Hawthorn Rosehip Jam - Heart Health Medicine

RECIPE: Hawthorn-Rose Hip Jam

This is simply delicious and easy to eat and will bring therapeutic doses of Hawthorn and Rose into the system on a daily food level.

I often suggest this as an alternative to tinctures for cardiac support and blood pressure management, particularly of one is not wanting alcohol based products like tinctures.

One tablespoon a day is a therapeutic dose and an easy medicne to take too, right off the spoon!. 

If you purchases your berries and hips by the pound for a discounted fee then you will have plenty for 2-3 more batches. 

I love this over goat cheese or brie, yogurt, or spooned over a warm dessert with whipped cream. Please seek chemical free ingredients to support potent medicine making, farmers, wildcrafters, and the land that grows us all.


INGREDIENTS:

• 1/2 cup Hawthorn Berries, fresh or dried
• 1 cup dried Rose Hips, seedless cut/sifted
• 1/2 - 3/4 cup honey (agave, rice syrup and maple syrup work too)
• 1 TB Lemon Juice
• Zest of 1 Lemon
• 1 TB Vanilla Extract
• 1/2-1 tsp Cinnamon Powder
• 2 TB Ginger Root, finely minced 
• 2 Cup water

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Boil Hawthorn Berries in the water for 30 minutes at the lowest simmer, covered. Turn off and allow to sit for 1-4 hours covered. Strain and keep liquid, compost solids.
2. Return liquid to a pot and bring to a simmer, turn heat off and add the Rose Hips and ginger root, give a stir and cover. Let sit for ½ hour.
3. Place all in the blender. Add all other ingredients and blend. This is like pudding and thick so add very small amounts of water if needed, just enough to keep the blender able to work.
4. Strain, or push through a sieve – not too fine – just catch any stray seeds and any solids that may have made it through. It will thicken more and more as it cools so work through the seive while warm and scrape the under side as you go.

To Use/Dosing: 1 Tlb/ day is therapeutic for the heart. Stirred into plain yogurt or use any way you use jam.

Yield: about 2-2 ½ cups – store in refrigerator and use up. You can make larger batches but freeze some for it will keep about 4 weeks in the frig thanks to the lemon, honey and ginger which are good for the heart and have preservative properties.

You can absolutely play with adding and substituting some ingredients here. I have added black cherry syrup, natural flavor extracts, powdered cardamom and clove, astragalus root powder, schisandra berry powder, lime, orange or grapefruit instead of or with the lemon. Keep the proportions tended so you have the same consistency of a jam but do play with it if you're inspired. Make it your recipe and absolutely share it please. Good heart medicine is needed by us all as we move forward in this ever changing existence.

Much Love, Jen 


REFERENCE: Healing Tonics by Jeanine Pollak

Two sisters making heart medicine. Thank you May for a beautiful time in your kitchen together.

Rosehips

Dried Rosehips cut & sifted

Hawthorn Berries