Apple is one of the most useful and popular fruits.in which the useful and healing properties are preserved for half a year. Fruit trees can be found at every summer cottage.
Many people faced such a problem, as in the middle of summer, immature apples fall. What is the reason?
This may be a biological process, excess or lack of moisture, improper care, poor nutrition.
What to do with unripe, unripe green fruits? There are many options. You can make juice, jams, make jam and much more.
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The benefits and harm of unripe fallen apples
Apple is the fruit of health, there is an opinion that fruit can replace any doctor.
Cellulose, which is part of the fruit is absorbed for a long time, so the feeling of hunger is not felt for a long time. The healing power of unripe apples:
- Strengthen immunity, as apples are rich in antioxidants. These substances do not allow the body cells to be reborn into cancer tumors.
- Apples can reduce blood sugar levels.
- Regular consumption of apples reduces the level of heart disease by 20%.
- Apples are great prevention of anemia.
- Fruit has a beneficial effect on the skin.
- The presence of apples in the daily diet will not be constipated.
- Gastrointestinal function is normalized.
- Unnecessary fluid is removed, that is, have a diuretic effect.
- Hemoglobin increases.
- The level of nervous excitation of an organism decreases.
The benefits of apples are obvious. It is worth noting that fruit is used even in the diet. There are several such daily diets, the essence of which lies in the fact that you can eat only fresh apples.
Thanks to such fasting days, the body is cleansed without harm to health.
Despite the beneficial properties of apples, they can harm the body. This is related to the fact that it is very difficult to buy ecologically clean apples. After all, they are mainly processed by chemical means in order to have an attractive appearance longer.
But not only the processed fruits can harm, but even clean apples:
- Allergic reactions.
- Increased flatulence in the intestines.
- Immature apples have a negative effect on tooth enamel, therefore, after eating apples, rinse your mouth with water.
- It is strictly forbidden to eat fruit in the acute stage of gastrointestinal ulcer.
- Prussic acid, which is contained in the bones of the fetus can harm the body.
The use of green fruits: what can be made of them?
Unripe apples can be used to prepare a variety of dishes. It is worth noting that with an unripe fruit you get great drinks, apple cider vinegar and many simple dishes.
Prepare the following dishes based on unripe apples.
Jelly
For cooking need apple juice and sugar. The proportion used is 1: 1. Boil apple juice with sugar for several minutes, pour into molds, close tightly.
Confiture
For cooking need apples and sugar. Fruit wash, cut into small slices and pour a little water. Boil for about 30 minutes, then add sugar to taste. The resulting confiture to cool and decompose in sterilized jars.
To confiture is not covered with mold, you can not close it, if it is not cold. To close the jar, use only a plastic lid, at the bottom of which lay parchment paper.
Apple shavings
Ideal for filling pies and pies.Peel apples, grate on a large grater. Banks wash well, grated apples tamp in banks.
On the floor one-liter jar put 50 grams of sugar. Sterilize the jars with apples for 20 minutes.
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Honey and Apple Tea
For cooking you will need a peel that needs to be browned a little in the oven. At 1 liter of water will need about 200 grams of peel.
Combine the ingredients, bring them to a boil, insist broth for 20 minutes, add honey.
Making vinegar
Wash apples, clear heartworm, place in container. Fruit pour water, on 1 liter of water add 30 grams of sugar.
Tie up the neck of the container with a napkin. Apples will wander, as soon as the process stops, strain.
Keep vinegar unopened. Homemade vinegar is rich in nutrients, so it can be used in cooking and traditional medicine.
Dry
Wash fruits, cut into thin slices and lay out in one layer. Drying is necessary only in partial shade. It is recommended to use electric drying for drying, the apples in it will dry in a few hours.
From drying, you can cook compotes with the addition of other fruits.
Microwave
Apples wash, core cut. Inside put a spoonful of honey, you can mix honey with nuts. Apples put in a large container and put in a microwave.
Bake fruit for 15 minutes. You can bake unripe apples in the oven, the principle is the same.
Juice from unripe apples
Peel apples on juiceThis is the most optimal solution. To remove the sour taste of the unripe fruit, add more sugar.
Jam
Cook the jam, which can be used to make pies and open pies.
Use for candied fruit
Wash apples, cut into slices, if the apples are small, they can be cooked whole. Dip apples for 5 minutes in boiling water, remove and quickly lower in cold water. In the water in which the apples were boiled add sugar, boil the syrup.
Chilled apples pour hot syrup. After 8 hours, drain the syrup, boil and pour the fruit again. The procedure is repeated several times, until the apples are transparent.
Then get the apples and put them on a parchment sheet, dry the fruit in the oven. Dried candied sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Store in a closed container in a dark place.. The remaining syrup is ideal for impregnation of baking, so canned it in sterile jars.
As you see unripe apples are good too. They can be used to prepare a variety of dishes.
If you saw apples fallen down in summer, you shouldn't be upset, store fruit for the winter.