Cherry compote - a preparation with the aroma of summer.
Juicy berries in winter will remind you of the bright sun and will certainly cheer you up.
It's time to prepare a treat, all the more, here you can find so many interesting recipes!
Sweet compote - general principles of preparation
There are a lot of varieties of cherries and almost everything is suitable for canning. Early berries are harvested on their own or with strawberries, honeysuckle. Compotes from late varieties can wait for cherries, currants, early apples, meet apricots. Often drinks are supplemented with citruses that lie on store shelves all year round.
Cherry compotes are harvested for the winter with or without a stone. For removal, you can use a special tool, use a hairpin, pin.
Can preparation and sterilization
Any preparations for the winter require sterility and cleanliness. Safety directly depends on this. Clean products are given special attention. Cans are thoroughly washed and sterilized before use over steam, in the oven or in the microwave before use. The lids are boiled in water or simply poured with boiling water.
Some compotes require sterilization. To do this, lay the cloth in the pan, put the jars with the workpiece, cover and pour the liquid into the pan. It is very important that it be hot, like compote. Otherwise, the glass may crack. The structure is placed on the stove and the right time is boiled, then the covers are screwed.
Seedless sweet compote with sterilization
A simple and reliable recipe for compote from cherries, which will last until spring, is rich and aromatic. The amount of ingredients is calculated on three liter jars.
Ingredients
• 600 grams of sweet cherries;
• 300 grams of sugar;
• boiling water.
Cooking
1. We wash the cherry, put it in a colander, let the liquid drain from the berries.
2. Then we take a special device, or a regular hairpin. We take out the bones.
3. Put the berries in sterile jars.
4. Spread granulated sugar evenly. You can add it more, do to taste.
5. Fill cans with boiling water. You can take water from the kettle if it is clean and there is no scale on the walls.
6. We put in a saucepan, the bottom of which is covered with a clean cloth.
7. Pour hot water into the pan, put on the stove.
8. On top of the banks we cover with lids, but so far we are not twisting.
9. We sterilize the compote for ten minutes after boiling the liquid. We do not allow water to boil actively, it should barely boil.
10. Alternately take out the neck of the can, roll up the lids.
Winter compote with pits with lemon
A popular winter compote of sweet cherry with pits, twisted with citric acid. It is the bone that gives the drink its own, special aroma and a light aftertaste of cherry.
Ingredients
• sweet cherries 1.5 kg;
• 0.75 kg of sugar;
• water 7.5 liters;
• 3 tsp citric acid.
Cooking
1. We sterilize the washed jars.
2. Wash and dry the berries.
3. We lay out in each jar half a kilogram of dry and clean berries.
4. We divide the acid into cans, one spoonful each.
5. Sugar boil with water for about five minutes.
6. Pour a jar of cherries and citric acid with boiling water to the top.
7. Immediately clog.
8. Take two towels by the neck and bottom, shake.
9. Turn over to the throat, remove under a warm coat or under a blanket. Keep until cool.
Spiced sweet cherry compote
The recipe for natural compote, which will help out in the absence of sugar. The drink is slightly acidic, but very fragrant and spicy. If some spices are not to your taste, then you can safely exclude them. The amount is calculated on a three-liter capacity of compote.
Ingredients
• sweet cherry 0.7 kg;
• 1 pea of allspice;
• 1 clove;
• a little nutmeg;
• 0.3 cinnamon sticks;
• vanilla.
Cooking
1. We transfer washed berries in sterile containers. Bones in the cherry are removed or left as desired.
2. Add all the spices. We throw a little vanilla, a little pinch is enough. Cinnamon in a stick can be replaced with ground powder.
3. Pour boiling water and send to the pan with a rag.
4. Add water to the container, sterilize for a quarter of an hour
5. Take out, clog. Leave to cool in an inverted position, be sure to cover with something warm.
Winter sweet compote with pits (with lemon)
This recipe for cherry compote with pits for the winter is for those who consider the berry to be tasteless and unsuitable for canning. Lemon gives the workpiece an incomparable aroma and fills with a special taste. Choose a dense, juicy citrus.
Ingredients
• 1 kg of cherry berries;
• 0.5 lemon;
• 1.3 liters of boiling water;
• 0.35 kg of sugar.
Cooking
1. Remove the ponytails from the berries, rinse and dry. We send the cherries in liter jars, divide in half into two parts.
2. Wash the lemon thoroughly, it is advisable to scald the skin with boiling water. Cut into slices and divide into two containers. Throw on top of the cherry.
3. We cook syrup from prescription sugar with the addition of liquid, boil for a couple of minutes.
4. Fill the compote with syrup, cover.
5. We sterilize the jars in a pan with hot water for about seven minutes.
6. Cork, send to cool under a warm blanket.
Sweet compote with strawberries
The recipe is a mixed compote of seasonal berries, which usually ripen at the same time. We choose the smallest strawberry, but the whole, not overripe and without rot. Harvesting without sterilization, so we try to comply with complete sterility. The number of ingredients in one jar of 3 liters.
Ingredients
• 0.2 kg sweet cherry;
• 0.2 kg ripe strawberries;
• 0.25 kg of sugar;
• 1 tsp lemons;
• boiling water 2.5 liters.
Cooking
1. We remove the ponytails from the strawberries, toss them in a prepared jar.
2. Add cherries.
3. Pour sand into a jar.
4. We throw prescription acid. In this recipe, it serves as a preservative, must be added.
5. Boil water for several minutes.
6. Pour boiling water to the very throat.
7. Quickly we put on a cover, quickly we twist a key. You can use screw caps, in which case we simply push the threads all the way.
8. We take the jar from two sides: by the neck and by the bottom. Shaking in the hands. You can put it on the floor and just ride. It is necessary to dissolve all the sugar so that it does not settle in one place.
9. We put the container on the lid, we throw warm blankets on top.
Stewed sweet cherry compote for the winter (with orange)
Recipe for mixed compote of cherries and orange. The drink is prepared in liter jars. Citrus will be used with the crust, so we clean the peel well with a brush and wash it with soda.
Ingredients
• 0.15 kg of cherries;
• 6 tablespoons of sugar;
• 1 wide ring of orange (30-50 grams);
• 850 ml of water.
Cooking
1. We wash all the berries, put in a colander and leave the liquid to drain.
2. Cut off a thick circle from an orange, divide it into several parts.
3. Put berries and orange in a sterile jar.
4. Pour sugar peso. Fans of acidic compotes can add a third of a teaspoon of citric acid to a jar or throw a slice of acidic citrus.
5. Pour in hot water. Boiling water should reach the neck.
6. Cover the jar with a metal lid and transfer to a pan with a tissue napkin.
7. Pour hot water so that it reaches the shoulders of the can.
8. Turn on the stove and sterilize for 10 minutes.
9. We twist the cover. We send the jar to cool upside down.
Sweet compote in own juice
A variant of a saturated compote of cherries, which is prepared in its juice. Harvesting saves packaging a lot; the resulting beverage is concentrated; Berries can be used for baking, desserts, various other dishes.
Ingredients
• cherries;
• a little boiling water.
Cooking
1. Bones are removed from the washed berries.
2. Sweet cherry fits tightly in jars. If desired, the layers can be lightly sprinkled with sugar.
3. Pour jars of boiling water. Water is added quite a bit, since berries occupy almost the entire volume.
4. Put the cans in the pan, gently pour hot water and begin to sterilize.
5. After boiling the liquid, liter cans are prepared for 12 minutes. Be sure to wrap the lids on top.
6. Cork, send ripen under the blanket.
Mint stewed sweet cherry with pits for the winter
For this fragrant and refreshing compote, you need a few mint leaves. But you can also use lemon balm. In the absence of fresh grass, pour a little dried greens into a jar. Double-Filled Compote Recipe.
Ingredients
• 0.3 kg of berries;
• 4 leaves of mint;
• 0.3 kg of sugar;
• 0.5 tsp lemons.
Cooking
1. Wash the sweet cherries, put them on a towel and leave to dry a little.
2. Mint also needs to be washed, dried.
3. We drop the berries in a sterile jar, pour boiling water and cover with a lid.
4. After ten minutes, pour all the liquid from the jar into the pan, add sugar, throw a lemon and boil for five minutes.
5. In a jar of steamed berries, add mint leaves (lemon balm).
6. Pour boiling syrup, clog.
Sweet cherry compote "Cherry flavor"
The recipe for a simple drink with a cherry flavor for summer use. In addition to cherry berries, you will need several cherry leaves.
Ingredients
• 2 liters of water;
• 0.15 kg of sugar;
• 5 cherry leaves;
• lemon juice or acid.
Cooking
1. Wash the berries, toss in a saucepan.
2. Fill with water. If you need to reduce time, you can immediately use boiling water from the kettle.
3. Let the compote boil, boil for two minutes.
4. Pour sugar, stir and taste.
5. If the acid of the berries is not enough, then pour a little lemon juice or throw dry acid.
6. We make a drink until the berries soften. Time depends on the variety and the degree of maturity.
7. Add the cherry leaves and turn it off immediately.
8. We insist a drink under the lid for 4 hours, you can and more.
9. Filter, cool and use for its intended purpose.
Sweet compote - useful tips and tricks
• Cherry stones contain a dangerous substance - amygdalin glycoside. With prolonged storage of compotes, it decomposes and passes into a drink. It is undesirable to store blanks for more than a year.
• Is sweet syrup left during preservation? You can add water to it, add any berries, fruits, lemon, zest, pour hibiscus, any other fruit tea and make a wonderful drink.
• Preservation containers are not washed with foaming dishes. They badly part with glass and adversely affect the quality of the workpiece. For washing cans, it is better to use baking soda or mustard powder.
• If, after seaming, bubbles “run around” in the jar, then the lid is poorly screwed. You can scroll through the workpiece again if you just close the compote. If the vesicles are noticed after a few hours, then it is better not to risk it. It is wiser to pour the drink into the pan, boil it and drink it now.
