Rosehips

[snapdragon]

Originally Posted by Rosetinted

This may be a vain attempt, but I have just read through the various posts related to rosehips and saw an offer from 'Jonny' for Swedish rosehip soup. ........ "Please can I have the recipe?"

Wll I can't say this is a tried & tested receipe, but I was looking around for ideas with what to do with all the rosehips in my new garden, and came across this recipe for Swedish rosehip soup.....

Rose Hip Soup: Information from Answers.com

maybe you can let me know if it's any good...all my memories of being force-fed rosehip syrup as a child are somewhat more unpleasent than those previously listed

[moo]

Originally Posted by Jacky

Yes, you destroy half the vitamen C by cooking the rosehips, but seeing as they're so high in the stuff and we get rather a lot of vitamens out of other foods these days (if you eat a healthy diet) that it's not really a problem.
Of course, making a syrup doesn't involve cooking them, prick them 5 times and put a layer over a layer of sugar and alternate layers. The sugar draws out the juices which, in turn, liquefy the sugar.

My mum always said to look for Vitamin C with bioflavonoids as these help you utilise it better - and rosehips are the "best" available natural/free combination. Old hippy, my mum

[naturelover]

Originally Posted by Tormentil

We used to get Rose Hip syrup as kids, along with the dreaded cod liver oil and malt extract.

yes i remember that,the kids of today dont get anything free anymore,funny cos i only just come off the phone talking to my daughter in law and i was talking about the free milk us kids got at school.

[Rob3168]

Hello There !

I was wondering if you would be able to give me a Recipe for Rosehip cyrup?
i'm only a pup at 26 and would love to try it !!

Thanks for your time...

[stumpweasel]

Hiya new to the site. recipe for rosehip syrup as follows!

2lb hips (dosent matter if they are soft)
41/2pints water
1lb sugar

Top & Tails hips and mince or blitz with food processor

Bring 3pts of the water to boil and put minced hips in, bring back to boil. Take off heat and leave to infuse for 15mins. Strain through muslin or jelly bag. Bring remaining 1 1/2 pints of water to boil and add pulp again. Bring to boil, take off heat, infuse for 15mins and strain as before. Combine strained liquids and put in clean pan. Boil to reduce to apx 1 1/2 pints of liquid. Add sugar and boil for 5 mins. Bottle into sterilised small bottles as once opened it only lasts a week.

Try this syrup on pancakes its delicious

Also excellant in yoghurt, rice pudding, porridge. Making loads of it just now as i am getting addicted

[jennyb]

Originally Posted by stumpweasel

Try this syrup on pancakes its delicious

Also excellant in yoghurt, rice pudding, porridge. Making loads of it just now as i am getting addicted

Ooh, I'm drooling at the thought. I used to love rosehip syrup but probably haven't had it for more than 40 years!

Jenny

[Rob3168]

Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman

Personally, I just eat them straight off the bush when they are bright red. Split them open, rake out all the seeds, and eat the flesh. Better than blackberries.

Cheers,

Adam

Hi Adam,
are you particular about the remaining hairs on the flesh ? when i've raked out the seeds there are hairs remaining they don't look dangerous but im hessatant because of tall the 'dangerous hairs' talk ??

Reagrds,
Robert.

[cosycrafter]

I am trying to find a recipe for rosehip gin if anyone has heard of it. I have made blackberry gin and elderberry gin this year, and will be making sloe gin later on in the year, but I was wondering what to do with rosehips. Any help would be good

[cat72uk]

Originally Posted by naturelover

yes i remember that,the kids of today dont get anything free anymore,funny cos i only just come off the phone talking to my daughter in law and i was talking about the free milk us kids got at school.

you can get free milk and veg for the under fives

[Jez]

Originally Posted by cosycrafter

I am trying to find a recipe for rosehip gin if anyone has heard of it. I have made blackberry gin and elderberry gin this year, and will be making sloe gin later on in the year, but I was wondering what to do with rosehips. Any help would be good

I haven't a recipe for Gin but do have a recipe for Wine! First of all Rosehips should be collected whole & rinsed thoroughly. Then clean & chopped not minced or liquidised (as that will spoil the flavour)! Ingredients are as follows:-

2lb of fresh rosehips or 1/2 lb dried. 8oz hot raisins (finely chopped). 3 lb sugar. 6 pints of boiling water. Wine Yeast. 1 teaspoon yeast nutrient. 1 teaspoon citric acid. 4 teaspoons grape tannin or a cup of strong tea. 1 teaspoon pectin enzyme. Campden tablets. 1 teaspoon potassium sorbate.

Method

Sprinkle the yeast granules into a cup of boiled tepid H2O, then cover and leave to stand for around an hour. Rinse Rosehips in a solution of 2 Campden tablets to 1 3/4 pints of H2O. Drain and chop them coarsely. Place the rosehips, raisins, sugar, yeast nutrient, citric acid and tannin or tea in a fermentation bin & pour over boiling water. Stir well to dissolve the sugar. Cover and leave until lukewarm. Add activated yeast and pectin enzyme and cover again. Stir daily for 8 days, then strain into a demi-john and fit bung and airlock. Leave to stand until wine clears, then syphon off the sediment into a fresh demi-john adding 1 Campden tablet & the potrassium sulphate & top up with with cold cold boiled water if necessary, to shoulder of demi-john. Bung tightly and leave for 3 months. Siphon into sterilised bottles, seal tightly & store in cool, dark place.

[cosycrafter]

Thanks for that Jez. I don't drink wine and just wondered if it was possible to make like a sloe gin with them. Not sure how I would do it but I just might use a litre of gin and 1/2lb hips and some sugar, what what it comes out like

[Jez]

Originally Posted by cosycrafter

Thanks for that Jez. I don't drink wine and just wondered if it was possible to make like a sloe gin with them. Not sure how I would do it but I just might use a litre of gin and 1/2lb hips and some sugar, what what it comes out like

I'm sure it will be as easy to make as Sloe Gin, that being easier than wine to make. Let me know how it turns out as I'm interested in making some for myself. I have just cordial atm and that's really nice

[fly fisher]

Originally Posted by badgerwatcher

I used to make rose hip syrup, the kids loved it.

Hi could you please tell me, how to make rose hip syrup.

Regards,


Fly Fisher.

[Jim Ford]

Originally Posted by fly fisher

Hi could you please tell me, how to make rose hip syrup.

Let me google that for you

Jim

[ron1863]

Hi Fly-fisher and welcome to WAB. Most members use their search engines to look for stuff but seeing as how it's your first post;

1kg rosehips, washed and chopped
1kg caster sugar
You will also need a jelly bag (or a clean cotton cloth and a big sieve)

Put two litres of water in a large pan and bring to the boil. Throw in the chopped rosehips, bring back to the boil, then remove from the heat, cover and leave to infuse for half an hour, stirring from time to time.

Strain the mixture through a jelly bag. (Alternatively, line a colander with a couple of layers of muslin and place over a large bowl. Tip in the rosehip mixture, and leave suspended over the bowl.)

Set the strained juice aside and transfer the rosehip pulp back to the saucepan, along with another litre of boiling water. Bring to the boil, remove from the heat, infuse for another half an hour and strain as before. Discard the pulp and combine the two lots of strained juice in a clean pan. Bring to the boil, and boil until the volume has decreased by half. Remove from the heat.

Add the sugar and stir until dissolved. Return to the stove, bring to the boil and boil hard for five minutes. Pour into warmed, sterilised jars or bottles and seal.

[Pippa]

Think they were given to sailors who were out at sea for a long time to stop a vitamin C deficiency,hence the dreaded scurvy.

Think the best ones come from wild roses the Dogrose comes to mind.

I am afraid i take the capsules i buy at the health shop which are supposed to be wonderful for the joints.

Found this info.

Rose hips are a natural way to get vitamin C, vitamin E and vitamin K, and help to prevent and treat various infections, especially colds and flu. Rose hips are also taken to quicken the healing process for bruises and skin irritations. Inflammation and sore throat can find relief with rose hips, which come in capsule form and are usually taken 3 times daily. Women receive extra benefits from rose hips which help uterine cramps, heavy menstrual flow and some breast disorders.

In addition to vitamins C, E, and K, rose hips contain calcium, citric acid, iron, niacin, phosphorus, tannin, vitamin A, B1, B2, and P. As a natural stimulant it gently allows movement of the bowels, as diuretic rose hips cleanse the urinary system, as a pectoral hips are a remedy for pulmonary and other lung diseases, and as a tonic the rose hips strengthen organs.

Well i will stop there but seems a lot more than Vit C to Rose Hips

[ceterach]

Originally Posted by Pippa

Think they were given to sailors who were out at sea for a long time to stop a vitamin C deficiency,hence the dreaded scurvy.

Think the best ones come from wild roses the Dogrose comes to mind.

I am afraid i take the capsules i buy at the health shop which are supposed to be wonderful for the joints.

Found this info.

Rose hips are a natural way to get vitamin C, vitamin E and vitamin K, and help to prevent and treat various infections, especially colds and flu. Rose hips are also taken to quicken the healing process for bruises and skin irritations. Inflammation and sore throat can find relief with rose hips, which come in capsule form and are usually taken 3 times daily. Women receive extra benefits from rose hips which help uterine cramps, heavy menstrual flow and some breast disorders.

In addition to vitamins C, E, and K, rose hips contain calcium, citric acid, iron, niacin, phosphorus, tannin, vitamin A, B1, B2, and P. As a natural stimulant it gently allows movement of the bowels, as diuretic rose hips cleanse the urinary system, as a pectoral hips are a remedy for pulmonary and other lung diseases, and as a tonic the rose hips strengthen organs.

Well i will stop there but seems a lot more than Vit C to Rose Hips

It will also cure cancer and at exceedingly high doses, if fed to politicians and bankers will solve the credit crisis.

Sorry couldn't resist it.

All the best

[Pippa]

Originally Posted by ceterach

it Will Also Cure Cancer And At Exceedingly High Doses, If Fed To Politicians And Bankers Will Solve The Credit Crisis.

Sorry Couldn't Resist It.

All The Best

Ha ha sooooooooooo funny