Among home preserves, compotes take, perhaps, the first place in popularity. They are one of the main source of vitamins, so necessary for us during the period of cold and bad weather. Perfectly quench thirst, delight in excellent taste and remind us of the golden summer season. Especially all compote assorted. They will be discussed further!
Apples and grapes
Apple compote and in itself a pleasant refreshing drink. And if you add a couple of brushes of grapes to it, you will get real nectar, unusually fragrant! In addition, the color of the drink from such an additive will only benefit. Therefore, compote from apples and grapes with great pleasure is prepared by the hostesses. For the first recipe that you are offered, you will need this ratio of the main ingredients: three parts of apples and one grape. Why so? The fact is that if you put more berries in a compote of apples and grapes, it may seem to someone sharp in taste, too sour, requiring a lot of sugar. And apples will balance disharmony, as a result we get exactly that wonderful drink that you love so much. Usually, fruits are blanched for preservation.
Stewed apples and grapes do not require such an “operation”. Rinse the grapes thoroughly, pinch off the spoiled berries. Cut the apples into large slices, remove the seeds. Arrange them in jars washed and rinsed with baking soda, add 2 medium grape brushes. The container should be half full (or slightly larger). Now syrup must be added to the compote of apples and grapes. You can cook it separately, at the rate of 300 g of sugar for each liter of water. Boil, cool, pour, and then sterilize the compote and roll up. Or you can add water to the filled container first, pour sugar in and then boil the jars for twisting. A 3 liter capacity is sterilized for 30 minutes.
Paradise apples and Moldova
Compote "apple-grapes" for the winter, made from paradise apples, everyone will appreciate it. Moreover, it is very simple to cook, and all the ingredients are edible, and not just liquid. The main thing is that the fruits are even, intense color, without damage, a good degree of maturity, but not overripe. And grapes take the varieties of "Moldova." It is sweet, with a dark blue skin, so more than other varieties combined with paradise apples. Prepare for preservation start with the fruit. Wash the apples, chop each in several places so that they do not burst during sterilization. Cut the cuttings so that the tails remain no more than 2 cm long. Gently pick the berries of the grapes from the brushes, after washing thoroughly. Put apples in the washed jars, sprinkle them with grapes. Pour sugar at the rate of 2 cups on a 3-liter jar. Pour in cold water and sterilize the cans. The process should last half an hour. Then, as usual, roll them up with their lids, place them upside down, wrap them up and leave it until it cools. And then send to the shelf and wait for the onset of the autumn-winter season to try yummy!
Vanilla Flavor Drink
If you want to cook something completely original, make an apple-grape compote, but not simple, but with spices. The fruits of summer varieties and pink grapes of the varieties "Muscat", "Timur", "pink pearls" and others are suitable for him. Their wonderful honey smell is perfectly combined with the aroma of vanilla and cloves, which are included in the recipe for canned food. Cut the apples into halves, too large - into 4 parts. Pack them in jars. Put 1 bunch of grapes in each. No more, because they are very large. Weld the fill. For it, for every liter of water, take 400 g of sugar, 0.5 sachets of vanillin, 4 buds of cloves. Pour the hot syrup into the filled jars, sterilize and roll up.
Preserving white filling
A very pleasant apple and grape
compote for the winter is obtained from the famous variety in combination with the same pink grapes. The honey aroma of muscat, for example, is so in tune with the enchanting smell of
white filling that when they merge, the noble bouquet literally captivates. The tastes of both fruits are no less harmonious. Therefore, the compote comes out so that you feel thirsty and thirsty. To cook it, you will need, in addition to fruits: 200 g of sugar for each liter of water or 300 g of honey. Yes, such a compote canned with honey. So, wash the apples well, grapes too. It is desirable that the fruits are approximately the same size, not small, but not too large. Then they can be put in banks whole. For each 3-liter jar, approximately 5-7 apples and 1-2 large grapes are consumed. When the fruit is spread, boil the syrup. If you make it on honey, dilute the product in warm water. If sugar, dilute in boiling water, strain and cool. Pour cold syrup into cans, sterilize compote for 30 minutes, then close.
Compote with rose petals
The previous recipe can be improved if you have a handful or two of tea rose petals. They are put in compotes to improve the appearance of the drink and improve the smell of conservation. If the liquid in the compote is light in color, then the petals will give it a delicate pinkish tone. And preservation with dark grapes will have a light reddish tint. Here you can prepare such splendor for the winter!