Peony petal jam

[PREGNANT WOMEN DO NOT USE!]

Peony petal jam

Category: Culinary recipes

Ingredients
Peony flower petals of any color	400 g
Sugar	800 g
Water	300-400 ml
Hibiscus tea (possibly rosehip tea bags)	2 tbsp. l.
Lemon juice	2 tbsp. l.
Lemon zest optional	1 tsp

Cooking method

• In the absence of roses, I tried to cook jam from my favorite peonies. Now I will always cook - the exclusive of pure water turned out. Not only is this jam healthy, but also very tasty - tart, the taste is exquisite with a slight bitterness. I generally keep quiet about the aroma!
• Tear off the petals and sort out from insects. I didn’t wash, I had them clean after the rain.
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• Then rub lightly with your hands so that they fit better in the pan. Casserole 3.5 l.
• Pour water into a saucepan and bring to a boil, throw a couple of tablespoons of dried hibiscus petals into it - hibiscus tea or a couple of tea bags with rosehip tea. Boil for a minute and gradually add all the sugar and, stirring constantly, bring until the sugar is completely dissolved over low heat.
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• Then add all the petals in portions, they may not fit right away. As the petals settle into the syrup, add the rest.
• Let's mix. Bring to a boil over low heat and boil for 5 minutes.
• Set aside the pan from heat and let the petals soak in the syrup until cooled.
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• You can cook the jam the next day.
• Bring the jam to a boil over low heat again, add the zest and lemon juice and cook until tender. This took about 10 minutes of vigorous, but not very strong boiling. There was no foam.
• If your sugar is foamy, it will need to be skimmed off.
• Meanwhile, we are preparing jars and lids. We sterilize them in a way convenient for you and put boiling jam in them, seal them hermetically, turn them gently, check if the jars are leaking.
• Then we wrap each one individually in two layers of newspaper and put it under the pillow or blankets upside down, where we keep them until they cool completely.
• I plan to keep this jam in the fridge since it was the first time I cooked it. I will leave one jar at room temperature to see how it will be stored.
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Note

With a maniac desire, I walked around the pan and tried either syrup or chewed elastic fragrant petals. I just couldn't tear myself away. My husband also appreciated it, but it was syrup.
By the way, the petals remained elastic. Much firmer than rose jam. So, you may only like the syrup, which is aromatic and has pronounced healing properties.
The syrup in the saucepan was not thick, but fluid. May freeze in the refrigerator. Maybe during the cooking process someone will want to add some water, since all the cimus is in the syrup.
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The color intensity of the jam depends on the color of the flowers. I have mostly pink here, so I advise adding hibiscus if you cook from light ones. You can just cook light white, it will also turn out beautifully - it can be used in cocktails. For this option, I added a couple of tablespoons of mashed honeysuckle berries for color. It turned out to be even healthier.
Peony is a very beautiful and healing plant. In official medicine, drugs based on peony roots are mainly used.
While the flowers of the plant also have healing properties - from petals to seeds.
I will not list the diseases in which the patient's condition can be alleviated - there is a lot of information on this on the Internet.
I personally insist on petals on alcohol, sometimes with white lily petals and use them to gargle, treat cuts, apply the petals to inflammatory skin elements.I make water tinctures for washing. I use the syrup for colds and sore throat, for colic and tachycardia, exacerbation of osteochondrosis. I noticed that it helps to relieve dry cough, possibly due to a slight sedative effect. Lowers blood pressure a little.

To get started, use no more than 1 tbsp. l. spoons at a time and do not give to small children under 14. PREGNANT WOMEN DO NOT USE!
In general, any jam should not be consumed half a can at a time! :))
I went to cook in a different way, I want to achieve the softness of the petals.

Facial lotion.
I found a recipe, I want to try it.
The following ingredients are taken in equal parts: rose; peony petals; lily white; chamomile; peppermint; linden flowers. The resulting mixture is poured with 500 ml of boiling water and infused for at least an hour, and then filtered, mixed with 50 ml of red wine. The resulting product is placed in a dark and always cool place. This lotion is used to wipe the face three times a day for 10 days. Then you need to take a seven-day break, after which the course can be continued if necessary.

[Rada-dms]

Stunned! This is creativity!
Rada-dms, but isn't such a delicacy dangerous? Peony has powerful medicinal properties, and like any medicine, in addition to medicinal properties, it may have contraindications. For example, a tincture of a peony (I don’t know from the petals or the roots) categorically should not be taken by hypotonic patients, with diseases of the liver and kidneys. In addition, the peony belongs to the poisonous buttercup family, therefore it is forbidden to use it to treat children and pregnant women. And it's also a powerful abortifacient.

[plasmo4ka]

plasmo4ka, everything is good in moderation! It does not significantly reduce the pressure, it has been tested on the husband's hypotension, but rather normalizes. But you must definitely listen to yourself when receiving. There will definitely be nothing from the spoon.
In addition, in official and non-traditional medicine, roots are mainly used, they are considered more active. Moreover, when insisting on vodka or alcohol, it is the extraction of substances that occurs, that is, highly concentrated extracts are obtained.
Contraindications for diseases of the liver and kidneys are caused, it seems to me, by the fact that in general alcohol tinctures cannot be used with them. Plus there is a choleretic effect.
My grandmother, a herbalist, I remember exactly, healed bleeding, almost all women's diseases with tinctures of peony roots and leaves, and she herself drank decoctions to thin the blood, as she said.
About pregnant women now I will add! THANK YOU!
By the way, it is believed that rose petals also help lower blood pressure and are quite allergenic.
If something is wrong, let the docks fix it, but rather the pharmacists.

[Rada-dms]

[Eh, this year I will not try any more .. Send the peonies already with us. But the recipe is in the bookmarks until next year! Rada-dms, Thank you!

[plasmo4ka]

plasmo4ka, yeah! In the meantime, I'll experiment on myself!

In the meantime, I'll experiment on myself!

Current, mind you, don't get carried away!

[plasmo4ka]

plasmo4ka, and it turns out so little, but I diminished six spoons on the first day! Nothing, I slept well! And the cough subsided, which I could not relieve for three weeks. But the hoarseness has not removed!
So I'm thinking, maybe I can try to make wine from them by mixing a little with honeysuckle ...

[Rada-dms]

Rada-dms, a very interesting recipe. Thank you so much. But this year it will not be possible to cook it, the peonies have already bloomed. I take the recipe in a piggy bank. I will definitely try to cook it next year

"So I think, maybe I can try to make wine from them, mixing a little with honeysuckle ..." - from peony petals, wine and without honeysuckle turns out to be interesting)

"Mixed with 50 ml of red wine. The resulting product is placed in a dark and always cool place. This lotion is used to wipe the face three times a day for 10 days." For some reason I was interested in the lotion recipe ... Well, what color will the face be after red wine ???
Thanks for the recipe! The main thing is not to use a red peony (it is considered poisonous) 😊😂

Olya, this is a recipe!
We need to cook such a jam.
Peonies are in bloom.
True, I only have pink ones, which means I'll cook on hibiscus!

[Rada-dms]

Rada-dms, Olya killed on felling! Gorgeous photo! Creative recipe !! Beauty !!!: bravo:

[Rada-dms]

Rada-dms, Olya, very beautiful jam
Doesn't it taste bitter? I dried peony leaves for tea, they give a bitterness.
But the view is amazing

[Olya]

Olya, well, you're an experimenter! Nice jam turned out.

But this year it will not be possible to cook it, the peonies have already bloomed. I take the recipe in a piggy bank. I will definitely try to cook it next year

Natalia! You probably have roses! Oh, how I love from rose petals!

from peony petals, wine and without honeysuckle it turns out interesting)

Nah ... Now we will wait for the recipe from you, I don’t want to engage in amateur performances! After all, there are still peonies, I can manage to do it!

Well, what color will the face be after red wine ???
Thanks for the recipe! The main thing is not to use a red peony (it is considered poisonous) 😊😂

Katyusha! I think that 50 g of wine for 500 g of water is not so scary, the color will not be very red, on the contrary, it will "revive" our faces, tortured by Moscow this summer! In short, I will try to make such a lotion tomorrow. But I think that a little vodka should be added to it for preservation.
All peonies are poisonous, I have not seen the information about the red ones, share to know for sure.

True, I only have pink ones, which means I'll cook on hibiscus!

Hibiscus turns out to be a very nice color! I, too, only pink and white are still blooming, tomorrow I will put a party of light ones.

Rada-dms, Olya killed on a fall! Gorgeous photo! Creative recipe !! Beauty !!!: bravo:

I saved the jar for you! Rather, a jar, the way out is small!

Rada-dms, Olya, very beautiful jam
Doesn't it taste bitter? I dried peony leaves for tea, they give a bitterness.
But the view is amazing

Yes, it tastes a little bitter, and that's the beauty in my opinion. Sweet, tart, with bitterness, fragrant! Chews for a long time!

Olya, you're an experimenter! Nice jam turned out.

Well, you've known me for several years now! So the hands itch to get something off!

[Rada-dms]

Rada-dms, I was interested in this jam last year. Ripe exactly a year, peonies just bloom. Karoch-The recipe appeared at the right time,: girl_manikur: cook. There is no hibiscus, it will be pale pink. Olya, maybe with a blender on the leaves? or not worth it?

[Loksa]

Loksa, I had this option in mind in my head .... But I left it until next year. Today I cooked in a different way.
She poured water over the leaves as they settled down, added more water so that the water level was two fingers higher. She closed the lid and cooked until the leaves were soft for 15-20 minutes. She let it brew and poured 700 g of sugar into it, boiled it for 5 minutes, then added zest and lemon juice, about five honeysuckle left over from the bush to add color, pectin 2 tsp. ... I boiled three minutes of m in a hot can of, then under a blanket. The petals turned out to be more tender, I just "tasted" about five spoons a day! Pressure is normal, calm like a tank!;))
You're part of a blender and tell me later!
Today the last pink peony has bloomed ...

Radushka, Olenka, what an incomparable recipe. This is the joy of a gourmet. Thank you very much. Bookmarked the recipe. I will definitely try!

[Rada-dms]

Rada-dms, agreed! I have not rolled it up yet, today I will bring it to a boil again, and tomorrow I will cook and roll it up! I'll probably add more water, I don't have enough syrup!

The main thing is not to use a red peony (it is considered poisonous)

and I only have dark ones, from red onwards.

[OlgaGera]

OlgaGera, Ol, I add dried reds to tea all year round without consequences. The jam also has dark, straight wine color.

I add red to tea without consequences

reassured))) Now next year. Already faded.

[OlgaGera]

OlgaGeraIf I pass by to visit my relatives, I'll bring a jar for a sample.