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- Japanese dogwood - fruits edible or not?
- Fruit edible, but not always tasty
- Process the fruits of the Japanese Dogwood
- Cook Marmelade
- Add liqueur
- Tips
Although the fruits of the Japanese dogwood are edible, they are not very tasty
Japanese dogwood - fruits edible or not?
The fruits of most types of dogwood are reminiscent of cherries, but not of the Japanese dogwood (Cornus kousa). This flowering shrub, sometimes referred to as Asian or Chinese dogwood, develops deep-red, raspberry-like and very tempting-looking drupes after very warm summers. These are edible but usually do not taste very good.
Fruit edible, but not always tasty
Japanese flower dogwood is cultivated in its East Asian homeland not only because of its splendid flowers, but also because of the fruits. These remind of their appearance of raspberries or lychees, but do not taste as aromatic as this. The flesh is orange and has a gelatinous consistency. In addition, the fruit is covered by a leathery skin. Only very ripe fruits (recognizable by the dark red color, besides, they should be very soft) have a very sweet taste, whereby however with a raw consumption the gelatinous mouth feeling is not for everyone.
Process the fruits of the Japanese Dogwood
This, however, as well as the rather tough skin is lost when cooking the fruits, especially the bowls cook almost completely. Only the cores - after all it is a drupe - should be screened out. For this reason you can process fruits of the Japanese dogwood very well to jam, jelly, fruit juice or even liqueur.
Cook Marmelade
The dogwood fruits harmonize very well with sweet apples, which is why you
with a little apple juice to a delicious jam can cook. The fruit should of course be washed well before, the apples peeled, removed and cut into small pieces. Be sure to cook the fruits until the peel has disintegrated, and the jam should then be passed through a sieve or cloth and then filled into jars.
Add liqueur
Especially in Japan, the raspberry-like fruits produce a fruity liqueur, which you can of course try at home.
Tips
Incidentally, the fruits of the Red Dogwood (cooked only) and the Cornelian Cherry are also edible.