Featuring a little red fruit in the summer, blackcurrant offers itself to many recipes. Here are 9 tips to counteract this sweetness, both sweet and slightly bitter.
Blackcurrant berries are available at stores from July to September, and In the colder version for the rest of the year. It is characterized by its purple hue, and its slightly bitter and nutritious taste. Although small in size, it has many benefits, sometimes less well known.
Like many red fruits, it is the first and foremost anti-inflammatory fruit, thanks to its ascorbic acid. Free radicals help fight toxins in the body.
Blackcurrant is like that. Very rich in vitamin C, more than oranges ! This substance strengthens the immune system, and many organs, such as the skin, bones, gums, blood vessels, and even the nervous system, are involved in proper functioning. This vitamin helps to reduce fatigue.
This berry contains potassium, which plays a role in the normal functioning of muscles, nervous system, and blood pressure.
In general, blackberry is an anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic and anti-vascular product.
All the benefits of this red fruit can be found in the recipes that are highlighted. This slide show highlights ideas to eat 9 black currant raw or ripe.
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Blackcurrant Crub
For 6 people. In a bowl, mix 50 grams of flour with 25 grams of roasted oats, 60 grams of coconut sugar, 55 grams of butter, a pinch of salt and a few seeds with vanilla sticks. Combine the preparation with your fingers, until dissolved. Sprinkle the molded butter, 350 grams of black cranberries mixed with 1 tablespoon of lemon and the crushed mixture over it. Bake at 180 ° C for 20 minutes.
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Yogurt and blackberry cake
The yoghurt pot serves as a measure. Beat 3 eggs in a salad bowl, then add 1 natural yogurt, 1 tablespoon brown sugar and ½ oil or boiled butter. Add 2 jars of flour and 1⁄2 bowl of yeast before mixing. In another bowl, sprinkle 1 tablespoon of flour over 200 grams of black currant, so that it does not fall to the bottom of the cake pan, mix everything before adding it to the dough. Butter and flour cake crumbs before pouring the mixture into. Bake at 180 ° C for 40 minutes.
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Blackcurrant muffin
In a salad bowl, mix 110 grams of previously softened butter, 80 grams of coconut sugar. Add 2 eggs and 1 tablespoon yogurt to the mixture before stirring until smooth. 220 g of flour, 1 tsp of baking powder, mix, 200 g of black pepper before adding, then mix again. Pour the butter into a bowl before adding the flour. Bake at 180 ° C for 35 minutes.
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Red fruit salad
For 4 people. Before placing it in a salad bowl, cut the hive and half into 200 grams of cherries and 200 grams of strawberries. Add 200 grams of black currant, 4 tablespoons brown sugar and one lemon juice. Mix everything before you taste it and put it in the fridge.
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Blackcurrant soft
For 2 smoothies. In a blender I pour 200 g of blackcurrant, 1 natural yogurt, 10 cl of animal or vegetable milk, 25 g of coconut sugar and 2 teaspoons of lemon juice. Mix everything and add everything again before adding 1 to 2 ice cubes. Then pour the mixture into two glasses and eat immediately.
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Blackcurrant sorbet
For 4 people. Wash and mix 500 grams of blackcake, before pouring the juice into a jar. Pour 120 grams of caster sugar into a saucepan, add 6 tablespoons water and ½ lemon juice. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes before allowing the syrup to cool. Then join Cream de Cassis. After the preparation has cooled, place it in an ice cream maker or in a container in the refrigerator. In this second case, stir sorbet every 6 hours.
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Blackcurrant syrup
Shell 600 grams of black currant. አፍ Pour a liter of water and 500 grams of sugar into a pot. Boil for about 10 minutes until it looks like syrup. Then add the berries and cook on low heat for 5 minutes. Then go out to drink for 10 minutes, cover. Place the preparation in a cloth or a fine sieve and press to remove all the juice. Then still put the hot syrup in a bottle, then let it cool, before placing it in the fridge.
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Blackcurrant jam
Wash and discard 1 kg of black currant seeds. Then pour 1 kg of sugar and 20 cm of water into a bowl of jam. Boil the broth for 5 minutes without stirring, but shake the pan regularly. Then add the black pepper and cook for 2 minutes. Keep the preparation in the oven for 24 hours. At the end of this time, strain the juice through a sieve and pour it into a jam. Cook the juice for 10 minutes as soon as it starts to boil. Add the fruits to the pan and set aside to cook, until the jam has cooled on the skimmer. Remove the foam before pouring the preparation into jam jars. Clean the edges before closing and turn them over until cool.