Candy from wild berries

Candy - treat is not only delicious but also very healthy, diet. To make it yourself at home easily for this recipe.

Candy is a traditional Russian delicacy, which our ancestors prepared from generation to generation, Dating from the 14th century, when it was invented. The beauty of pastes that this sweetness is very useful, because in it with the right preparation retains all the vitamins from the original product - fruit or berries, in addition, as a dessert it is very limited use and replace high-calorie confectionery - cakes, pastries, etc.

The word "candy" comes from the Latin word "pastillus", which translates as bread. According to another version the name of the sweetness came from the technology of its preparation - from the words "put to bed".

Berry candy has always been popular and remains so today. It can be prepared both from the garden and wild berries: Rowan, cranberries, currants, raspberries, etc. However, there is in preparation berry marshmallow one subtlety: if the berries many seeds, candy is brittle and fragile, nedlasting, so in such cases the composition of the Goodies you must also enter fruit puree of apples or melons, for example.

Recipe marshmallow from wild berries

You will need: 1kg cranberries, 700g sugar or 410g honey.

How to prepare a paste of cranberries. Rinse cranberries and knead into a puree, add sugar, beat well, put a thin layer in the pan with high sides. When the first coat is dry, put the second, repeat layers until you have filled the edges of the pan. Using honey a paste of cranberries is done a little differently. Ground cranberries and mix it with honey and, if necessary, to dilute all a small amount of water on low heat boil down the sauce until it is to drop immediately froze. Cool candy and cut into small pieces, sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Store candy better in glass jars, tightly closing lids in a dry, dark place, or it can be rolled into a roll and stored in the refrigerator.