Verlockende Leckerei: Kandierte Bucheckern - Ein herbstliches Genussabenteuer

Welcome to a new YouTube video. Also today again from the forest, but the topic will not only be the forest, but also the food. Today I would like to show you how you can use the fruits of the beech, the beech bushes, for the home kitchen and make a wonderful Christmas dish out of it. Maybe that's a bit too much now, but you can make a Christmas dessert out of it. If you are interested, just stay tuned. The beech is the fruit of our local red beech trees. And it is now, around this time of year, that these beech trees, which are usually hanging on the tree, fall to the ground. There are always two of these nuts in such a fruit cup. You can also see prints in there. And most of the time you find these beech trees lying loose on the ground, because the fruit cups are already quite wide open when the beech trees are ripe. And then they usually fall out of there. I have seen a lot of nice handicraft possibilities out of the fruit cups in the meantime. Especially with children you can do a lot there. Making little birds out of it, for example. But our focus today is on the fruits themselves, on the beech corners. They are packed again in such a shell. And they have to be removed first before you can process the seeds in there yourself. But now the question arises, how do I get there at all? And that's not that complicated, just a bit tedious. It is best to go and collect somewhere where there are beech trees. That would be the basic requirement. Old beech trees that are already blooming and forming fruits. It takes quite a long time for the beech to be sexually mature. It can be 80 years and maybe even more. But you will notice that relatively quickly. It is best to stand somewhere on the way, because it is easiest to collect there. You don't have to dig in the loose forest ground between all the leaves first. But on the way it is much easier. And there you can, on the edge of the path where everything falls together, especially here, like in a rut, for example, you can look for it. And then you often have to read these beech trees individually by hand. Of course, you can also use a broom and a turning blade. Then it goes a little faster. And then there are stones, branches and so on, which you have to sort out again later. If you are now asking yourself, can I collect beech trees at all? Then you can be very relaxed. Yes, you are allowed to. Beech trees are not one of the rare protected species. That means, even if you don't own this piece of forest where the beech trees grow and can be found, you are allowed to take a small amount for the personal need of nature. Of course, the personal need is difficult to determine. I also don't know any exact weighting in terms of beech trees. I always find it important to switch on the healthy human mind a bit and ask, how much is still okay? So if the forest path is blank afterwards, because you have practically collected everything that occurs there, that's a bit exaggerated, a lot. But if there are two or three cups or something, no one will say anything. In fact, many beech hedges are even empty. So there is no seed in there at all. It always depends on whether the tree was able to produce enough nutrients, did it have enough reserves and so on. How was the weather this year? Because if it has to fight, for example, due to drought, then many of these fruits are not fully developed and are therefore hollow. The animals will probably still find enough. So especially if you concentrate on the paths, many beech hedges will of course break because it is driven over again and again, for example. So I would look at it very relaxed. It is also the case that not many people do this work, because it is really, you will see in a moment, super elaborate to get to the seeds. So this pooling is really classic winter work, very meditative. With the beech it is also the case that it does not have these beech hedges every year, but normally only every three to seven years, because it has a so-called mast year. This term mast year also comes from the area of ​​animal breeding, or animal mast. In the past, pigs or cattle were often driven into the forest in the fall, for example, if there was no more food available in the fields. And then they especially made sure that the trees had a very rich growth. And this term mast year has remained until today. Otherwise, I wish you a lot of fun collecting and, of course, processing later. The nice thing about such things that are so elaborate is that they are especially tasty afterwards. So, as it is with an outdoor kitchen, you are always a bit weather-dependent. That's why we were forced to change locations briefly due to a fall shower. But of course we want to continue directly in the program. So, if you have collected a lot of beech hedges, and that's what it can look like, then the question arises first of all, how can you sort it? Because among all these seeds you have some that are hollow. So there is nothing in it. You can either test it by simply pressing such a beech together. And if it can be crushed, is completely flat, then you notice, okay, there was nothing in it. Sometimes you can see the seeds a bit, that they seem to have fallen in from the edges. But it is also said that you can sort them if you throw them into a water vessel. Because the hollow seed capsules all float up and the full ones, i.e. the usable ones, sink down. And I just want to try that now. I have a water glass with me. Of course, also some water. A little something comes from above. So, let's pour it in now. And then I just take a few beech hedges and throw them in there. So, you can already see that some are floating up there. That's also a bit of my impression, that a lot of them are already hollow. We can just do the test now. I'll scoop them up here now. I'll put them aside and then we'll see if they're all really hollow. This one, for example, no, it's not hollow. There's even something in there. It's well suited. You can see the seed in here. Let's put that aside for now. Of course, there are also some hollow ones. Like here. There's nothing in there anymore. But yes, they are also hollow. So it probably doesn't work for everyone. I think if they are light seeds and there is still an air chamber in there, then they will also float up. There's something in there, for example. Does this mean that you can use this option? Now, of course, we have to prove the opposite. What about the ones that are down on the ground? They would have to be ... On the one hand, it's probably about stones. But at least they all have to be pretty full. Yes, that looks good. So there's definitely something in here too. But you can already see the pooling of these seeds. That's pretty complex. So it turns out that this water method is well suited if you really have large quantities of bookworms and don't want to waste too much time sorting out complex things. The ones that have sunk down are actually ... There's a seed in there too. But the ones that float up are also there from time to time, which also contain a seed. That means if you have only collected a few bookworms, then of course you can also look through them individually and at some point you will have a little insight into where something is in there or where it is just a hollow nut. Tired, the squirrel is feeding. Maybe you've heard that saying before. At the latest, when you pool bookworms yourself, you know what's behind it. This is actually the proud result of this red box that I just showed you. So you can appreciate the whole thing in a completely different way. And these bookworms are now roasted with the remaining ingredients, which are not very many. On the one hand, we have sugar as the main ingredient, some cinnamon and butter, although this is the vegan version here. And that means vegetable fat. You can also add vanilla sugar and then the whole thing will be, as you know it from roasted almonds or hazelnut kernels, whatever, these will now become roasted bookworms. The pan is already getting hot. I'll reduce it again very briefly and explain why it is important to heat the bookworms. Because there are components in it, such as phagin. And they are a bit toxic for us humans. In raw quantities, bookworms should therefore not be eaten raw. I dare to doubt that this small amount would already lead to something questionable. But there is also a little blue acid in it and you eliminate these substances when you roast or heat the bookworms. And that's what we're going to do now. First, the bookworms come into the pan. Then you can already add the fat. For this small amount, I'll just take a tablespoon. And then the sugar comes in. I would only wait a little with the cinnamon, I would add it a little later so that it doesn't burn you. Since there is a recipe for this, which, however, works with a lot more bookworms, I have to adjust how much sugar you have to add. I'll look it up again and then we'll write it down for you under this video. I'm just doing this now by feeling. I also need something similar at home. Then I prepare the roasted almonds and so far they always taste good. So, and the whole mixture should now gradually caramelize under occasional stirring. And when the sugar is caramelized, the whole thing is poured onto a baking paper and then it can harden. So, I have now put the mass on the baking paper. The whole thing is now slowly cooling down. We're out here, it's going relatively quickly. Yes, and then there's actually only the tasting left. But there's so much work involved, it tastes really, really good. I'm sure of that. And yes, I'm looking forward to it a little bit. Please be patient enough, because hot sugar should never be touched. This leads to very disgusting burns. And that's why you just have to be patient before you try it. So, the exciting moment has now come. I'm going to try the whole thing now. And from the smell, I have to say, it smells wonderful. So, it's pretty Christmassy, with the cinnamon already, nut aroma. And now let's just try it. Of course, this is now a solid sugar mass. You have to do this now, you can now break it in the cooled state. It's not quite cold yet. It's still slightly warm. And yes, let's see. Wonderful. Think of Christmas today if you like someone very much. Burnt almonds, anyone can do that. But burnt beech nuts, you have something very fine there. With all the sugar, of course, the whole thing lasts a long time and has to be done now. At least the beech nuts should be collected now. It then goes relatively quickly that they are rotten, or carried away by the animals, hidden, eaten up. That's why the video at the current time already. And yes, you have to hold back a little yourself so that there is still something left for others to give away. But I would be happy about it. And I wish you a lot of fun trying it out. I hope you enjoyed this video. And if so, thumbs up, activate the bell and leave a subscription there. And then I wish you a good appetite and have fun collecting.