Lingonberry-Apple Kissel
Both grown-ups and kids love this wholesome, tasty drink. I've loved kissel since childhood. I remember my mom often buying those dry square briquettes of powdered mix and cooking up fruit-and-berry kissels. A little later I discovered milk kissel and oat kissel. And instead of store-bought mixes, I started using fresh fruit and apples. This one is among my favorites.
Cooking method
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Step 1:
Gather your ingredients. For apple-lingonberry kissel you'll need apples and lingonberries (fresh or frozen), sugar, starch, and water. Pour 2 liters of the water into a pot and set it on the heat.
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Step 2:
Wash the apples well, halve them, and remove the cores. Cut each half into slices.
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Step 3:
Stir the starch into the remaining water, mixing thoroughly to break up any lumps.
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Step 4:
Rinse fresh lingonberries under running water and sort through them. Frozen berries don't need thawing.
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Step 5:
As soon as the water comes to a boil, add the lingonberries and sugar to the pot, then add the apples right away. Bring back to a boil and simmer over low heat for 5 minutes.
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Step 6:
Pour the starch mixture into the pot in a thin stream, stirring constantly. Cook, stirring, for about 5 minutes until thickened. You can strain the finished kissel if you like.
- With this amount of starch to 2.2 liters of water, the kissel comes out fairly thick. If you'd like a thinner drink, either add more water or use a little less starch. You can swap the potato starch for cornstarch, but you may need a bit more, since cornstarch has a weaker thickening power. Instead of lingonberries, or alongside them, you can add fresh or frozen cranberries. Kissel is rightly considered one of the oldest and most wholesome traditional drinks. It suits all kinds of diets, since for its low calorie count it's surprisingly filling and takes the edge off hunger. The starch in kissel coats the stomach lining and helps soothe various stomach troubles such as gastritis, ulcers, and high acidity. Recent research has even shown that this simple, tasty drink can help flush lead and other toxins from the body, while its essential vitamins and amino acids benefit you all over.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Apples - 47 kcal/100g
- Dried apples - 210 kcal/100g
- Canned apple mousse - 61 kcal/100g
- Granulated sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Lingonberries - 43 kcal/100g
- Water - 0 kcal/100g
- Potato starch - 300 kcal/100g
