Blackcurrant compote - winter portion of vitamins

Blackcurrant compote will delight all family members with its sweet and sour taste and rich dark purple color. Currant bushes grow in almost every garden and vegetable garden, therefore, making preparations from their berries does not require financial costs, which is important in our time. It will take only some time, usually about an hour. In addition to compotes, you can make stunning jam, preserves, jelly, juice, sauce, jelly, wine and filling in pies from black currants.

The usefulness of black currant

The plant contains vitamins C, E, B, PP, iron, calcium, zinc, beta-carotenes, sodium, phosphorus, magnesium, organic acids and other useful substances that do not disappear during heat treatment during canning. This fact is appropriate in the preparation of black currant compote for the winter. Also, black currant has all the ingredients that allow it to be stored in jars for a long time without vinegar and lemon additives.

In a currant bush, not only berries are useful, but also leaves, flowers and buds. Due to the high content of vitamin C in the leaves, decoctions are made from them, which have a positive effect on the work of the heart and blood vessels. Tinctures of buds and twigs are used as lotions on the eyes, as well as on areas damaged by eczema and dermatitis. Regular consumption of currant berries makes them antipyretic, soothing, tonic, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic and tonic. Based on the above-mentioned beneficially influencing trace elements on the body, it is imperative to strengthen the immune system with a glass of compote every morning.

You can not use black currant for people with high acidity of the stomach and those who have a tendency to thrombus formation.

Fast black currant compote

The recipe for blackcurrant compote for the winter provides for 1 - 1.5 hours of your time. To create such a food, you will need 600 grams of berries, which will be stored in a syrup consisting of 2.7 liters of water and 300 grams of sugar. Such preservation does not provide for sterilizing a jar of berries, which significantly reduces the cooking time and is boldly called a "quick" recipe.

Preparation:

1. Sort out the berries, getting rid of the wilted and spoiled ones. Place them in a bowl of cold water and rinse. Drain the dirty water, and pour the clean currants into the jar.
2. Boil water and pour half of the jar with currants in it. Covering with a lid, leave for 40 minutes to saturate the berries with water.
3. Pour sugar into a saucepan or bowl and drain the water from the jar into it. Mix the entire consistency and boil.
4. Pour the resulting syrup into the jar a second time and tighten the lid tightly. Black currant compote for the winter without sterilization, wrap in a dense cloth until it cools. Then you can put it in the pantry for storage.

Berries do not need to get rid of the stalks. Their presence will not damage the safety of the provisions, and the blank will have a decorative appearance.

Blackcurrant and apple compote

Winter blackcurrant drink can be preserved not only in its pure form, but also combined with other fruits or berries. The future food acquires not only a different branch of taste, but is also intertwined with many additional useful substances.Such a fortified mix can be apple and black currant compote. It will take 500 grams of apples and 150 grams of currants. The syrup contains 5 large spoons of sugar and 3 liters of water.

Preparation:

1. Wash apples, divide them into 4 parts, remove seeds. Apples can be shaped to any shape, even preserving the whole would be a good idea.
2. Rinse the currant berries.
3. Collect water in a saucepan and immerse apple and black currant pieces in it. Boil.
4. Pour sugar into boiling fruits, reduce heat and boil for 5 minutes.
5. Pour into jars and seal. Compote is ready!

After opening the jar, canned fruits do not have to be thrown away. They can be eaten just like that or put as a filling in pies.

Blackcurrant compote with orange

The currant compote will acquire an unusual taste thanks to the addition of citrus. On a compote from black currant with an orange, you should take 1 liter of berries, half an orange and 350 grams of sugar.

Preparation:

1. Wash the berries.
2. Turn the orange into slices of any desired shape.
3. Place the ingredients in a jar and pour boiling water over for 5 minutes.
4. Drain aromatic water into a saucepan, add sugar, dissolve by boiling.
5. Pour the bubbling syrup over citrus fruits and berries. Roll up immediately, turn over and wrap up.

Blackcurrant and raspberry compote

Combining two seasonal berries in a flavorful drink is just a great idea. This result can be black currant compote and raspberries... You need to pluck as much blackcurrant on it as you like, it depends on your desire, how concentrated you want the compote to be. The second main ingredient will be 200 grams of raspberries. 1 kilogram of sugar diluted in 1 liter of water will act as a syrup. Also, you need to add raspberries to the syrup.

Preparation:

1. Sort out and wash the currant berries. Blanch the washed fruits for 5 minutes.
2. Place the washed fruits in sterilized jars.
3. The syrup is boiled from water, sugar and raspberries are also contained there.
4. The boiling raspberry mixture is poured into jars with currants. Covering it with a lid, wait 5 minutes.
5. Drain the liquid into a saucepan, boil again and refill the jars with it. Seal, done!

To enhance the taste, you can add lemon balm sprigs and lemon.

Blackcurrant compote can be combined not only with apple and raspberry. There are many recipes for preserving this drink with other ingredients. These can be: strawberries, pears, red currants, mint, lemon, lime and even cucumbers. The cooking steps with other ingredients will be the same as in the recipes above, only the amount will vary according to your taste. Even the amount of sugar is adjusted according to your preference. Enjoy your meal!