Celandine juice

It is necessary to collect celandine in ecologically clean places, away from cities and large industries. It is also not recommended to collect raw materials along the road where cars drive.

The period when you need to assemble celandine is not difficult to calculate - this is the flowering time of the plant. At this time, celandine contains fewer alkaloids and is not so toxic. At the same time, it contains a maximum of useful substances.

To make juice, you need to collect the stems of the plant together with the leaves. We sort out the raw materials, get rid of litter and dry leaves, and then thoroughly rinse the plants under cold running water. We lay out the washed celandine on a pre-spread cotton towel. Let the raw materials dry completely.

Now we tear the celandine into pieces and put it in a blender bowl. We grind, if necessary, we do it in several stages, and not at a time. Instead of a blender, you can use a meat grinder. We transfer the resulting mass into a glass container and put it in the refrigerator for two days. During this time, celandine will let the juice.

When the specified time has passed, we take out the container, drain the juice. Squeeze out the crushed celandine. You can use a strainer for these purposes or wrap the vegetable mass in gauze.

Next, pour the juice into a glass jar or bottle, cover with a lid and put it in a dark place for 2 weeks. The room temperature should be at room temperature. The first week, once a day, you need to open the lid slightly and release the gases that will form, as the fermentation process will go on. In total, the juice will ferment for about a month and a half.

Filter the juice, pour it into a glass storage container and put it in the refrigerator. The shelf life of the juice is quite long - up to six months.