Homemade Fruit Drinks have a refreshing taste, unique aroma and contain a large amount of vitamins, unlike store counterparts. To enjoy them at any time of the year, you can preserve apple compotes for the winter, which are ideal for a daily menu and a festive table.

Classic compote of fresh apples for the winter

According to the classic recipe, apple compote is easy to prepare. Fruits for him need to choose juicy, ripe, bright colors, then the drink will turn out to be especially tasty and mouth-watering.

Necessary components (on a three-liter jar):

  • apples - 0.4 kg;
  • water - 3 liters;
  • sugar - 50 grams.

Cooking:

  1. First you need to prepare the dishes for future canned food. To do this, clean cans must be kept for 10 minutes in a hot oven or microwave at medium power. Put the lids in boiling water for 7-8 minutes.
  2. Then sort through the apples and wash thoroughly. Remove the core from them and cut into 5-6 parts.
  3. Place the fruits in a pan with hot water and boil for 5 minutes. Then pour them into a colander and cool, substituting under cold water.
  4. Fill the jars with apples so that they were a little more than half.
  5. In the liquid where the fruits were cooked, pour sugar and prepare sweet syrup.
  6. Then pour a jar of apples with hot broth and cover with lids.
  7. Put canned goods in a volumetric basin with water, bring it to a boil and sterilize for 30 minutes.
  8. After that roll up all the cans with lids.
  9. Turn over the blanks, wrap them in a warm blanket and leave for a day.

Stewed apples for the winter is ready. After complete cooling, it should be placed in a permanent place of storage.

Delicious drink in a slow cooker

To cook compote from apples with subsequent preservation can be a very original way, using a slow cooker. Such a drink practically does not differ in taste from blanks prepared on the stove.

Necessary components:

  • apple fruits - 1.5 kg;
  • water - 1.5 liters;
  • sugar - 200 grams;
  • one lemon;
  • cloves - 2-3 pcs.

Cooking:

  1. Rinse the fruit thoroughly and peel it. Cut the apples into slices and remove the seeds from them.
  2. Pour the fruits with juice squeezed from the lemon - then they will retain their color and not darken.
  3. Put the apple peel in the slow cooker, then pour water, pour sugar, close the lid and cook the syrup. Cook for 15 minutes using the "Stew" mode. Then strain the broth through gauze.
  4. Put the cut fruit in jars, pour hot syrup and wait until it cools. After this, pour the liquid into the bowl of the electric furnace, put the cloves and bring to a boil, by choosing the "Multi-cook" function.
  5. Fill the jars with apples with a decoction from the multicooker, and then sterilize in a volumetric pot with boiling water for about 20 minutes.
  6. After that, tightly seal the cans with iron caps.

A canned drink made from fresh apples will help quench your thirst on hot days and give an excellent mood during a family dinner in the cold season.

How to cook apple compote with aronia

A drink from aronia with apples turns out to be very tasty and is a source of trace elements and vitamins necessary for human health. Therefore, in order to preserve all valuable substances, during the preparation of compote, fruits should not be subjected to prolonged boiling.

Necessary components (for 3 liters):

  • chokeberry - 250 grams;
  • sugar - 130 grams;
  • apples (small variety) - 700 grams.

Cooking:

  1. Select large ripe rowan berries and rinse well with running water.
  2. Cut the tails of apples, then wash and dry them.
  3. In clean jars, first put apples, and then pour black chokeberry. It should be noted that glass containers should be half full with fruits.
  4. Boil water, pour fruit over it, cover with lids and leave to cool completely.
  5. Pour the infusion through the strainer into the pan, put sugar, put on fire and cook for about 3-5 minutes.
  6. Fill the jars with the resulting syrup to the very top and seal with sterile lids.

Store a tasty and healthy drink in a dark pantry, where there is no dampness and drafts, no more than 2 years.

Compote for the winter without sterilization

To treat yourself and loved ones with a canned apple compote, you can use the quick recipe without sterilization. For harvesting, it is better to pick up small apples of a light color, for example, "White filling".

Necessary components:

  • apples - 2 kg;
  • water - 5 liters;
  • sugar - 400 grams.

Cooking:

  1. Carefully sort through the fruit and make sure there are no cuts or dark spots. Then wash the apples and get rid of the stalks.
  2. Arrange the fruits in three-liter jars, given that in each container they should be no more than 6-7 pieces.
  3. Pour boiling water over apples, cover and cover with a blanket.
  4. After 12-14 hours, pour the fruit infusion into the pan, add granulated sugar and put on fire.
  5. Boil the syrup for about 5 minutes, then immediately pour it into fruit jars.
  6. Roll up the glass containers, put the lids down, cover with a warm cloth and wait until they cool down completely.

Stewed apples for the winter without sterilization is ready.

Unsweetened compote for children

In the winter, a child can cook apple compote from dried fruits. With proper preparation, such a drink is suitable even for infants.

Necessary components:

  • dried apples - 180 grams;
  • water - 400 ml.

Cooking:

  1. First you need to put dried fruits in warm water for 25 minutes so that they swell.
  2. Boil a pot of water and pour apple slices into it.
  3. Cook for 20 minutes, then cover and leave for 1 hour.
  4. Filter the compote through a fine strainer.

Drinking for children will be even more beneficial if it is prepared with the addition of dried pear, lemon peel or dried apricots.

Dried apples with dried fruits

Such compote (or boil) is indispensable in the winter, when there is no way to purchase fresh apples. In addition, a drink based on dried fruits will support during colds and help strengthen immunity.

Necessary components:

  • dried apples - 400 grams;
  • water - 3-4 liters;
  • raisins - 100 grams;
  • sugar - 200 grams;
  • cinnamon - 1 pc.

Cooking:

  1. Rinse dried fruit with water, place in a colander and let them drain.
  2. Then send the apples with raisins to a pot of water, bring to a boil and add sugar. Cook for 20 minutes over low heat. At the end, put cinnamon and after 2 minutes turn off the oven.
  3. Let the compote stand for 40 minutes under a closed lid.

If necessary, the brew can be filtered through a sieve. Use hot and cold.

Fresh apple and grape compote

This drink has a pleasant color and has a fairly rich taste. It is advisable to cook it from red apples and dark grapes, then the compote will look especially appetizing.

Necessary components:

  • grapes and apples - 370 grams each;
  • citric acid - 10 grams;
  • sugar - 320 grams.

Cooking:

  1. Wash fruits thoroughly and then dry.
  2. Cut the apples into plates, free the grapes from the brushes.
  3. Arrange the fruits in three-liter jars, pour boiling water and let stand for half an hour.
  4. Then pour all the liquid into the pan through a plastic lid with holes and pour sugar.
  5. Boil the syrup for about 4 minutes, then pour it into jars and add citric acid.
  6. Thoroughly plug metal covers and leave under a blanket to cool.

In an apple compote with grapes, you can add a few leaves of lemon balm, then the drink will acquire a refined and spicy aroma. It is recommended to store ready-made canned foods for 2 years.

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