Blueberries are a berry known for its beneficial properties. It is the first aid for eyesight problems, it is necessary in large quantities for those who have diabetes, it is a real storehouse of vitamins for those who love the gifts of nature. Be sure to stock it for the winter in all forms available to you. The easiest way to make compotes from berries.
Instant drink
Such a
blueberry compote does not require special preparations and time-consuming actions. Carefully sort the berries, remove the spoiled, wrinkled, unripe. Wash well. Fill with them about half the capacity. Pour the boiling syrup (calculation of the components - 750-800 g of sugar is required per liter of water in a blueberry compote), cover with lids and put on fire for 10 minutes. Then carefully pour the liquid into the pan and boil over. Again, without removing the pan of syrup from the fire, fill them with cans along the edge of the neck, then roll up the lids and turn the container upside down. Cover, leave in this position for a day. After that, remove the compote from blueberries to the pantry or cellar. This type of heat treatment allows you to maximize save all the useful qualities of the berry.
Sterilized compote
This drink is made differently. Pour the washed, picked berries into an enamel pan and pour separately prepared syrup (for 4 kg of berries 1.5 kg of sugar and about 4 liters of water). Put on fire to boil the blueberry compote, boil, cover and leave this until morning (for 7-8 hours). Then remove the berries, put them in jars. Boil the syrup and pour over the containers again.
Sterilize products as follows: liter cans of 20 minutes, two-liter - 30, and three-liter - 35 minutes. If there is not enough syrup when filling them, you can add boiled water. Pour the liquid into the blueberry compote should be 2 fingers below the upper edge of the neck of the cans. After boiling the lid, roll up and set the product to cool. By the way, the drink will be more aromatic if you put, in addition to berries,
tea rose petals in jars
. It gives the compote a truly enchanting smell.
Assorted fruit
A great option for homemade blanks has always been various assorted vegetables and fruits. Their advantage, in comparison with other canned goods, is in a more diverse and rich taste, a pleasant mix of aromas, a higher content of vitamins, etc. Therefore, you are offered a recipe for blueberry compote with those fruits that are in excess. If these are hard apples, they need to be cut into slices or quarters and dipped in boiling water for a couple of minutes. Pear also cut into slices. If plums, apricots, peaches - take out the seeds, divide the fruits into halves (quarters). Gooseberry berries, especially greenish, prick. How to cook blueberry compote according to the recipe "assorted"? Banks to prepare, fill the products - either in layers or mixed. They should be filled a little less than half, otherwise the taste will turn out too sharp. Then you need to pour the boiling syrup to the very top and immediately roll up the cans.
In an inverted and wrapped form, leave to cool completely. If in doubt whether the canned food will stand, sterilize the jars for 10-15 minutes. Only then pour the syrup so that there is room for air to escape in the jar.
Enjoy the wonderful summer aromas and tastes!