Someone told me I could make wine from the berries but I can't find a recipe due to not knowing the corect name of the berry. Please help as the berries are ripe now LOL. Thanks in advance.
What is the name of the berries from the Hawthorn Tree?
Hawberries - see below
Hawthorn Berries
Crataegus Hawthorn Berries Herb(Hawthorn) is a large genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Rosaceae, characterized by their small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches. The fruits are sometimes known as "haws", from which the name derived. The name hawthorn was originally applied to the species native to northern Europe, especially the Common Hawthorn C. monogyna, but is now applied to the entire genus, and also to the related Asian genus Rhaphiolepis.
Crataegus is native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The number of species in the genus depends on taxonomic interpretation, with numerous apomictic microspecies; some botanists recognise a thousand or more species, while others reduce the number to 200 or fewer.
Hawthorns provide food and shelter for many species of birds and mammals, and the flowers are important for many nectar-feeding insects. Hawthorns are also used as food plants by Hawthorn Berries
Crataegus
Hawthorn Berries Herb
(Hawthorn) is a large genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Rosaceae, characterized by their small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches. The fruits are sometimes known as "haws", from which the name derived. The name hawthorn was originally applied to the species native to northern Europe, especially the Common Hawthorn C. monogyna, but is now applied to the entire genus, and also to the related Asian genus Rhaphiolepis.
Crataegus is native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The number of species in the genus depends on taxonomic interpretation, with numerous apomictic microspecies; some botanists recognise a thousand or more species, while others reduce the number to 200 or fewer.
Hawthorns provide food and shelter for many species of birds and mammals, and the flowers are important for many nectar-feeding insects. Hawthorns are also used as food plants by arvae of a large number of Lepidoptera species - see list of Lepidoptera which feed on Hawthorns.
In Celtic lore, the hawthorn plant was used commonly for rune inscriptions along with Yew and Apple. It was once said to heal the broken heart.
Many species and hybrids are used as ornamental and street trees. The Common Hawthorn is extensively used in Europe as a hedge plant. Several cultivars of the Midland Hawthorn C. laevigata have been selected for their pink or red flowers. Hawthorns are among the trees most recommended for water-conservation landscapes.
Hawthorn Berries Herb is also used as a herb to lower blood pressure, and treat some heart related diseases.
Uses
The fruits of the species Crataegus pinnatifida, which are bright red and resemble small crabapple fruits, are used to make many kinds of Chinese snacks, including haw flakes and tánghúlú (糖葫芦, literally "sugar gourd", consisting of candied hawthorn fruits on bamboo skewers). This latter food is popular with children in northern China, where it is a traditional winter snack . The fruits are also used to produce jams, jellies, juices, alcoholic beverages, and other drinks .
The dried fruits of Crataegus pinnatifida (called 山楂 or shān zhā in Chinese) are used in traditional Chinese medicine, primarily as a digestive aid. Other species (especially Crataegus laevigata) are used in Western herbal medicine, where the plant is believed to strengthen cardiovascular function .
HAWBERRY RECIPES
Hawthorn Jelly
Ingredients
1 GALLON HAWS
WATER
SUGAR
Directions
WASH HAWS AND PLACE IN A 6-8 QUART POT.
BARELY COVER WITH WATER; SIMMER UNTIL SOFT.
STRAIN THROUGH A JELLY BAG.
MEASURE JUICE, PLACE IN POT, BRING TO A ROLLING BOIL.
SKIM OFF FOAM, AND ADD ¾ CUP SUGAR FOR EACH CUP OF JUICE.
STIR UNTIL SUGAR DISSOLVES, STIRRING CONSTANTLY; COOK UNTIL SYRUP SHEETS OFF SPOON.
SEAL IN HOT, STERILIZED JARS.
PROCESS IN BOILING WATER BATH FOR 10 MINUTES.
HAWTHORN BUTTER
4 POUNDS HAWS (TO YIELD 3 CUPS OF PULP)
1 QUART WATER
7 CUPS SUGAR
Cook Haws in the water until soft. Press through a sieve. Cook the strained sauce with sugar. Soon after boiling, it will flake rather than coat the spoon. Jar and seal. Process in boiling water 10 minutes.
A tart jelly made from hawthorn berries
Hawthorn berries, sugar and water. Some people call them haw berries.
As well as jelly, I read the fruit also makes a good liqueur. This could truly be used for medicinal purposes, as they are reportedly good for the heart. The recipe I read for this contained just the berries and vodka.
1.5kg ripe hawthorn berries (haws)
water
sugar
Wash the berries, then place in a large pot and add enough water to cover. Cook until they are very soft.
Place a colander over a large bowl and pour the mixture into this, breaking the fruit up with a potato masher or similar. Strain the resulting juice in the bowl through muslin.
Add 1 cup of sugar for each cup of this juice. Bring to the boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Boil vigorously until the setting point is reached. Pour into sterilised bottles and seal.
Hawthorn Berry Syrup
A wonderful syrup for pancakes can be made by simmering hawthorn fruit and hackberries (1 part fruit to 3 parts water). When the liquid is dark, strain and simmer down to half its original volume. Add sugar or honey to taste, and either store in the fridge or process in a canner at 10 pounds pressure for 15 minutes.
Hedge jelly
You need:
1 quantity elderberries
2 quantities crab apples
4 quantities haws (the berries of the hawthorn)
(Anne gathered about 700g haws, so we based our recipe on that amount.)
Wash the fruit, removing elderberries from their twigs with a fork, removing twigs from haws and chopping crab apples. Place all in a pan and just cover with water. Bring to the boil and simmer until soft (we left them for a couple of hours). Strain off the juice. “Proper” cookbooks will tell you not to squeeze the fruit but that’s for the purists. It gets you the clearest jelly but loses more of the fruit. Once the juice has strained, weight it and add the same amount of sugar (we had 920g juice so added 920g sugar). Bring it back to the boil and boil until it sets (I like a temperature of about 104 degrees C, which gives a nice soft jelly), then pour into clean, sterile jars.
Hedgerow Sandwiches
For a couple of weeks in March the hawthorn bushes start to sprout tiny leaves. Pick a few cupfuls carefully and use them in sandwiches as you would water cress, add a little freshly ground pepper and salt and even some grated cheese if you wish.
Haw sauce
1½ lb/750g haws
¾ pint/450ml vinegar
4 oz/100g sugar
1 oz/25g salt
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
Method:
Strip the berries from their sprays and wash them. Put into a pan with the vinegar and cook over a gentl heat for 30 minutes. Press the pulp through a sieve and return to the pan with sugar and seasonings. Boil for 10 minutes. Bottle and seal.
This makes a delicious ketchup to go with rich meats, either hot or cold.
Hip soup (Swedish)
3 cups fresh rose hips or 2 cups dried hips
1½ tablespoons potato flour
1½ qts water
½ cup sugar
garnish with blanched almonds
Clean rose hips and put in vigorously boiling water. Cover and cook until tender, stirring occasionally, then strain, forcing hips through sieve. Measure out 1¾ qts of liquid thus obtained, adding cold water if needed. Return to kettle, add sugar and stir in potato flour. Bring to boiling point, stirring constantly. Pour into soup tureen and add shredded almonds. Serve cold with whipped cream and rusks.
Can't guarantee you'll llike the results, tho' they're not to everyone's tastes! Used to be called 'bread and cheese' by country children in our locality.
Bottom pic is of Guelder Rose - Viburnum opulus.
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?...
Not really rated as a foodstuff, other than a famine food. I have two obscure Russian recipes for it:
Guelder-Rose Berry Drink - Bashkir cuisine
2 cups guelder-rose berries
3 tbsp sugar
1 liter boiled water Directions:
Clean berries, mince, pour with cold boiled water and let to infuse for 12 hours. Filter the drink and add sugar.
Guilder rose kissel
Ingredients:
100 g guelder rose berries
0.5 cupful sugar
2 tblsps potato flour
Directions:
Sort the fresh berries, wash, add some water, close with a lid and set aside for an hour. Then press the berries through a sieve, remove the stones, pour in hot water, add the sugar, mix and bring to a boil. Pour in the dissolved potato flour and bring to a boil again.
These two recipes are as yet untried so again I can't vouch for taste if you give them a go!
Reply:Depending where you are in the country, you need to pick the berries when you have the firstfrost. I have made wine from the berries. the berries are called Haw berries and in times gone by, the first frost used to be called Haw Frost as that was the time you picked the berries. You need to pick about 3lbs of berries and use the same amount of sugar. I dont have the exact recipe but you can look it up on the net. This makes white wine. You need to ferment it for some time otherwise it will taste bitter.
Reply:boil the berries to a mushy pulp, strain and sperqate the liquid, throw the pulp out.. top up to a gallon 4quarts, with water, 2lb of sugar abd a teaspoon of yeast...
and be patient
Reply:Haws. They ripen at the same time as rose hips, giving rise to the phrase "hips and haws".
Reply:Hawthorne Berries
Reply:It is a hawthorne berry. You can check this web site out: www.eckraus.com/Dried_Berries_-and-_Herb...
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Reply:Hawberries, simple really,
you can make a jam with them.
Reply:Hawes
Reply:Err, mmmmmmmmmm oh I've got it .....grapes! Oh no wait a minute its cucumbers, or is it? OOOH its on the tip of my tongue...... oh bugger, dont you just hate it when you cant remember important things like this..............No, no I've got it now HAWTHORN BERRIES
Reply:it is called haw the berries from the hawthorn tree
Reply:haws
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