How to cook banana peel?

Few people know that the skin from the banana is edible, and even unrealistically useful. Now we will correct this omission and tell in detail how and what can be prepared from a banana peel.

The recipe for kvass from banana peel

Such kvass is also called kvass Bolotova. Academician's research proves that when using banana kvass, the amino acid tryptophan gets into the body, which helps to strengthen immunity, good mood and energy.

Ingredients:

• sour cream - 30 g;
• banana skins - 4 pieces;
• sugar - 185 g;
• the water is cold boiled.

Preparation

Bananas must be chosen very carefully, homogeneous in color, ripe so that they can not see black spots and any flaws. Skins are finely chopped and tied in a gauze pouch. You can also put some weight in it so that it does not float. We take a three-liter bottle and put this bag in there, fill it with water, pour out the sugar and sour cream, mix well and gain patience. Because kvass will be ready not earlier than in two weeks. Cover the neck with gauze and put it away somewhere where it's warm and there is no light. But with this every day you need to stir and if a mold was formed to remove it. Then, when the kvass is ready, filter it for consumption, and in the bottle again add water and pour the sugar, 15 g per liter. In a couple of days you can drink fresh kvass again.

Jam from a banana peel

Ingredients:

• orange juice - 300 ml;
• water - 300 ml;
• banana skins - 5 pcs .;
• lemon juice - 80 ml;
• cloves - 3 buds;
• sugar - 450 g;
• vanilla.

Preparation

Clean beautiful skins cut in small strips, after removing the tails. Fill with warm water for an hour, drain and put on a plate with fresh water, cook for 15 minutes. Cook this way 2 more times. Now cook the syrup from the juice of orange, sugar, water and spices. When the syrup begins to thicken, we put into it already boiled skins and lemon juice, bring to a boil and cook for 20 minutes.

How to make candied fruits from a banana peel?

To taste, these candied fruits look more like dates , but with a light banana note.

Ingredients:

• banana skins - 6 pieces;
• sugar - 400 g.

Preparation

The skin of bananas naturally should be ideal, without "wounds" and rotting. We get rid of the tails and cut into long strips about a centimeter wide. For disinfection and to get rid of the wax, which cover the bananas, we fill with boiling water and merge. You can repeat this procedure several times. The main thing after all is well dried, the strips should be completely dry. We fall asleep with their sugar and bring to a boil at the minimum temperature, turn it off. And so seven days, it is important not to mix, but slightly shake the candied fruit. Then lay them one by one on parchment and dry at room temperature for a few more days, sometimes turning over. At the end of drying, they become like a cinnamon stick.