Not every experienced hostess knows that you can cook a delicious, delicious pumpkin compote. In the vegetable season, recipes for such drinks become especially popular. The main thing is to try to choose juicy and sweet varieties of healthy culture for compote.

A simple recipe for pumpkin compote for the winter

Ingredients:

  • pumpkin - kilo;
  • water - half a liter;
  • cinnamon - stick;
  • sugar - 380 - 400 g;
  • "Lemon" - 1 small. a spoon;
  • vinegar - 5 dessert spoons (6%).

Cooking:

  1. To make a pumpkin compote for the winter, the first thing you need to do is thoroughly clean the vegetable from all the excess and chop it into cubes.
  2. Pour water mixed with lemon and vinegar into the pan. Put cinnamon there.
  3. Dip the vegetable cubes into the pan. Leave to cool for a day, having previously covered with a lid.
  4. After a while, drain the liquid, dissolve the sugar in it. Bring to a boil. Return the pumpkin to the mass.
  5. Boil for 4 minutes with frequent stirring.
  6. Gently shift the vegetable slices into prepared jars. Do not use cinnamon sticks! They need to be deleted. Pour all the liquid from the pan.

Immediately roll up the container, turn it over and wrap it up.

How to cook from frozen vegetables

Delicious flavored compote can be cooked even from frozen pumpkins. The main thing is that before this the vegetable does not lie in the cold for longer than 3-4 months.

Ingredients:

  • pumpkin slices (peeled) - 380 - 400 g;
  • sugar - sand - 230 - 250 g;
  • water - 2 l.

Cooking:

  1. Pour the pumpkin with water and cook until soft.
  2. To fill up sand. Sweet tooth can increase its amount to your liking.
  3. Cook the mass - 5 - 6 minutes. In the process, thoroughly stir the sugar grains to completely dissolve.
  4. Pour the compote along with the vegetable slices into jars.

Next - cork with lids and clean for the winter or cool and pour into a decanter.

With the addition of oranges

Ingredients:

  • water - 2 l;
  • pumpkin slices - a pound;
  • sweet orange - 1 pc.;
  • granulated sugar - 4 dessert spoons;
  • "Lemon" - 2 pinches;
  • vanilla sugar - half a teaspoon.

Cooking:

  1. To boil water. Pour sugar crystals (two types) into it.
  2. Immediately add the peeled pieces of pumpkin and citrus directly with the peel. It must first be thoroughly cleaned with a stiff brush.
  3. Add the lemon.
  4. Cook the pumpkin compote with orange for 7 - 8 minutes over medium heat. Let stand on the stove until it cools completely.

Chill the drink. Pour into glasses with vegetable slices.

Stewed pumpkin with dried fruits

Ingredients:

  • pumpkin - half a kilo (slices already peeled);
  • dried fruits - 130 - 150 g;
  • dried rosehip - 30 g;
  • sugar - 4 - 6 dessert spoons (to taste);
  • cinnamon - 1 stick.

Cooking:

  1. To make a compote according to such a recipe, first of all you need to chop the pumpkin into small cubes.
  2. Pour 1 liter of water into the pan. Put sugar and rose hips.
  3. Darken the mass for 14 - 16 minutes.
  4. Add pumpkin and assorted pre-washed dried fruits. For example, dried apricots and prunes.
  5. Add cinnamon. Pour another 1-1.5 liters of boiling water. Cook for 20 minutes.
  6. Leave the compote to insist under the lid until it cools completely.

Remove cinnamon. Serve chilled.

Cooking with apples

Ingredients:

  • pumpkin - 380 - 400 g;
  • apples - 4 pcs.;
  • sugar - 110 - 130 g;
  • "Lemon" - ¼ small. spoons.

Cooking:

  1. Pieces of peeled vegetable and apple slices without seed boxes are put in a common bowl.
  2. Pour granulated sugar on top.
  3. Pour with lemon water.
  4. Cook for 20 - 25 minutes. The exact time depends on the variety of the vegetable and its ripeness.

Next - cool and take a sample from the compote or roll it up for the winter.

With cranberries

Ingredients:

  • peeled chopped pumpkin slices - 570 - 600 g;
  • cranberry berries - 120 - 140 g;
  • water - 570 - 600 ml;
  • granulated sugar - 80 - 90 g;
  • honey - 40 g.

Cooking:

  1. The first step is to sort out the berries. Remove rub. You can use frozen ones, but then they will need to be thawed first.
  2. Pour the berries with water. Bring the resulting mass to a boil with moderate heating. Dissolve granulated sugar in water with cranberries.
  3. Cool the mixture slightly and strain. It is convenient to do this through a fine sieve or several layers of gauze.
  4. Grind the peeled pieces of ripe vegetable separately using a grater with large divisions.
  5. Pour the pumpkin with the resulting syrup (still hot). Allow to soak in a sweet liquid.
  6. When the mass has completely cooled, add liquid or candied honey to it.

Tasty serve ready-made vegetable compote with sweet whipped cream.

Stewed pumpkin with cinnamon

There are various interesting recipes that suggest how to cook pumpkin compote. Some of them also include aromatic spices.

Ingredients:

  • pumpkin - 1 pc.;
  • water - 1 l;
  • sugar - 1 tbsp .;
  • cloves - 7 pcs.;
  • chopped cinnamon - half a small spoon;
  • "Lemon" - half a small spoon.

Cooking:

  1. Pour all dry ingredients into the boiled liquid.
  2. Boil the mixture for 5 to 6 minutes over low heat.
  3. The result should be a sour syrup. To taste, you can increase the number of "lemons."
  4. Dip pumpkin slices in syrup. Cook until the vegetable softens.
  5. Chill the drink.

If you need to increase its shelf life, it is worth adding vinegar to the liquid: 1 small. spoon per 1 liter of compote.

Lemon drink

Ingredients:

  • slices of pumpkin pulp - half a kilo;
  • lemons - a pound;
  • granulated sugar - a pound;
  • water - 2 l.

Cooking:

  1. Pour vegetable slices with a little water. Cook until soft.
  2. Arrange the pulp in sterilized containers.
  3. Spread citrus slices on top with zest.
  4. Pour 2 liters of boiling water.
  5. Add sugar. Boil the syrup until crystals are completely dissolved.
  6. Pour boiling liquid over the vegetable with citrus.
  7. Roll up cans, flip and wrap.

After a day, remove the containers with the drink to keep it cool.

Stewed pumpkin is not only a tasty and budget drink, but also healthy, filled with pectin and vitamins. It can be drunk immediately, or rolled up for the winter. Such a compote will be liked by the smallest family members for its bright color and pleasant taste.

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