Hagebuttenmark
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| Type | Spread |
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| Main ingredients | Rose hips, sugar, sometimes red wine |
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Hagebuttenmark is also called Hägenmark (Swabian dialect), Hiffenmark (Franconian dialect) or Buttenmost (Switzerland), is the traditional name for a fruit preserve made from rose hips, sugar and sometimes red wine.
In the past it was an important addition on the everyday menu as rose hip is very rich in Vitamin C and can be harvested in winter. Hagebuttenmark is used as a spread on bread, as sweetener in beverages and as condiment in dessert and pastry. It is for example the filling for Krapfen in Franconia.
In the European Union commercially produced Hagebuttenmark has to be declared as "Hagebuttenkonfitüre extra" or "Konfitüre einfach" (fruit preserve onefold). Since the "Hagebuttenkonfitüre extra" with kernels is not edible, there's a special provision that allows declaration of the Hagebuttenmark (without kernels) as "Konfitüre extra". If it is produced in raw processing (see Preparation), it mustn't be named "Konfitüre" as it doesn't contain the required anhydrous mass of 60%.
Generally there are two ways of prepare Hagebuttenmark:
With the second method, the preserve is very rich in Vitamin C. It is the typical preparation in Auendorf a village that belongs to Bad Ditzenbach that is called "Hägenmarkdorf" ("dorf" being the German word for "village") and is the only village in Germany that features rose hips in their coat of arms.
As the rose hip contains much Vitamin C (100 g of the edible parts contain 1045 mg) the fruit preserves is considered a vitamin bomb. For comparison, 100 g of the edible parts of lemons contain only 51 mg Vitamin C. Additionally a study from the University of Jena proved that rose hips contain also lycopene that protects the cells against aggressive radicals and therefore reduces the risk for cancer, arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, heart attacks and strokes. In the skin it protects the cells from harmful UV radiation and prevents sunburns.
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