Summer scent or yellow plum compote
One of the vivid reminders of the past summer stored on the shelves in the pantry is the yellow plum compote. Indeed, a can of a drink of warm, sunny color will delight the aesthetic taste only by its appearance. The fragrant, sweet compote will not only quench your thirst perfectly, but will also become a vitamin barrier on the way to vitamin deficiency.
Unlike drinks made from blue fruits, the yellow plum gives the compote a sweeter taste, so you should not put a lot of sugar.
Plum drink
For preparing two cans compote with a capacity of 3 liters you will need:
- ripe, but not very soft plums - 1 kg;
- sugar - 600 g;
- water - 5 l.
Step by step preparation of yellow plum compote:
- Sterilize the bottles.
- Sort the fruit, cutting off the tails, and wash. Let dry a little.
- Divide the cream into the jars, dividing them equally.
- Pour water into a medium saucepan for one can of about 2.5 liters. You can take a little more with a margin. When it boils, add sugar. While stirring, boil the syrup for 5 minutes.
- Pour boiling syrup over the plums, roll up and cover with a warm blanket for self-sterilization.
- After the cans with compote have cooled completely, store them in the cellar or basement.
It is recommended to store the yellow plum compote with seeds for no more than 1 year. Further storage of it can be fraught with food poisoning due to special substances released from the bones.
Plum compote by double pouring
The principle of preparing a drink is almost the same as in the previous recipe. For one three-liter jar, prepare 1 kg of ripe yellow plums with hard pulp.
Overripe, soft fruits are best left for making jam and jam. Upon contact with boiling water, the skin of such plums may burst - this will ruin the appearance of the yellow plum compote for the winter and give it a cloudy color.
Put the plums in a jar and cover with boiling water (about 2.5 liters). Cover with a lid and leave the workpiece for half an hour. It is advisable to cover the top with a towel.
Pour the cooled water into a saucepan and boil sugar syrup on its basis, adding 250-300 g of sugar.
Re-pour the jar of fruit with hot syrup, roll up and wrap.
Peeled yellow plums compote
This drink turns out to have a very rich taste due to the high concentration of fruits and sugar. It is convenient to use liter jars for preparation - they will take up less space on the shelf. But from one such jar, you can make a couple of liters of compote.
Concentrated plum compote, if desired, can be diluted with boiled water immediately before use.
The recipe is slightly different from the jellied compotes:
- Wash three kilograms of sweet yellow plums, cut into two halves with a knife and remove the seeds.
- Put peeled fruits in pre-sterilized jars, filling them to the top.
- From 750 g of granulated sugar and 1.5 liters of water, boil the syrup and pour over the plums.
- In a large wide saucepan or basin, lay an old towel on the bottom and put jars of fruit on top, covering them with lids.Pour hot water into a saucepan, bring it to a boil and from this moment sterilize the compote for 25 minutes.
- Carefully remove the glass container, roll up and wrap it up.
Sugar-free plum compote sterilized
Due to their rather sweet taste, yellow plums can be canned without added sugar.
Wash plums in the amount of 700 g per liter jar, put in a colander and rinse first with boiling and then cold water. After all the liquid has drained, put them in jars and pour the required amount of boiling water.
Place the jars in a wide saucepan, cover with metal lids and sterilize for 10 minutes.
Roll the sugar-free plum compote for the winter, turn the jars upside down and wrap them up.
Plum compote without sugar, cooked in a saucepan
A feature of this drink is not only the absence of sugar, but also the way it is prepared. Unlike the previous recipe, plums are pre-cooked.
Wash dense ripe plums in the amount of 500 g, cutting off the tails. Do not remove the seeds.
Pour 2.5 liters of water into a saucepan. When it warms up a little, add the yellow plums. Bring to a boil, blanch for 1-2 minutes, and then carefully, being careful not to tear the skin, remove the fruit from the water and place in a bottle.
Give the water in which the plums were boiled, boil again and pour it into a bottle with plums. Cork and wrap.
Children will especially like the yellow plum compote, because it is a two-in-one drink: you can quench your thirst and have a snack with fruit. And if the plums remain, they will make an excellent plum pie. In general, waste-free production! Therefore, a couple (dozen) extra jars will definitely not hurt.