Birch sap for winter

A very healthy natural drink for the winter! In the spring, some people rush to the forest to get such a storehouse of vitamins as birch sap. This drink, indeed, contains a huge amount of vitamins and nutrients necessary for the human body. But this drink is seasonal, so some birch sap lovers prepare it for the future for the winter. Of course, now birch sap can be purchased almost all year round in the store, but what quality it is and where it is extracted, one can only guess. Some people believe that the extraction of birch sap causes significant damage to nature, destroys trees. But with proper collection and healing of the wound after harvesting on the birch, not a single tree suffers. You need to know some rules for collecting birch sap. Too young, thin birches are not suitable for harvesting, there is little juice in them, and collecting juice can harm the tree, as well as old birches, their juice already contains bitterness.

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Composition / ingredients

servings:

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 0 % 0 g

Fats 0 % 0 g

Carbohydrates 100 % 16 g

63 kcal

GI: 33 / 0 / 67

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 40 min

Step 1:
The longest process in harvesting birch sap is its collection. To collect the juice, you need to make a small hole on the trunk and insert a stick into it, along which the juice will run into the container. It is better to collect juice early in the morning. After collecting, the wound on the birch tree must be covered with garden pitch.
Step 2:
There are many different ways of harvesting birch sap for the winter, with various additives: lemon, oranges, black currant, barberry berries, rosehip and others. The simplest classic is more popular. You will need only three ingredients: birch sap, citric acid and sugar. Birch juice is poured into an enameled saucepan, put on fire, bring to a boil, remove the resulting yellow foam from the surface with a slotted spoon.
Step 3:
Add sugar and citric acid, let them dissolve with constant stirring. Turn off the fire. Banks of the required volume are sterilized in one of the convenient ways: in a water bath, in an oven or in a microwave oven. The lids are washed, boiled and dried.
Step 4:
Birch juice is poured into prepared jars. Immediately close the lids. Turn them upside down, leave them under a warm blanket until completely cooled at room temperature.
Step 5:
We remove the cans of birch juice for storage in the refrigerator, pantry or other cool place. Juice with citric acid and sugar turns out very tasty, especially chilled. Enjoy your meal!