How to cook compote from frozen currants?

Many people know about the enormous benefits of currants. It is worth noting that it retains all its healing properties when frozen. However, many housewives do not know how to cook compote from frozen currants for the winter. If desired, you can find a suitable compote for yourself, as, for example, in this article.

The chemical composition of berries

Red currant, like black, is a valuable storehouse of vitamins and minerals.

The following substances are included in a healthy berry:

• tannin compounds;
• essential oils;
• volatile;
• vitamins D, E, C, K, B, A and group B;
• trace elements: potassium, calcium, phosphorus, iron, manganese and copper;
• organic acids.

Thanks to its rich chemical composition, it is possible to cook fortified compote from frozen currants.

The benefits of a healing drink

A tasty and healthy compote of frozen berries has properties such as tonic, blood purifying, vasodilating, immune stimulating and anti-inflammatory. Compote of frozen currant berries has a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system, the gastrointestinal tract and other important organs. It also contributes to good appetite, improved digestion and weight loss.

The drink helps to normalize the state of the body with diabetes, low immunity, atherosclerosis, low hemoglobin and a deficiency of vitamins and minerals. In addition, he fights constipation, acting as a natural laxative, effective in anemia and skin diseases.

Another effect can be noted after regular use of compote from frozen currant berries. Such a drink:

1. Relieves rheumatism pain.
2. It removes inflammatory processes in the body.
3. Cleanses the intestines from toxins and toxins.
4. It relieves gout and gastritis.
5. Improves the activity of the cardiovascular system.
6. Normalizes brain function.
7. Helps with impaired renal function.
8. Improves eyesight.
9. It cures severe cough and sore throat.

How to cook compote from frozen currants?

There are a huge number of ways to make compote from currant. For the drink, both red berry and black are suitable. Therefore, you can safely buy two types of berries. The packaging must be carefully selected so that its shelf life is not long-standing. Below you can choose the most suitable frozen currant compote recipe.

Classic version

Many housewives know that such a drink can be prepared for the winter on their own. After all, he is able to help with the onset of colds. To prepare the usual version of compote, not many products are required.

Essential Ingredients:

• frozen berry - 1 cup;
• pure water - 2 liters;
• granulated sugar - half a glass.

Preparation of compote from black frozen currants, or red:

1. We put a pot of water on the fire and bring to a boil.
2. In boiling water, spread all the currants and sugar.
3. Bring the composition to a boil and turn off the heat.
4. Let the compote brew for about 30 minutes.

It turned out to be a sweet and healthy drink.

Blackcurrant and Cinnamon Drink

In this case, it is worth noting that cinnamon is a spicy spice that will add some zest to the blackcurrant compote. Thanks to this, the drink will turn out to be aromatic and tasty.

To cook it, you need to take:

• frozen berries - 1 kg;
• brown sugar - 200 grams;
• cinnamon - 2 small spoons;
• filtered water - 1 liter.

How to cook?

1. Currants must first be thawed.
2. Separately, add water to the pan and boil over medium heat.
3. Pour sugar into boiling water and wait until it dissolves.
4. Then you need to make a slow fire, pour berries and cinnamon.
5. Mix everything and cook the compote for a couple of minutes.
6. Remove the pan from the stove and let it brew for 2 or 3 hours.

Frozen redcurrant compote

It is important to know that red berries are more acidic than black. Therefore, it is best to cook compotes from it, not jam or jams. Also, a healthy drink made of red currant is brewed for no more than 5 minutes so that it does not lose all its healing properties. Often, dried fruit, sea buckthorn or honeysuckle are added to an almost finished drink. So the compote will get a rich taste.

To prepare it, you will need the following ingredients:

• red berry - 3 or 4 glasses;
• drinking water - 3 liters;
• vanilla - to taste;
• granulated sugar - 1 cup.

Cooking steps:

1. Bring the water in the pan to a boil and pour sugar into it.
2. Stir the resulting syrup and bring to a boil again.
3. Then add the currant to the sweet composition and cook it for a couple of minutes.
4. A few minutes before you are ready, you can throw a pinch of vanilla.
5. Then you need to let the drink cool and insist.

Melissa and raspberry drink

The most popular compote (or fruit drink) can be considered the option with raspberries and lemon balm. These ingredients give the drink an amazing taste and aroma. To prepare a wonderful healing product, you need to prepare the following components:

• frozen currants - 750 grams;
• raspberries - 200 grams;
• melissa - 2 branches;
• filtered water - 1 liter;
• sugar or substitute - 1 kilogram;
• half a lemon.

Cooking process:

1. Thaw currants first and pour boiling water over it.
2. Take a sterilized jar and pour out the currant to half.
3. Then add lemon and lemon balm.
4. Separately, it is necessary to prepare the basis for compote or, in another way, syrup.
5. Put the pot on moderate heat and bring it to a boil. Put sugar and raspberries in a container. Bring the base to a boil again and remove the pan from the heat.
6. The resulting sweet composition pour a jar of currant and let it brew for 60 minutes.
7. After that, the healing drink should be filtered through a fine strainer and a special lid. The strained composition must be drained back into the pan and boiled for about 1 minute.
8. Currants are again poured with a valuable drink.
9. Then you need to close the jar tightly, turn it over and let the compote brew.

Currant compote for a child

Children over 7 years old can drink all of the above options for a drink. Children under this age are allowed to give compote in a limited amount. Breastfeeding - only after consulting a local pediatrician, since the berry is considered the strongest allergen.

Kids are recommended to cook compote from fresh currants, pouring it with boiling water. The berry is covered and allowed to brew for about 1 hour.

How to freeze a berry?

Before freezing currants, it is necessary to sort, peel and rinse thoroughly. Then put the berry on a bag or paper so that it dries. Prepared currants spread on a baking sheet or plate in an even layer and put in the freezer. A little later they are packaged in small packages and again put into the freezer.

In the autumn or winter period, frozen currants are taken out and tasty and healthy compote prepared from it, and also added to cereals and various pastries.

Contraindications

Despite the great benefits of the berry, it is worth consuming it carefully for people who suffer from the following problems:

• increased acidity of the stomach;
• diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
• allergic reactions.

Currant has a number of contraindications:

• thrombophlebitis;
• increased blood coagulation;
• hepatitis.

In addition, women should be careful in position. Before use, it is best to consult your doctor so that he prescribes a daily dose of berries or a drink. A healthy berry should not be excessively added to the children's menu. This is because it can provoke an allergic reaction in a child. In this case, you should immediately consult a doctor.

It is important to remember that stewed fruit is not recommended to cook in an aluminum container. This is due to the fact that the organic acids contained in the healthy berry enter a chemical reaction with the metal. As a result of this, harmful substances enter the drink, which is fraught with negative consequences for the body. In addition, in the process of preparing the composition, all vitamins and minerals necessary for a person are lost.