Compote of sweet cherry with pits for the winter - 8 recipes

Fresh cherries are an invaluable storehouse of vitamins that are stored in it almost completely after canning. It is possible to make jam, jam or jam from it, but the quickest way to make a compote of sweet cherry with pits for the winter. Sweet or sour, with or without other products - in any case, there will be no trace of it after opening the workpiece.

Preparing to Roll Up

Rolling is a responsible procedure that requires careful preparation of berries and capacity. Otherwise, the prepared drink may deteriorate.

Berry preparation

It is better to close the compote immediately after collecting the sweet cherry. You can roll black, white, red berries or mix them, making assorted. Sweet cherry for this is selected which has been poured, with a rich taste. It must be sorted out, removing crumpled and having signs of decay. In order for the compote to stand longer, the berry must be dense, without damage and wormholes.

Removing the worms is not difficult (if there are any): you need to fill the cherries with salty liquid (a couple of tablespoons of salt) and leave for two hours.

Then remove everything that floats on the surface and wash the berries well. If you are sure that the cherries are without worms, then it is enough to fill it with water for several hours, and then wash and pour into a colander to remove the remaining liquid. Before laying, the stalk is ripped off at the cherries.

Capacity preparation

The jars are first thoroughly washed with soda. For this, you can also use mustard powder and laundry soap. Do not do this with a dishwashing agent, as it lags behind glass and reduces the quality of the workpiece.

After that, they are sterilized in various ways:

• in the oven (the time depends on the volume of the container: liter set for 10 minutes, two-liter - 20, three-liter - for half an hour);
• above the steam: liter "soar" 10 minutes, two-liter - 20, three-liter - 30;
• in the microwave (small containers): first, a little water is poured into them so that they do not burst, then they are turned on at the highest power and sterilized for 3-4 minutes.

Then cover is processed:

• metal under the machine is boiled in a pan for several minutes, then dried;
• screw clean with soda, pour hot liquid, then dry;
• you can wipe the lid with medical alcohol: it kills all microorganisms.

The classic recipe for sweet compote for the winter

The classic one, which is also the simplest recipe for sweet compote, includes berries (half a kilogram), boiling water (a little less than 3 l) and sugar (1.5 cups) in the composition of the necessary products - based on a three-liter jar.

Cooking compote is as follows:

1. Arrange the berries in a container.
2. Mix the remaining ingredients, boil for a couple of minutes.
3. Pour into containers to the top.
4. Pasteurize 15 minutes.
5. Roll up.

If at the time of rolling up a little liquid has evaporated from the can, then you can add boiling water. Rolled containers are turned with the lid down to once again disinfect the workpiece and test the blockage for strength, and then cover with a towel until it cools. If a leak is found, then you need to open the compote, drain the liquid, boil it again and roll it up. The next day, you can send the finished compote for storage in the cellar. By the way, it is undesirable to turn containers with screw caps; they just need to be put in and wrapped up.

Winter recipe with lemon

 

In this recipe, citric acid is added to the classic ingredients at the rate of 1 g per 1 liter of liquid.

How to make such a blank:

1. Tightly put the fruits in jars: the more it is, the tastier the compote.
2. Mix the remaining ingredients, boil for 2 minutes and pour hot liquid into the container, cover.
3. Sterilize for 10 minutes.
4. Turn over, cool.

Delicious, slightly sour compote is ready!

You can cook it without sterilization. For this:

1. The container with cherries is first filled to the top with boiling water, covered and left for a quarter of an hour.
2. After time, the water is poured into the pan, the rest of the ingredients are dissolved in it.
3. Pour the berries to the neck.
4. Hermetically sealed, overturned and wrapped until completely cooled.

Citric acid can be poured over berries, and then fill the container with boiling liquid. Only in this case, after closing, you will need to shake the container. If desired, a few mint leaves are added to the compote for flavor.

Sweet cherry compote with pits with lemon

 

Whoever doesn’t like the sweet cherry drink can add lemon to the blank to give it a sour unusual taste and unique aroma. Dense citrus is selected for the compote, which is thoroughly cleaned and poured with boiling water. For a three-liter container, you need 700 g of sweet cherry, half a lemon, a glass of sand and boiling water until the container is full.

Preparation consists of the following actions:

1. Washed cherries are distributed in jars.
2. Lemon is divided into circles or slices and laid on top of the berries.
3. Pour boiling water on top, in which sand is mixed, cover.
4. Sterilize for 15 minutes.
5. Wrap the lids, wrap.

You can add a circle of orange to the blank. Only its peel is desirable to clean well with soda, and then rinse thoroughly to prevent bacteria from entering the drink.

Stewed cherries with apples

For this fortified drink, apples and cherries are taken in a 1: 3 ratio, and a glass of granulated sugar and 3 g of citric acid will be needed for a three-liter container.

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How to cook:

1. Sour cherry, rinse.
2. Pure apples cut, core removed.
3. Prepared berries and fruits are distributed in containers.
4. Boil the syrup and pour it into jars.
5. Tanks are sterilized for half an hour.
6. Ready compote clog and wrap.

Spiced sweet cherry compote

 

How to close compote if there is no sugar? You can prepare a spicy drink for the winter, which will be sour, but very fragrant. For 3 liters you will need 700 g of berries, allspice peas, cloves, a third of cinnamon sticks, a pinch of vanillin and a little nutmeg.

We will prepare this interesting drink with sterilization:

1. The washed berries are distributed in containers.
2. We fall asleep on top of spices.
3. Pour boiling liquid.
4. We sterilize for 15 minutes, if the liquid evaporates, add boiling water.
5. We take out, we twist covers.
6. Turn over, wrap until cool.

That's all!

You need to store such a drink in a cold place, since there is no main preservative in it.

The choice of spices for harvesting and their quantity is made at will, if something is not pleasant - exclude from the recipe. Before use, you can add a spoonful of honey in a glass of the drink: it will become not only tastier, but also healthier.

Cherry and Strawberry Recipe

 

Fragrant compote assortment will turn out if you add strawberries and a sprig of mint. To prepare for the classic set of ingredients, 100 g of strawberries are added, citric acid - a third of a teaspoon and a leaf of mint (or lemon balm).

Step by step recipe:

1. Sort the berries, rinse, remove the stalks (for cherries) and sepals (for strawberries).
2. Put the sweet cherries in the prepared containers, then strawberries, then a mint leaf.
3. Pour boiling water and leave for 15 minutes.
4. Pour the liquid into the pan, add the remaining ingredients, boil for 2 minutes.
5. Pour into containers, roll up, turn over and wrap.

Cooled banks can be sent for storage.

Sweet compote in own juice

Compote is very saturated when cooked in its own juice. In this case, you can save on packaging. The drink before use can be mixed with a liquid, as it is concentrated. Berries from it can be decorated with pastries, used in the preparation of dessert. And you only need cherries and boiling water.

How to cook:

1. Clean the washed cherries and place them tightly in a prepared container. You can pour layers of sand.
2. Pour boiling water to the neck.
3. Sterilize for 12 minutes.
4. Clog up and wrap blanks.

Features of cooking compote

There are many ways to prepare compote for future use, but they are all divided into 2 groups: with or without sterilization. Someone believes that unnecessary processing does not hurt, and sterilizes jars with hot liquid poured into them. The second method is easier for someone, but less reliable in terms of safety. We select the appropriate method and proceed to the blanks.

With sterilization

Some varieties of drinks must be prepared by sterilization. To do this, cover the bottom of a large pan with a cloth, lay covered containers with blanks on it. Then a liquid of the same temperature as the compote is poured into the pan to prevent cracking of the glass jars. After the whole structure is placed on fire and pasteurized, half-liter containers for 10 minutes, liter - 15, three-liter - up to half an hour. As soon as a certain time has passed, the blanks are removed, clogged, turned over and wrapped.

Another option for sterilization is in the oven. To do this, lay the containers from the workpiece onto a baking sheet, which is installed in a cold oven, and set to warm to 150 ° C. After a quarter of an hour, turn off the oven, blanks are clogged, and after cooling, they clean up the cellar.

No sterilization

This procedure is much simpler than the previous one.

It includes the following steps:

1. Pour boiling water in a container with berries for 15-20 minutes.
2. Drain it into the pan.
3. Add spices and seasonings, boil for 2 minutes.
4. Pour boiling liquid into jars to the neck.
5. Cork, wrap for ripening.

If there are air bubbles in the container after rolling up, then the lid is closed poorly.

It is better to tighten it again if it has just been closed.If after hours several hours have passed, then it is better to drink the drink immediately, after boiling it first.

Cherry compote made is stored for no more than a year in a cool place. This is due to the fact that with a longer shelf life, the amygdalin glycoside, located in the bones, begins to decompose, being converted into hydrocyanic acid, which is toxic.