How to cook dried fruit compote in the Redmond slow cooker

Household appliances for the kitchen is designed to make life easier and tastier. More recently, the crock-pot was new, and today many housewives have it. With its help, you can cook a wide variety of dishes from soups to homemade bread. We’ll tell you how to make dried fruit compote in the Redmond multicooker.

Useful properties of compotes

Compote returns to childhood, recalls the school cafeteria. Its benefits to the body can hardly be overestimated. Compote of dried fruits for a child will be useful for adults:

• Compote of dried fruits with cherries increases the level of hemoglobin in the blood.
• With wild rose - it saturates the body with vitamin C, normalizes the functioning of the kidneys, and contributes to weight loss.
• With dried apricot it is useful for arthritis and joint diseases, as it contains a lot of calcium.
• With dried apricots and raisins, it normalizes the work of the gastrointestinal tract, improves immunity and performance.

How to cook dried fruit compote after boiling? It depends on the recipe and the program chosen. The optimal time is 1 hour.

The nuances of cooking compotes

Dried fruit compote in the Redmond multicooker is prepared in two ways: in the “Soup” mode or in the “Stewing” program, followed by heating. In soup mode, the drink is prepared within an hour. "Stewing" lasts forty minutes, but the rest of the time the compote is cooked in heating mode. Which program to choose depends on the hostess's preferences.

Sugar is put into the drink to taste, but you need to remember that dried fruits are often sweet on their own. The optimal sugar norm for compotes with a 3-4-liter multicooker capacity is from 4 to 10 tablespoons.

Recipe components can easily be changed based on season or preference.

Classic compote recipe

Let's start with the standard compote recipe in the Redmond multicooker. To prepare it, you will need the ingredients:

• 3 liters of water;
• 400 g of dried fruits (apples were used in the recipe, but they can be replaced);
• sugar to taste.

Cooking:

1. Rinse dried fruits and soak in warm water for about half an hour.
2. Pour water into the multicooker bowl, switch to the “Heating” mode and wait for it to boil.
3. Pour the ingredients into the bowl, set the "Extinguishing" mode and the cooking time - from 40 minutes to an hour. Brew the drink with the lid closed.
4. When the compote is complete, set the mode "Preheating" and insist for about twenty minutes.
5. Strain, pour the compote into another dish, cool and put in the refrigerator. It needs to be drunk within two days.

With dried apples, prunes and dried apricots

Another delicious recipe for dried fruit compote in the Redmond multicooker. For cooking you will need:

• in equal proportions prunes, dried apricots and dried apples - 150 g each;
• 4 l of water or an amount that does not go beyond the maximum line, if the crock-pot is designed for a smaller volume of liquid;
• cinnamon stick or one teaspoon if it is in powder;
• 2 stars anise.

Cooking:

1. As in the previous recipe, wash the dried fruits and leave them to soak for half an hour in warm water.
2. Pour water into the multicooker bowl, put in the "Cooking" mode before boiling.
3. Send the dried fruits into the bowl of the multicooker, set the mode "Extinguishing" and the cooking time equal to forty minutes.
4. After half an hour, add cinnamon and anise to the container and leave the compote to cook for the remaining time.
5. At the end of cooking, set the program "Preheating" and its duration is 25 minutes.
6. Strain and pour the compote, it must be drunk 36 hours from the time of preparation.

Rosehip Compote

Recipes of dried fruit compotes in the Redmond multicooker include various components. We present you a rosehip based recipe. To make a drink you will need:

• 200 g of wild rose;
• 3 liters of water;
• sugar (maximum 8 tablespoons), the recipe allows replacement with fructose.

Cooking:

1. Rinse the rose hips and place in the bowl of the crock-pot.
2. Add sugar.
3. Fill with water.
4. Switch to steaming mode and set the cooking time - 15 minutes.
5. Upon completion, put the slow cooker into heating mode and insist an hour.
6. Stewed fruit must be filtered, poured and put into the refrigerator, drink in two days.

With dried fruits and raisins

Each crock-pot is equipped with a special measuring cup; it will come in handy in this recipe for dried fruit compote in the Redmond crock-pot. Required:

• 400 g of dried apples;
• 1 measuring cup of raisins;
• a measuring cup of sugar;
• 3-4 liters of water.

Cooking:

1. Rinse dried fruits and leave in water for about 20-30 minutes. After the time has elapsed, the dried fruit can be washed again and the old water drained.
2. Pour the fruit into the multicooker bowl and sprinkle with sugar.
3. Close the lid, select the “Soup” mode, setting the cooking time - 1 hour.
4. Strain and pour the compote at the end of the program.

Dried fruit compotes in the Redmond multicooker are prepared very simply and are rich, aromatic. The drink can be served hot or cold.