Cloudberry or “swamp amber” is a semi-shrub plant belonging to the pink family. It can reach a height of 30 cm. The cloudberry fruit resembles raspberries, but differs from it in taste and aroma.
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Cloudberry was very popular in pre-revolutionary Russia. Fresh and soaked berries were served even to the royal table. Cloudberries include proteins, pectins, sugars, fiber, organic acids, carotenoids, volatile, tannins. There are a lot of trace elements and vitamins in berries (A, C, group B). Cloudberries are used in diet food, as well as in certain diseases.
Berries have an antimicrobial, antispasmodic, astringent, hemostatic, diaphoretic effect on the body. Cloudberry improves metabolism, has a positive effect on the nervous system. It is used to treat diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, cardiovascular system. Cloudberry improves appetite, has anti-zingotic properties.
In folk medicine, not only berries are used, but also the leaves and roots of the plant. Decoctions and infusions of them have a hemostatic, wound healing, anti-inflammatory and diuretic effect. They are used for vitamin deficiency, kidney stone disease, metabolic disorders, colds.
Cloudberry-based preparations help to normalize blood pressure, eliminate diarrhea, prevent the appearance of atherosclerosis, and improve blood composition. They are used for gout, other diseases caused by metabolic disorders. Fresh or dried leaves are used to treat purulent wounds. Cloudberry-based dishes are a means of preventing influenza and SARS, strengthen immunity. Calorie cloudberries - 40 kcal / 100 g. Nutritional value: proteins - 0.8 g, carbohydrates - 4.4 g fats - 0.9 g.
Cloudberries are currently used in cosmetology for the production of skin care products.
From cloudberries, you can make vitamin tea, juice, jam, jam, compote, jam. To make tea, take equal amounts of dried cloudberry leaves, mix with tea leaves, and then make tea as usual. You can make a drink without tea brewing.
Try to make jam "Vitamin" from cloudberries. Products: 1 kg of fresh berries, 1 kg of sugar, 0.5 tbsp. water. Go through cloudberries, rinse them. Pour sugar into a saucepan, pour hot water, put on fire and bring to a boil. When the syrup boils, add cloudberries and reduce heat. Cook the jam for half an hour, over low heat. Stir it from time to time.
Remove the jam from the heat, grind it through a sieve to get rid of skins and seeds. After that, place it again in a saucepan and cook another 5-10 minutes. over low heat. Jam should not be very thick. Pour it hot on sterilized jars, close and place in a cool place. Jam will freeze in a few hours. The calorie content of the dish is 255 kcal.
You can not use cloudberries for gastritis with high acidity, peptic ulcer.
From cloudberries, you can make a delicious compote. Products: 250 g of berries, 100 g of sugar, a little citric acid (on the tip of a knife), 1 liter of water. Compote needs ripe, strong berries. Sort cloudberries and rinse it. Cook sweet syrup in a saucepan; add citric acid at the end of cooking. Put the berries in glass liter jars, pour hot syrup, roll up. Turn upside down, wrap with a towel and a warm blanket, leave for 12 hours. Then put it in storage. Calorie compote from cloudberries - 75 kcal.