During a plentiful fruit harvest, many berries and fruits are dried, frozen and preserved, in order to prolong their "life" until the cold. But if one more tasty and interesting way of harvesting fruits and berries is to prepare a pastille, which is much more convenient to store. About how to make a pastille at home, we will describe in detail below.
Pastila - recipe at home
Ingredients:
- apples - 920 g;
- water 215 ml;
- cinnamon - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- juice 1/2 lemon.
Preparation
Before cooking, grasp the apples. Remove the core from them, cut them into cubes and put them in enameled dishes. Pour the apple slices with warm water and place over fire. Leave the apples to languish for about 10 minutes or until they soften. Squeeze the lemon juice to the fruit and sprinkle cinnamon. Purish the softened apples and try mashed potatoes - if it turned sour, then add a natural sweetener, such as honey. Spread the apple puree on the parchment covered with baking sheet with a thin and even layer. Put the baking tray with the future homemade pastilla from the apples to the uppermost level of the oven and dry it at a minimum temperature of about 6-8 hours.
Belevsky pastilla at home
Ingredients:
- apples "Antonovka" - 7 kg;
- eggs - 7 pieces;
- sugar - 1,4 kg.
Preparation
Wash the washed apples whole and place in the oven. Bake them until soft, at 150 degrees, and then rub the pulp through a sieve to get rid of pits and peel. Ready whipped apple mass until it brightens and does not increase in volume. Proteins of 7 eggs are converted into meringue with sugar. Gently mix the merengue with the apple sauce and spread the air mass onto the parchment covered baking sheet. Preparation of the pastille at home will take about 6 hours at 60 degrees. After that, the pieces can be cut and cooled, and you can lubricate the apple mass with proteins beforehand, roll into a roll and leave to dry for another 3 hours, but already at 50 degrees.
Pastille from pumpkin at home
Ingredients:
- Pumpkin puree - 670 ml;
- water 115 ml;
- cinnamon - 2 tsp.
- sugar - 75 g.
Preparation
Mix all the ingredients from the list together, and then distribute them on the parchment. Leave the pastille to dry at a minimum temperature of about 6 hours or until it stops sticking to your fingers. The ready-made pastille roll into a roll.