Gooseberry compote for the winter

10 most frequently used ingredients in the Compotes rubric

Product 100g Kcal Protein Fats Carbohydrates
Granulated sugar 399 0 0 100
Gooseberry 45 0.7 0.2 9.1
Fresh mint 49 3.7 0.4 0
Orange 43 0.9 0.2 8.1
Red currants 43 0.6 0.2 7.7
Gooseberry green 45 0.7 0.2 9.1
Raspberries 46 0.8 0.5 8.3
Black currant 44 1 0.4 7.3
Lemon 34 0.9 0.1 3
Fructose 396 0 0 100

Compotes

Cooling or warm drink with gooseberries tastes good and is good for the body. For winter preparations, drinks with vanilla, lemon, orange, red currant, raspberry, cinnamon are an excellent choice. On the basis of such a mix of natural products, you can cook compote for 30-40 minutes without rolling. The drink is ready to drink after half an hour.

Tips for rolling berry compote

In order for the gooseberries in compote to remain as fragrant, tasty and whole as possible, you need to buy unripe fruits. They are colored green. Ripe red, black berries are also suitable for making a sweet drink. When choosing a product, it is important that there are no traces of rot on it.

Compotes can be cooked with or without sterilization. The drink retains its qualities and aroma for a long time if it is closed in 2-3 liter cans. In such containers, the syrup slowly cools, while the fruits have time to be sterilized. For any kind of blanks, all the ingredients are prepared in advance. The gooseberries are cleaned of tails, washed, dried, be sure to prick with a needle so that the berries do not burst during cooking.

Glass containers for compotes are pre-washed with soda, steamed for 15 minutes. Metal lids are used for cans, which are sterilized in boiled water.

Most recipes use green gooseberries. It does not change color during long-term storage. In contrast, red or black fruits lose their brightness. If you want to cook compote from berries of a different color and keep the color, 2-3 grams of citric acid should be added during the syrup cooking.

To get a rich taste, the drink is supplemented with a large amount of other berries, orange, lemon, mint, cinnamon. Sugar can be replaced with fructose. If raspberries are chosen as an additional component, then they are placed on top of other ingredients, since they are more tender and may lose their original shape. If a syrup is prepared with the addition of cherries, then the final product is recommended to be stored for no more than 1 year. This is due to the fact that over time, hydrocyanic acid is formed in the syrup, which is harmful to humans.

On a note. For winter blanks, a three-time fill is used. This method allows you to preserve the product for several months and years.

Preparation of compote with and without sterilization

There are time-tested methods of seaming for the winter using sterilization. Washed, clean jars are filled with berries, covered with sand. Pour boiling water on top to the neck. The container is covered with a lid. A large pan with a small amount of water is placed on the fire to sterilize the cans with the contents. Full jars are placed in warm water in a saucepan and sterilized for 20-30 minutes. After that, the containers are taken out, rolled up, wrapped in a blanket and left for the winter.

Compote without sterilization is easy to perform and takes little time. Using this recipe, you can preserve most of the beneficial properties of the ingredients, since they are not boiled, but poured with boiling water. In the classic version, 1.5 kg of gooseberries account for 500 g of sugar and 2 liters of water. Clean berries are distributed in pre-prepared jars. The containers should be 1/3 full of fruit. The compote syrup is boiled separately. So that it does not turn out to be cloudy, after readiness it is filtered through multilayer gauze. Gooseberries and other components in the container are poured with syrup, left for 5-10 minutes. Next, the sweetened liquid is poured from the jar back into the pan and boiled.

On a note. The syrup is drained from the jars through the lids with holes.

The boiled sweet liquid is again poured into glass containers, rolled up with lids and turned over, wrapped in a warm blanket.

Cooking gooseberry compote without rolling

An excellent drink is brewed from gooseberries, which is drunk directly after preparation in hot, warm or chilled form. This recipe requires a standard set of products - sugar and several types of berries.

On a note. If the compote is cooked only on the basis of gooseberries, then the finished drink acquires a slightly winey taste.

Compote without rolling can be enriched with currants, raspberries, cherries or citruses. All ingredients in their pure form are laid out in a large saucepan. For 1 kg of products, 2.5 liters of water are required. The liquid with natural ingredients is placed on a moderate heat, brought to a boil, and covered with granulated sugar. After that, the fire is reduced and the compote is boiled for 5-7 minutes. Cover the hot drink with a lid to infuse and leave for 30 minutes. After the specified time, the compote can be drunk. After cooling completely, it is placed in a refrigerator.