Shepherd at home

Pastila - confectionery of Russian cuisine. It is made from fruit or berry puree with sugar and egg whites, which are then mixed with hot glue syrup from molasses, sugar or agar-agar.

Pastila is perfect for tea. The sweetness prepared at home does not contain dyes and preservatives, which makes it not only tasty, but also useful.

Pastila: the story of a sweet dish

• Pastila appeared in the East, in the Russian city of Kolomna. The real marshmallow ate few. Elastic and multi-colored bars, sold in stores, taste more like French marshmallows. Natural fruit candy - quite nutritious and healthy product., containing pectin, fiber and vitamins that help maintain health.
• As a dessert, marshmallow has been known since the 14th century. Until the 20th century, sweetness was written as “fasting,” which was associated with the technology of preparing a sweet dish. Then the marshmallow was made from sour apples (Antonovka, Titovka, Sonelenka), which were mixed with berries (lingonberries, currants, cranberries, bilberries, strawberries, etc.).
• Initially, honey was added to the marshmallow, then, in the first half of the 19th century, they switched to sugar. The white color of the pastilles gives egg white, but it is not a mandatory component of sweetness. The protein has a whitening function rather than a taste.
• A traditional pastille was prepared as follows: on a thin linen canvas in a wooden frame, a thick apple and berry puree mixed with honey was applied in layers. The dish is obsessed with the Russian stove. The layers dried out, they were folded into wooden boxes of alder, then again they applied a thick layer of sweet mass. This is a real Russian pastila. Usually it was prepared for the winter.

How to make a pastille at home?

Pastila is made from any fruit or berries.. To prepare the fruit is washed and cleaned, then mashed in any convenient way. When the mash is ready, it is put to boil in a metal basin. The mass of mashed potatoes during cooking should decrease by 3 times.

Honey or sugar is added to the finished mass to taste. If the mass itself is sweet enough, it is better not to add sweeteners. Cool the mass and put it in wooden boxes, covered with parchment paper, which is pre-lubricated with vegetable oil. Put boxes of marshmallow in the sun. When the mass becomes dense, it means that the marsh is ready! The finished sweetness can be rolled into tubes and placed in canvas bags.

Home-made pastille recipes

Delicious homemade raspberry pastila

Composition:

1. Raspberry - 1 kg
2. Raspberry juice - 1 tbsp.
3. Powdered sugar
4. Vegetable oil

Cooking:

• Rinse the raspberries under running water, place them in a colander and let the water drain. Put the washed raspberries in an enamel saucepan and place in a warm oven.
• When the raspberries are gone, wipe it through a sieve.
• Cooked raspberry puree, put on a slow fire, add raspberry juice. Constantly stir the mass. The mass should decrease by 2 times.
• Pour boiled mass into molds, covered with parchment paper. The paper should be greased with vegetable oil so that the finished candy can be easily separated from the molds.
• Pastille can be put to dry in the sun or placed in an oven, preheated to 70 degrees.
• Cooked raspberry candy is sprinkled with powdered sugar and stored in a cool and dry place until consumed.

Plum pastila at home

Composition:

1. Plum - 1 kg
2. Vegetable oil

Cooking:

• Cook mashed plums. Pour the mashed plum into the enamel basin and set it on a slow fire. Cook mashed potatoes, stir constantly. Puree must be boiled down 2 times.
• Cool the resulting mass, after pouring it into molds with a layer of 2 cm. The molds should be covered with parchment and smeared with vegetable oil.
• Place the plum baking dish into the oven, heated to 70 degrees. When the mass becomes dense, it can be pulled out of the oven. Twist up the prepared pastille and eat with tea.

Pear Home Mash

Composition:

1. Pear - 1 kg
2. Sugar - 125 g

Cooking:

• Cut the pears into slices, boil them in a little water.
• Rub the boiled pears through a sieve. Add sugar.
• Cooked pear mashed potatoes until thick.
• Put the parchment paper smeared with sunflower oil on a baking sheet.
• Spread a thin layer of pear puree on paper and dry it in an oven heated to 70 degrees.
• Twist the dried fruit candy in a roll and place in a tightly closed glass jar until use.

Blackcurrant paste: recipe

Composition:

1. Black currant - 1 kg
2. Water - 150 ml
3. Sugar - 0.5 kg

Cooking:

• Pour black currant berries with water and cook until tender. Rub the berries through a strainer. Add sugar.
• Cook the mashed potatoes with sugar on low heat until thick sour cream. Cool the resulting mass.
• Put the mass in wooden trays and dry a little in a uniformly heated oven. Keep the marshmallow in a cool and dry place.

Pastila at home - an excellent delicacy, which will be to the taste of your whole family. She is low calorie, therefore, it is possible to eat it for girls who are dieting or simply watching their figure. Cook and eat pastilles with pleasure, and then your life will sparkle with new summer colors!

Good appetite!