A surge of strength and energy will come from cherry compote for the winter. When the yield of cherry trees in your garden is too high, the berries on them become overripe and often disappear. Canning for the winter will help preserve healthy fruits. Cherries are processed into preserves, jams, compotes, or simply frozen for later use as a filling for pies. The easiest way to preserve berries is to make compote from them.
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Cherry compote for the winter is cooked in various ways. Firstly, the preparation of the berries themselves is of great importance. They can be preserved whole with the seeds. In this case, the drink will have a subtle, delicate taste and exquisite aroma. This elixir does not require sterilization of jars of compote before sealing with lids. The option of processing pitted cherries involves obtaining a more intense aroma and concentrated taste. But this recipe necessarily requires a procedure for sterilizing the jars with the contents. Otherwise, there is a possibility of the provisions being disrupted. Secondly, cherries, due to their mild taste, can be perfectly combined with other gifts of nature. You can get an excellent cherry compote by adding apricots, apples, pears, raspberries, chokeberries, cherries, strawberries and other berries and fruits that ripen during the cherry season.
Below are popular recipes for cherry compote, both in its pure form and with the addition of other fruits. Based on them, you can experiment and create your own, following the cooking stages.
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Cherry compote with strawberries
The good thing about cherries is that they can easily be combined with other fruits and berries. To add a new flavor to your compote, try adding some strawberries. The drink will be brighter and richer, and the variety of fruit notes will remind you of a warm and sunny summer!
Ingredients:
· Cherry – 250 g.
· Strawberries – 250 g.
· Sugar - to taste.
Cooking method:
- Immediately prepare all the necessary ingredients. We sort through the cherries, removing wrinkled and spoiled fruits. Remove stalks, leaves and other small debris. Rinse in cold water. We carry out the same actions with strawberries.
Tip: Wormy fruits can be immersed in salt water for 40-45 minutes. Then the berries need to be washed again and placed in clean water again for another 10-15 minutes.
- We also prepare glass containers in which the workpiece will be stored. We rinse the jars well in hot water along with soda. Let's start sterilization: put the containers in a cold oven and heat the cabinet to 100 C. Time 10-15 minutes for half-liter jars, 20-25 minutes for liter jars, and 30-35 minutes for three-liter jars.
- Place cherries and strawberries at the bottom of dry jars. The container must be filled at least halfway. To make the compote richer, you can fill the jar to the very neck.
- Fill the jars with purified cold water. When the required volume is known, pour the water into the pan, add granulated sugar and put the dishes on the fire. Bring the liquid to a boil.
- Fill the jars again with the prepared hot syrup, cover with lids and place the future compote in a large container with hot water. Place a large basin or pan on low heat and sterilize the compote for 12-15 minutes.
- At the end of cooking, tightly tighten the compote with boiled lids and leave it to cool at room temperature.
Bright and rich compote of cherries and strawberries is ready! Serve chilled. Good luck with your preparations and a delicious winter!
Cherry compote with pits without sterilization
To make cherry compote for the winter without sterilization, you need to prepare 5 cups of berries. You need to take 250 gram glasses. For the preparation you will need another 1.5 cups of sugar. If you want to add a touch of spice, you can add vanillin. The listed components should make one 3-liter jar.
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Preparation:
- Wash the cherries, removing stems, leaves and spoiled berries.
- Pour about 2.5 liters of water into a saucepan and boil.
- Place clean berries in a sterile jar and fill it with bubbling water. Cover with lids and leave for 15 minutes alone.
- Drain the water from the jar through the nylon lid with holes back into the pan. Add sugar there and boil again.
- Fill the jars again with boiling aromatic syrup and roll up. Wrap in warm cloth, first turning the containers upside down.
- Cherry compote is ready!
The concentration of the compote can be adjusted according to your taste by adding or subtracting the number of cherries. This also applies to the use of sugar in the drink.
Composition and calorie content of cherries
The energy value of cherries is only 52–62 kcal per 100 g, depending on the variety. Moreover, it contains the most water (82-85.7 g) and carbohydrates - 10.6-16 g. The rest is proteins, fats (together - a little more than 1%) and a number of useful substances, which will be discussed below. In particular, cherries contain:
- Anthocyanins (250 mg per 100 g) are substances from the group of flavonoids. On the one hand, they are responsible for the red and purple color of the berries. Yellow cherries practically do not contain them. On the other hand, they have anti-inflammatory properties and are responsible for the intestinal barrier function, which helps prevent serious diseases.
- Coumarins are substances that have antispasmodic and antitumor effects.
- Carbohydrates – glucose, fructose. Moreover, 75% of carbohydrates are fructose, which is easily absorbed by the body without harmful consequences. Therefore, these berries can be consumed even by those who suffer from diabetes (of course, in small quantities). It has been proven that fructose improves the functioning of the pancreas.
- Pectins – normalize the digestion process and improve intestinal function.
- Vitamin C (15 mg) – responsible for blood circulation.
- Vitamin PP – good for vision.
- Tocopherol (or vitamin E - 0.3 mg) is an antioxidant.
- B vitamins – normalize the functioning of the nervous system and speed up metabolism.
- Iron (1.8 mg, or 10% of the daily value) - this element is necessary for the normal functioning of the hematopoietic system.
- Potassium (233 mg, this is more than 9% of the daily requirement) - needed to normalize blood pressure and strengthen the heart muscle.
- Calcium (33 mg) – necessary for strengthening blood vessels.
- Magnesium (24 mg) – has an antispasmodic effect.
- Phosphorus (28 mg) – necessary for normal metabolic processes, improves cognitive functions.
Thus, thanks to the vitamin composition, cherries will be useful for people suffering from iron deficiency anemia, pathologies of the musculoskeletal system, and dermatological diseases.
White cherry compote
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White cherry compote for the winter has a delicate aroma and unusually delicate taste. If you happen to have such a variety, don’t miss the moment and prepare it for the winter. The amount of cherries per compote will be calculated based on the desired number of jars with the future compote. Since these berries have a weak taste, it is advisable to fill the jar halfway, or even more. For such a three-liter container you will also need a glass of sugar.
Preparation:
- Sort the cherries, wash them, separate them from the stems and leaves. Fill a sterile jar with them.
- Boil water (2 liters per jar).
- Gently pour bubbling water over the berries in the jar. It should be poured in a thin stream so that the glass container does not crack.
- Cover with tin lids and let the winter cherry compote brew for a few minutes.
- Remove the tin lid and put a nylon lid with drainage holes on the neck. Pour the berry-saturated water back into the pan. Add sugar to the same bowl and boil for a minute or two.
- Send the boiling syrup into jars and screw the tin lids on tightly. Turn upside down and wrap in thick cloth until cool completely.
- Ready!
If the cherries are wormy, they need to be immersed in water for several hours. During this time, all unwanted organisms and debris will float to the surface of the water.
Strawberry and cherry compote for the winter
Juicy, aromatic strawberries go well with cherry fruits, so it is advisable to combine them in an assorted compote. The drink will contain 3 kilograms of cherries and only 500 grams of strawberries. The syrup will use not only 4 cups of sugar, but also 3 teaspoons of citric acid. For special connoisseurs of subtle taste, you can add a sprig of mint or a leaf of lemon balm.
Preparation:
- The considered compote of cherries with pits for the winter does not involve getting rid of their core, so the berries just need to be thoroughly washed. Rinse the strawberries well, keeping them in water for several tens of minutes. The leaves do not need to be removed.
- Immerse the prepared fruits in a jar, put mint leaves on top. Pour boiling water (1 liter) over the assortment and wait 15 minutes.
- From the drained aromatic water, cook a syrup consisting of sugar and citric acid. Pour it into a jar with fruit and berry harvest. Immediately seal with sterile lids, turn over and wrap in something warm.
- Bon appetit!
A simple recipe for cherry compote for the winter can also be supplemented with lemon or orange. To do this, in addition to cherry berries, you need to prepare citrus fruits by cutting them together with the peel into pieces of any shape. Combine the ingredients in a jar, add syrup and send for sterilization. The duration of this procedure depends on the volume of the jars. Standard 3-liter jars, which are most often used for storing compote, require 20 minutes of hot treatment. Delicious and healthy compote preparations for the winter!
