In late autumn, the red fruits of the rose bushes shine brightly and full of promise in gardens, verges and parks: rosehips with their fruity taste are a vitamin-rich change in the kitchen. If it weren't for the annoying seeds - which children don't call "itching powder" for nothing.

Coring rose hips is not easy

Get to grips with the kernels with a sieve and fleet lotte

Since the fruits contain a relatively large number of seeds and hairs that irritate the skin compared to the pulp, you need a large number of rosehips to make a significant amount of jam or mush. Cutting and pitting the fruit one by one would take too much time.
Instead of reaching for a knife and laboriously scraping out the seeds with burning fingers, you can use a simple trick to get to the seed-free pulp of the rose hips: the rose fruits are boiled with a little water and then strained. This is how you get the pure fruit pulp that you can process into fruity delicacies. The skins and seeds remaining in the sieve are not lost either: This pomace is suitable as a base for rosehip vinegar or syrup, as well as dried as a tea.

The trick: Pass the rose hips twice

After the tedious but rewarding harvest of the rose hips, follow these steps to separate the seeds from the rose hip pulp:

  • Discard any shriveled or mushy rose hips, as well as any leaves and stems.
  • Thoroughly wash the fruit under running water to remove any impurities.
  • Place the rose hips in a large enough saucepan and add enough water to just cover them.
  • Bring the whole thing to the boil and let it simmer for about half an hour, depending on the size of the rosehips.
  • As soon as the fruit is cooked soft, you can mash the mass with a potato masher. However, passing will also be possible without this facilitating step.
  • Take the Lotte liquor or a coarse sieve and push the rosehip mixture through.
  • To remove the fine hairs, pass the marrow again: this time through a finer sieve or cheesecloth.

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