Prunes in sour cream - general principles and methods of preparation
Prunes are dried plum fruits. Especially high-quality dried fruits are obtained from plums of the Vengerka or Stanley variety, which have reached full maturity or slightly overripe. To give a specific aroma to the haze, plums are smoked slightly above the fire before drying. The result is a natural and tasty treat containing beneficial substances - pectin, fructose, vitamins, potassium, iron, phosphorus. It is recommended to use with vitamin deficiency. Prunes, in addition to useful properties, have a pleasant taste, many consider it a favorite delicacy, which is much more useful than sweets. If you use it regularly, it protects your teeth from caries, because contains antibacterial substances. It has a laxative effect, so it is enough to eat no more than five or six berries per day.
Prunes are eaten raw, made from sweets, snacks, stewed with it poultry, vegetables and meat. But the most delicious treat is prune in sour cream with added sugar. Usually the middle of the fetus is stuffed with a piece of walnut - walnut or hazelnut. You can make a savory snack from prunes, stuffing it with a nut mass with garlic and pour sour cream mixed with sugar and salt.
Prunes in sour cream - product preparation
Rinse the prunes thoroughly to get rid of traces of chemical treatment - glycerin, etc. Next, steam the fruits, pour boiling water. So they become softer, and hard-to-wash dirt is removed from them. If the fruits were originally soft, twenty minutes will be enough, if overdried, you need to soak for at least an hour. When the prune cools down, remove the stone from it, if it is, just squeeze it. Usually, after soaking, it slides easily.
Prunes in sour cream - the best recipes
Recipe 1: Stewed Prunes in Sour Cream
Very unusual and delicious dessert. If you cook it on the eve of serving, so that it is infused overnight and saturated with sour cream, the berries will simply melt in your mouth. The number and proportions of ingredients must be selected, guided by their taste.
Ingredients: 0.5 kg of prunes, 0.5 l of sour cream, a handful of walnuts (whole quarters), sugar, water.
Cooking method
Steam dried fruits in boiling water. Allow to cool, remove the seeds, if any. Insert walnut quarters in their place. So stuff all the fruits.
Dilute sour cream with water. Half a liter of sour cream - add about a glass of water. Pour a little of this sugar-free sauce onto the bottom of the cauldron so that the prunes do not burn. Mix the remaining sour cream with sugar, so that the taste is very rich, almost cloying. Lay a layer of stuffed berries in a bowl, pour sour cream, a number of berries, pour the sauce again and so on until all the prunes run out. Pour the remaining sour cream on top, it should completely cover the top layer. Simmer in the oven for about half an hour (180C), making sure that it does not burn.
Recipe 2: Savory Appetizer with Garlic and Prunes in Sour Cream
The sweetness of prunes and the sharpness of garlic give the dish a very interesting and unusual taste. We are sure that not only you, but also guests will like this appetizer.
Ingredients: 0.5kg soft prunes, 2 cloves of garlic, 1/2 cup. peeled walnuts, 2 tables. lies. mayonnaise. Sauce: 250ml sour cream, salt, 2 tablespoons. Sahara.
Cooking method
Washed prunes pour boiling water and let it brew for about twenty minutes. If there are seeds, remove them, dry the fruits by spreading them on a paper towel.
Grind nuts into grains - roll them with a rolling pin or use a blender. Chop the garlic, mix with mayonnaise and hazelnuts.
Prune berry cut with a knife and stuffed with nut mass. This is convenient to do with a spoon. Put the stuffed dried fruits in a salad bowl.
Beat sour cream with sugar, slightly salt and pour over prunes.
Recipe 3: Five Minute Dessert
Sweet and sour-sweet dessert very quick to make. Dark fruits of prunes are wrapped in a snow-white cream of thick sour cream and sugar. Lovers of nuts can insert a nucleolus into a berry. The dish is absolutely not subjected to heat treatment, so all the useful properties of prunes are preserved one hundred percent. It is better to look for soft, good quality prunes, then you can not soak it.
Ingredients: 20-25 prunes, 250ml thick sour cream, sugar.
Cooking method
Wash thoroughly the pitted prunes and pour warm water on them for twenty minutes. Dry the berries and put in a salad bowl or bowl.
Mix sour cream with sugar, the amount of which is determined to your taste. Someone can put half a glass of sugar on a glass of sour cream, and a third is enough for someone. In order for the sugar grains to disperse and not creak on the teeth, it is necessary to mix the mass very carefully. Or replace granulated sugar with powdered. Pour the cream with berries and put in the cold to soak for two to three hours. Can be left overnight. If sour cream is liquid, the excess liquid can be traced. Why lay a piece of gauze at the bottom of the colander and pour sour cream on it. After a few hours, excess moisture will go away. Vanilla sugar can be added to sour cream to taste, and garnish on top, sprinkled with finely grated chocolate.
Prunes in sour cream - useful tips from experienced chefs
-Dried prunes should be black, with a bluish tint, color with a moderate sheen. Excessive glossy shine gives the fruit glycerin, which they are lubricated to give an attractive presentation.
-If the fruits have a brownish, coffee color, this means that they were treated with boiling water before drying, which is also not very good, because under the influence of high temperature, the fruit lost some of its beneficial properties.
- The taste of high-quality prunes should be sweet, with a slight acidity. It is these fruits that contain a sufficient amount of vitamin C. They should not be overdried, with an easily separated bone.
- Starting prunes with nuts is a rather time-consuming process, but it can be facilitated. To do this, the nut is not inserted into the berry, but is stacked in a salad bowl or cauldron in layers - a row of prunes, a row of nuts, overlying with sour cream.
- Before stuffing prunes with nuts, they must be baked - in a pan, in the oven or in the microwave. So they will become more delicious.
