a pot of boiling water and boil. Then pour out the water, and add sugar to the zest and pour in 50 g of pure water, mix, bring to a boil. Cool the finished syrup.

Cut oranges into elegant circles, put on a saucer and pour over the prepared syrup.

Ice cream
Ice cream «Яблочное»

Products: apples - 80 g, freshly squeezed lemon juice - 50 g, powdered sugar - 25 g.

Cooking

Wash apples, peel, remove the core. Onрезать маленькими кусочками. Bring the water to a boil and pour over the apples, cover and let cool. Яблочный настой процедить, смешать с лимонным соком, влить прохладную кипяченую воду, добавить сахарную пудру и тщательно mix. Pour the mass into molds, insert wooden sticks and bring the ice cream to readiness in the freezer.

Before serving, hold the molds for a short time in warm water, remove the ice cream and place on a dish or in a vase.

Ice cream «Малиновое»

Products: raspberry puree - 100 g, powdered sugar - 20 g.

Cooking

Rub the raspberries through a sieve. Оставшиеся выжимки варить в течение 2 min. Strain. In the finished broth, dilute powdered sugar and mix with gruel from grated raspberries. Mix thoroughly, transfer to molds, put in each wooden stick and remove the molds in the freezer.

Just like in the previous recipes, remove the ice cream from the molds with warm water before serving. Ready portions beautifully put in a vase.

Ice cream «Ананасовое»

Products: pineapples - 50 g, boiled water - 30 g, powdered sugar - 25 g.

Cooking

Peel the pineapple, dip the cut peel into boiling water and cook until softened, then pass through a meat grinder.

Grate the pulp of pineapple and mix with mashed boiled peel. Add powdered sugar to this gruel, pour in boiling water and mix thoroughly again. Fill the molds for ice cream with the resulting liquid mass, insert a wooden stick into each and put the molds into the freezer to harden the ice cream.

Before serving, hold the molds in warm water for a few seconds, remove the ready portions of ice cream and place them beautifully in a vase.

Ice cream из цитрусовых «Тропический остров»

Продукты: апельсины – 2 PC., мандарины – 3–4 PC., грейпфрут – 1 PC., пудра сахарная – 25 г.

Cooking

Peel citrus fruits, squeeze juice with a juicer. Оставшиеся выжимки проварить в кипящей воде в течение 4 min.

Dissolve powdered sugar in the resulting broth and mix with squeezed fruit juice. Mix very well, fill the molds with the mixture, equip them with wooden sticks and send them to the freezer.

Immediately before serving, release the ice cream from the molds by holding them in warm water, and place the finished portions nicely in a vase.

Ice cream из персиков

Products: peaches - 150 g, powdered sugar - 15 g.

Cooking

Remove the pits from the peaches and rub the pulp through a sieve.

Pour water into the remaining pomace, add powdered sugar, mix well and add to puree of pureed peaches.

Mix thoroughly again until a liquid homogeneous mass is obtained.

Fill the molds with the resulting mass, insert wooden sticks and bring the ice cream to readiness in the freezer.

Before serving, use warm water to remove the ice cream from the molds and place the finished portions in a vase.

In the same way, you can easily make ice cream from cherries, sweet cherries, apricots and other fruits and berries.

Beverages
There is a huge variety of different drink recipes. Onиболее богатыми витаминами и, следовательно, полезными являются свежие соки. Birch and maple sap have long been highly valued in Rus'.

In addition to freshly prepared juices (and not only from fruits, but also from vegetables), tea is a very healthy drink. Doctors recommend drinking coffee in moderation, and in some cases, for example, with insomnia or a tendency to high blood pressure, completely abandon it or reduce its consumption to a minimum. The fact is that strong coffee has a strong tonic effect, and this is not useful for everyone. And of course, don't overindulge in coffee in the evening, unless you're planning on spending a sleepless night doing urgent work, studying for an exam, or surfing the Internet. But regular night vigils, especially those constantly “spurred on” by coffee, will definitely affect both your health and your appearance. By the way, tea is also better to drink during the day, and not before bedtime. The reason is the same - the presence in both drinks with caffeine, which stimulates the nervous system. However, it is still better to prefer tea. More often include in its composition a variety of medicinal herbs and other useful supplements.

Tea is an old Russian drink. In most families, tea drinking is very popular, but not everyone knows how to brew tea correctly. What are the classic rules for making tea?

First you need to choose the right container. The teapot can be ceramic, glass, porcelain and even plastic. The latter, by the way, often contain a metal strainer inside, which allows you to immediately catch the tea leaves, preventing them from falling into the cups, and after drinking tea, quickly wash the teapot, after removing the used tea leaves from the strainer. However, containers made of plastic and glass have a significant drawback: they have a high heat transfer, so the tea brewed in them cools down much faster than in ceramic (clay) and porcelain teapots.

What is the correct sequence for brewing tea?

1. Rinse the kettle with boiling water so that it is hot inside. This will give the future drink a richer flavor.

2. Follow the dosage. Заваривайте чай из расчета: 1 ч. l. tea leaves for 1 cup of drink plus the same amount for the teapot itself.

3. After pouring the required amount of tea leaves, pour boiling water into the kettle, but not to the very top. Be sure to leave some space.

4. Close the kettle with a lid and let the tea brew.

5. After 15 minutes, add more boiling water - now to the top. Close the kettle again and wrap it in a warm towel. You can put a special heating pad on top, designed to keep the teapot warm.

6. After a few more minutes, you can pour the brewed tea into cups. Classical rules call for pure, undiluted tea leaves, but in this case, the drink turns out to be too strong and bitter in taste. Therefore, all kinds of supplements are only welcome. Tea leaves are diluted to taste with water, milk or cream, and served at the table along with sugar, honey and other delicacies. Moreover, milk is poured into a cup earlier than tea leaves. Most people pour tea first, then dilute it with milk. This seemingly insignificant rearrangement leads to the loss of a unique, refined aroma and taste of good tea.

In general, tea with milk is a very healthy combination. Организм многих взрослых людей с трудом усваивает цельное молоко, если оно употребляется separately. There may be various unpleasant sensations, up to intestinal upset. In combination with the tannins of tea, milk is well absorbed by the body, does not irritate the gastrointestinal tract, and also helps to more complete and easier digestion of other foods.

7. A mistake is made by hurried housewives who do not allow the tea leaves to brew for the allotted time. Despite the bright color of the resulting drink, its taste and aroma will be weak, unsaturated.

8. If the tea is left to infuse for longer than it should, it will most likely acquire an unpleasant taste, since during this time the bitter tannins present in the dry tea leaves will pass into the water. Secondary brewing also greatly impairs the taste of the drink. Therefore, it is better to infuse tea strictly on time and be sure to prepare a drink from fresh tea leaves every time.

Tea can be prepared on the basis of many useful and fragrant plants and berries - rosehip, raspberry, lime blossom, dill, thyme, lemon balm, etc. It is believed that drinks with lemon balm and cumin are more useful for women, and with dill seeds - for men.

Today, old recipes of traditional Russian sbitnya are also remembered. This hearty honey drink has the ability to invigorate, warm, and give strength. It is especially good on cold winter days.

Sbiten

Продукты: мед – 1 кг, вода – 4 л, хмель – 20 г, корица – 5–7 г, мята и гвоздика – по taste.

Cooking

Bring water to a boil in a saucepan and dissolve honey in it. Add hops and spices. Кипятить сбитень в течение 2–3 ч. Serve hot.

Sbiten по-суздальски

Products: honey - 150 g, sugar - 150 g, ginger - 15 g, cinnamon - 15 g, bay leaf - 15 g, cardamom - 15 g.

Cooking

Dilute honey with water, stir and bring to a boil.

Кипятить в течение 20 мин, затем положить все пряности и держать на огне еще около 5 min. Далее процедить через сложенную в несколько слоев gauze. Onпиток подать к столу горячим.

Tea with milk "Classic"

Products: freshly brewed tea - 0.75 cups, whole milk - 0.25 cups.

Cooking

Warm the porcelain cups slightly, then pour a small amount of the amount of warm milk, and after - hot ready-made tea leaves.

New Year tea

Products: brewed Ceylon tea - 1 l, apricot juice without pulp - 300 g, apple juice without sugar - 320 g, cognac - 120 g, granulated sugar - 220 g.

Cooking

Combine both juices, dilute sugar in them and pour the sweet mixture into a porcelain or enamel container. Добавить теплую заварку, все аккуратно mix.

Place the container in a water bath for 30 minutes, then remove from heat and add cognac. Немного остудить, разлить по керамическим чайным чашкам и подать к table.

This drink will delight your guests not only on New Year's holidays. It will bring fun and spice