Jam made from young pine cones is not only a tasty treat, but also a wonderful medicine that helps to treat and prevent colds, as well as diseases associated with a lack of vitamins and nutrients. The whole secret of the benefits of pine cones is in the composition of resin, which since ancient times has been revered by man as a powerful medicine. Jam from pine cones perfectly preserves all the useful properties of this unique component - gum.
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You will need
- - pine cones - 1 kg;
- - sugar - 1 kg;
- - water - 1 l.
Instruction manual
1
Thoroughly rinse young green cones just collected in the pine forest with running water. Then they should be placed in a saucepan and pour cold water, leave it for a day to remove the bitterness.
2
After twenty-four hours, drain the water and thoroughly rinse the cones again. Then pour them with 1 liter of cold water and put on fire.
Cook, removing the rising resin with a slotted spoon as necessary, until the water is clear. It takes about 1 hour.
3
Pour all the sugar provided for in the recipe into the pan with cones and a decoction of cones. Cook for about 1 hour or more until the syrup thickens sufficiently.
4
Then put the cones in banks, pour hot syrup and close.
As the jam cools down and insists, its color from light amber will become darker, and the cones soaked in syrup will eventually become completely sweet, soft.
5
You can use jam from green pine cones in the cold season for the prevention and treatment of acute respiratory infections and acute respiratory viral infections, to strengthen immunity and replenish the supply of vitamins and minerals, such a treat is also useful in the treatment of bronchitis and other diseases of the respiratory system, though, as an auxiliary main therapy,. Jam from green cones also has a positive effect on the pancreas, so it will be useful for people who suffer from diseases such as atopic dermatitis, that is, those who have malfunctions in this organ.