Delicious and healthy recipes for dogwood compote for the winter

If there are still people in the world who have never tasted cornelian compote, they have lost a lot. After all, this drink not only has a beautiful color and an unusual tart-sour taste, it is a vitamin bomb in the winter. Cooked dogwood compote for the winter according to the recipes provided below will help increase immunity for the whole family, including preventing colds.

Cornel contains nutrients such as vitamin C and phytoncides. It promotes the elimination of toxins, increases hemoglobin, eliminates heartburn and has a positive effect on the stomach with increased acidity. Cornel is useful for anemia, diabetes, and also acts as a tonic and antipyretic agent. Therefore, it does not hurt to have in your master's book a couple of recipes for dogwood compote for the winter. The peculiarity of the dogwood compote is that immediately after seaming it is almost colorless. This should not be alarming. 2-3 days will pass, the compote will infuse and acquire a beautiful color. And one more nuance is how to cook dogwood compote - of course, with a bone. If only because separating it is not an easy task. In addition, it will add additional taste to the workpiece.

Canned dogwood compote with stone is stored for no more than one year.

Recipe for compote from dogwood by the method of threefold filling

Canning dogwood compote for the winter without sterilization is similar to rolling cucumbers.

Ingredients per 3 liter bottle:

• dogwood berries - 2 cups;
• sugar - 1 glass;
• water - about 2.5-5.7 liters.

Cooking technology:

1. Sort the dogwood berries, remove the twigs and stalks, rinse and drain in a colander or sieve.
2. While the berries are draining, sterilize the cans, and boil the lids for seaming.
3. Pour dogwood into the bottle.
4. Pour boiling water over the berries, cover and leave to infuse for 20 minutes.
5. Drain the infused water back into the pot and put to boil again.
6. Pour the berries a second time and let it brew again, for 15 minutes.
7. Pour sugar into the jar.
8. Pour the third time with boiling infused water.
9. Roll up.

Dogwood compote, drenched in syrup

This compote differs in that sugar is not poured into a jar, but syrup is prepared from it. It should be noted that the compote will turn out to be quite sweet. For those who prefer less sugary drinks, it is recommended to dilute it with water to taste before drinking the compote.

Ingredients for five 3-liter cans:

• dogwood berries - 2 kg;
• sugar - 3 kg;
• water - 15 liters.

Cooking technology:

1. Choose ripe dogwood berries, but not overripe, as they burst quickly during cooking and spoil the look of the compote, giving it a cloudy color. Pour cold water over them for half an hour to "acidify". Then rinse in a colander under a tap and drain.
2. Divide into banks up to ¼ of their volume. One can takes about 400 g of dogwood.
3. Pour water into a large saucepan (for five cans at once) and bring to a boil. Gradually pour boiling water over the berries in jars and let stand for 15 minutes.
4. Pour the water back into the saucepan through a special lid with holes.
5. Add sugar to the water (one bottle will take about 3 glasses) and boil the syrup. To do this, you need to boil water over low heat until the sugar melts (about 5 minutes).
6. Pour the berries a second time with hot syrup, without adding 2 cm to the top of the jar.
7. Roll up, cover with a warm blanket and leave to cool.

Sterilized dogwood compote

Of course, it will take a little extra time to roll up the cornelian compote for the winter by sterilization. But this method is suitable for housewives who do not have the opportunity to store the seaming in the basement. And the sterilized compote will stand on the mezzanine in the apartment without any problems all winter (if it is not drunk earlier).

Ingredients for one 3 liter bottle:

• dogwood berries - 2-3 cups;
• sugar - 1 glass;
• water - to fill the jar to the brim.

Cooking technology:

1. Sort the berries and rinse. Allow excess water to drain.
2. Pour the dogwood into a jar, add sugar on top and pour boiling water over it.
3. Lay 3-4 layers of cheesecloth at the bottom of a large pot or bucket (it will be even more convenient and less water is needed). Put a jar of compote on top, pour warm water until the height of the jar is about 2/3. Sterilize 15 minutes
4. Roll up.

A quick recipe for dogwood compote for the winter

Another recipe for cooking dogwood compote without sterilizing it. This method is good already because it belongs to the "hastily" series. However, this does not affect its quality. Thanks to citric acid, which prevents the emergence and development of harmful bacteria, the compote can be stored well at room temperature.

Ingredients:

• sugar - 300 g:
• water - 2.8 l;
• dogwood - 350 g;
• citric acid - a third of a teaspoon.

Cooking technology:

1. Sort out and wash the dogwood berries. Unripe dogwood should not be used for compote; it is better to choose it and wrap it in paper bags. The bags can be left on the windowsill, where the dogwood will mature in a couple of days.
2. Pour berries into a previously sterilized 3-liter container.
3. Add sugar and citric acid.
4. Bring the water to a boil, let it boil for 5 minutes and pour over the jar of berries.
5. Roll up, turn over, wrap well and leave to cool completely.

Sweet and sour aromatic compote from dogwood and pears

If it seems to someone that there is not enough sweetness in the dogwood compote, you should try adding a sweet fruit, for example, a pear, to it. And the taste will change as pear will slightly hide the acidity of the dogwood, and the aroma will become much richer. By the way, both dogwood and pears are great for a "snack"!

If you come across hard pears, they are dipped in boiling water for 2 minutes to soften. The main thing is not to overexpose the fruit, otherwise they will fall apart in the process of preparing the compote.

Ingredients for 3 jars:

• dogwood - 500 g;
• large pear - 3 pcs.;
• sugar - 1 glass;
• water - 2.5 liters.

Cooking technology:

1. Wash the dogwood, cut the core of the pears, cut into 4 parts.
2. Sterilize banks.
3. Pour dogwood into a jar, put pears and cover with sugar.
4. Pour boiling water over the jar to half the volume, cover and let stand for 20 minutes.
5. While the preparation of the compote is infused, pour the second portion of water into the pan to completely fill the jar. After boiling for a few minutes, add water to the jar.
6. Roll up, turn the compote upside down, cover with something warm and leave to cool.

I would like to hope that after reading this article, the dogwood will have more fans. They began to use the sour berry for food for a long time, the dogwood has a lot of positive reviews in folk medicine. As mentioned above, dogwood is simply irreplaceable for immunity. Therefore, in each pantry there should be at least a couple of jars of vitamin compote. Drink dogwood compote in winter, enjoy and be healthy!