- Irgi juice - 1 l
Sugar is added to the juice obtained from the shadberry, boiled over low heat for at least 15 minutes, poured into sterilized bottles, corked and stored in a cool place.
Wine from irgi
- Sugar - 1 kg
- Water - 2 l
- Irgi juice - 1 l
First boil syrup, gradually adding sugar. After 15 minutes of boiling syrup mixed with irgi juice poured into a bottle. The neck is closed with a stopper with a water seal. When the young wine brightens, it is poured into another bottle, tightly closed and left for 3 months. After this time, the wine is bottled, corked and stored. in an inclined position(necks should be pointing down).
Irgi tincture
The bottle is filled with berries to 3/4 of the volume, poured with vodka and left to infuse in a dark room for two days. After that, the berries are strained and discarded. Fresh irga is again added to the bottle (filling half the volume), poured with filtered vodka and left for another two days. The tincture is filtered, bottled, corked and placed in a dark, cool place.
Irga allows you to create truly delicious preparations. Be sure to please your family with them.
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Many have seen small bluish-black berries, very similar to blackcurrants. Such shrubs grow both in the wild and in personal plots and are called irga.
The game is a very useful product with excellent healing properties. It plays into his hands that he is practically not whimsical and does not require much care. This shrub bears fruit at the end of July, and therefore is often used in home preparations for the winter. Each housewife has her own unique recipes for making blockages from shadberry. Jam, compotes, delicious jam, jelly jam and juices are prepared from its berries. There are even options for making kvass based on it.
The chemical composition of irgi and its beneficial properties
The chemical composition of berries is a combination of useful micro and macro elements, as well as a significant vitamin complex. Among this variety, a very rare and very useful vitamin P, ascorbic acid, vitamin A and B vitamins stand out.
Protein in such a product contains about 0.5 grams and almost 70 grams of carbohydrates.
In addition, the composition of the irgi includes fiber, tannins, flavonoids, various sugars and pectins. And in the seeds of this plant there are fatty oils.
Irgi jam is quite a high-calorie product. Its energy value reaches 260 kcal, so you should not get involved in its use.
Thanks to such a valuable composition, shadberry berries are successfully used in folk medicine. They significantly improve the functioning of the digestive organs and gastrointestinal tract, are effective in disorders of the intestines and stomach, as a fixing agent. Also, this plant contributes to the colonization of beneficial microflora in the intestines.
Pectins contained in irga help to remove dangerous toxins and bad cholesterol from the body, and useful vitamin P allows the use of berries and products prepared on their basis as a prophylactic for varicose veins and myocardial infarction. Thanks to him, the vascular walls are significantly strengthened, and they also become elastic and elastic.
Phytosterols and coumarins, which are also components of irgi, help to reduce blood clotting.
The presence of vitamin A is very useful for vision, so with regular consumption of berries or jam from shadberry, the risks of cataracts and inflammation in the eyes are significantly reduced. The fruits of the plant allow you to get rid of night blindness, and also effectively eliminate eye fatigue.
Other useful and medicinal qualities of irgi berries include:
- prevention of the occurrence and development of atherosclerosis and thrombosis;
- normalization of the kidneys and liver;
- restoration of vitamin balance in vitamin deficiency;
- beneficial effect on the central nervous system, relieving nervous tension, improving sleep and getting rid of insomnia;
- lowering blood pressure and improving the functioning of the heart muscle;
- helps to get rid of inflammatory processes in angina and stomatitis;
- infusions from the leaves and bark of the shadberry have antiseptic effects, due to which they are popular for healing wounds, burns and skin inflammations;
- prevention of the occurrence of malignant neoplasms, due to the presence of a huge amount of carotene in the composition;
- removal from the body of radioactive substances, dangerous toxins and salts of heavy metals.
And, of course, irga is effective, and especially jam based on it, during colds and epidemics of influenza and SARS, as it significantly improves immunity.
You can not eat such berries with individual intolerance to the substances that make up their composition. Use with caution in low blood pressure. Frequent consumption of shadberry jam is not recommended for diabetes and obesity.
In cooking, the fruits of the plant are often used to make jellies or jams. Kissels and compotes are prepared from them. The berries are dried, frozen, and also cooked delicious jam based on them.
Jam from irgi "five-minute"
The recipe for making shadberry jam is quite simple and it is no more difficult to prepare than strawberry jam. Often it is also called five-minute jam. To prepare such a dish you will need:
- berries of irgi - one kilogram;
- citric acid - about three grams.
Berries pre-sort, rinse thoroughly and dry on a towel. While they dry, you should prepare sugar syrup. To do this, boil 250 ml of water in a saucepan and pour sugar into it.
To make the jam slightly taste like cherries, you can first boil cherry leaves in such water.
Dip the irga into the boiling syrup and, after boiling, cook the berries over low heat for a maximum of fifteen minutes. With a longer cooking time, the berries will boil and you will get jam, instead of the expected jam.
At the end of cooking, citric acid should be thrown into the mass or seasoned with a small amount of lemon juice.
Chilled jam should be poured into pre-prepared sterilized jars and rolled up.
Irgi berry jam without cooking
You can cook this healthy dessert without boiling the berries. In this case, the irga will retain the maximum amount of valuable substances, which will significantly enhance its healing properties. For this you will need:
- berries of irgi - one kilogram;
- granulated sugar - one kilogram;
- citric acid - two to three grams.
Irgi berries must be sorted out, washed and dried, and then crushed in a meat grinder or using a blender.
Pour sugar into the resulting slurry and mix thoroughly. Add a little citric acid or lemon juice, pour into jars that are best sterilized or boiled over with boiling water, and close with polyethylene lids.
Store the resulting product in a cool dark place. Ideal for storage would be a refrigerator or cellar.
Instead of conclusions
Irgi jam is an amazingly tasty and healing product that fills the body with useful minerals and vitamins. It significantly strengthens the immune system, helps relieve stress and tension, and also cleanses the body of dangerous toxins, harmful toxins and radioactive substances. However, caution should be exercised when using it for people with low blood pressure, as this berry has the ability to reduce it even more. But with its moderate use, shadberry jam will not bring serious negative consequences for the human body.
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