Cassis - The fruit of delights.
Cassis is one of the most famous fruit in Europe. Consumption in France is known through the "Crème de Cassis," The second is the French aperitif.
Yet black is used in many preparations. Blackcurrant juice reached the 3rd place of the juice plusconsommés in Germany, England and the Netherlands.
It consumes the jam, jelly, cream, juice, nectar and in the kitchen.The French know that the almost "Blanc Cassis" and unaware of the "Cassis-Soda" which was served in the bars of the early twentieth century. This drink was reinvented by the Japanese.
Cassis-Soda:
Pour 4 cl of crème de cassis in a glass, add the juice of 1 / 2 lemon and extend fresh aerated water at your convenience with or without sugar.
Crème de cassis is basically fruit, sugar and a little alcohol, but nothing else. For the preparation it takes between 250 and 500 grams of black currant fruit per liter.
There are two varieties of blackcurrants grown exclusively in France:
- The Black of Burgundy which is the star of the black with 25% of French production which is about 2000 to 2500 tons, its fruits are fleshy and very fragrant.
- Black Down, 75% of French production, about 7500 to 8000 tons, its large berries are juicy.
Both varieties are mixed into crème de cassis, jam, nectar and pulp.
In 2005, French production of crème de cassis is 15 million gallons, more than one quarter is exported with an increase of over 35% in 3 years on the Asian markets. 4300 tons of fruits are used each year.
Crème de cassis is made primarily in Dijon and Nuits St Georges in Burgundy, and other liqueur manufacture in Val de Loire, the Dauphiné, Berry and Charentes.
Several companies market the blackcurrant fruit frozen. So you can eat throughout the year, alone or in combination "red fruits". It is also for suppliers to the catering and some 7000 craftsmen bakers.
An estimated 15% of volumes processed blackcurrant purees and sauces, to the glaciers artisans, restaurateurs and confectioners. Also for the export markets that value the quality of France. This is a very user 1300 to 1500 tonnes of fruit. The Black Burgundy is 25% of these volumes.
Need to know:
A few drops of cream de cassis enough to scent an ordinary mustard to capture a slice of melon, worse for the cooking juices from meat, to give pep's a white meat.
You can conveniently marry black with chocolate brown and many other fruits. It is a fruit that gelled faster brings flavor and color.
Health:
You should know that one of the main drug prescribed to improve venous tone consists of cassis. It is widely used in herbal medicine because it is a natural treatment against allergy and chronic inflammation in joints.
The antioxidant activity of vitamin C and the anti-allergic properties, its role in the iron and métabollisme In the prevention of cancer make it an essential nutrient to the role that black brings in very interesting quantities 200 mg per 100 grams, the fresh blackcurrants exceptional rates of vitamin C.
It is also very rich in fiber, with 7 grams of dietary fiber per 100 grams, it provides as much as prunes and bread. The black also contains iron in larger quantities than other fresh fruit. This is also vitamin E, you find this vitamin in the oil, margarine, oleaginous fruits and germs of cereals.
The cassis fruit is moderately sweet and moderately calories, 50 kcal per 100 grams as long as the pear or pineapple. Minerals (calcium, magnesium, iron) are present in the blackcurrant and trace elements sometimes rare (cobalt, selenium, chromium).
(This study was conducted by Dr. Jean-Michel Lecerf and Amélie Cayzeele de l'Institut Pasteur de Lille in October 2005)
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