Dandelion preserves

These little yellow flowers, abundantly blossoming in spring on each meadow, have unusually useful properties. There is an opinion that this plant is able to cure a hundred diseases, thanks to which the dandelion was nicknamed by the people as a "domestic healer". In this article, I would like to talk about the benefits of dandelion jam, as well as give several recipes for its preparation.

How useful this product is

1. Sweet delicacy, cooked from yellow dandelion flowers, favorably affects liver cells, restoring them. This property allows to use it as a complex therapy in the treatment of hepatitis and other hepatic diseases.
2. In addition to the liver, jam restores the normal operation of the gallbladder and urinary tract.
3. A small portion of sweets, eaten daily, helps to remove accumulated toxins from the body.
4. In the treatment of anemia, asthma and bone disease, dandelions also play a role.
5. Eating such a jam is indicated for those who suffer from increased blood pressure.

Preparation of dishes for preparation of delicacies

The most optimal capacity for jam is enameled pan or bowl. This kind of cookware is good in that after cooking, the product can be left to cool directly in this container. In some cases dandelion sweetness is cooked in a pot of copper or stainless steel, but in this case the jam will have to be transferred to another vessel for cooling.

Preparation of flowers

Collect dandelion inflorescences best in clear weather, preferably under the midday sun, when all the buds are fully opened. Please note that it is desirable to collect flowers in places where roads do not run and harmful plants are not located. The cleaner and more environmentally-friendly the dandelion is, the better.

Treatment of inflorescences can be carried out in different ways. Most often, the petals are separated from the green flower bed and washed under running water. However, there are those who do not like to flush useful pollen from the plant - such people do not soak buds, but put them in jam in dry form.

The recipe for dandelion honey

This amber delicacy, even on a cold winter day, will remind you of its fragrance about the warmth of the spring sun.

Necessary ingredients:

• inflorescence of dandelions - 300 g
• sugar - 1 kg
• water 400 g
• citric acid - 0.5 tsp.

Cooking process:

1. Collect the necessary number of flowers without stems, separate the flower buds from buds and fold the petals into a colander. Rinse under cold running water and leave to drain.
2. Connect the water to the sugar and put it on the fire. When the grains dissolve and the syrup boils, dip dandelions into it and cook for 15-20 minutes.
3. 3-4 minutes before the removal from the fire, add to the jam citric acid or juice of half a lemon.
4. The resulting mass cool and leave for a day. At the end of the period, strain the jam through the cheesecloth, removing the excess liquid from it.
5. The remaining composition put on fire and cook for 20 minutes. This is the final stage in the preparation of jam.

The resulting sweetness has a transparent amber color, because of which it is called dandelion honey.

Dandelion preserves with oranges

For cooking, you will need:

• dandelions - 250 g
• oranges - 2 pcs.
• lemon - half.
• water - 1 l
• sugar - 1,5 kg

We prepare jam:

1. The first thing to do is to wash the oranges well, cut them together with the rind into thin slices and fold them into an enameled vessel.
2. Dandelion flowers should be washed and dried on a paper napkin, then folded into a container with oranges.
3. In the pan, add water and cook for about an hour.
4. After that, jam should be filtered, pour sugar and squeeze a little lemon juice. The loan should be boiled for another 20 minutes.
5. In the prepared and sterilized jam bottles are bottled in a completely chilled form.