What fruits and berries do you most often cook and preserve compotes from? First of all, I prepare drinks for the winter from cherries and apples, gooseberries and raspberries. And frankly, this standard set is already a little tired. I propose to diversify the "drinking blanks" with an unusual, fragrant and tasty grape compote. It can be supplemented with different fruits. Grapes have a lot of advantages: it has a positive effect on muscles, because it is rich in iron, and on the gastrointestinal tract (helps with ulcers and constipation, digestive problems), and on the cardiovascular system (contains potassium, magnesium). And in grape seeds there is a “secret of youth”. So vitamin grape compote must be on your shelf with winter preparations.
Compote from Lydia grapes
I propose to prepare compote from blue grapes, for example, Isabella or Lydia varieties. These are our “native”, local varieties, and they have two main advantages: firstly, such grapes are inexpensive, and secondly, they are not brought from abroad and, accordingly, they are not plucked green for long-term transportation.
Ingredients:
- 1 kg 200 grams of blue grapes;
- 15 tablespoons of sugar;
- water.
Cooking:
First of all, it is necessary to wash the grapes under a strong stream of water, thus removing dirt, cobwebs, etc. Then carefully separate the berries into a separate container, remove the unripe and deformed ones. Leave them in a wide bowl to dry. We take pre-sterilized jars. Half fill with grapes and pour boiling water, put the lids on top and leave everything in this form min. at 20-25.
After the time has passed, drain the water from the cans (you can do this with a special lid), put it on the stove (medium heat) and add sugar. Cook at 100 degrees Celsius for 3 minutes. The syrup is ready. It remains to pour grapes in jars with syrup and preserve with boiled lids. Vitamin harvesting for the winter is ready. She will certainly please family, friends and guests.
Grape and apple compote
Someone loves large and sweet grapes, someone likes tart, many like the sultana variety. Depending on taste and preferences, choose grapes for harvesting. Any variety goes well with apples. I propose to close the grape-apple compote.
Ingredients:
- 1 kg of grapes;
- 6 apples;
- 15 tablespoons of sugar;
- water.
We separate the berries from well-washed grapes, let them “weather” a little. Then the grapes are transferred to jars and poured with boiling water. We leave to infuse for 20 minutes. Without wasting time, let's deal with apples for now: ripe and fragrant apples are suitable for conservation, but not soft ones. They should be washed, blotted with a paper towel, cleaned of stones. Cut the apples into cubes (large enough) and sprinkle with sugar. They should stand for about 20 minutes or a little more.
Now carefully pour the liquid from the cans into a bowl with apples, bring it all to a boil, cook for 3-4 minutes. We “collect” our compote: we shift the apples to the grapes, pour boiling liquid to the edge of the jars and roll up the lids prepared in advance. We check if everything is in order with the lids, and, turning upside down, leave it under a warm blanket. If the apples are not ripe enough or sour, you can add 2 or 3 tablespoons of sugar during the preservation process.
Grape compote with plums
It is not at all difficult to make preparations of different colors and tastes: it is enough to close several types of grape compote. This time I want to offer grape compote with plums.
Ingredients:
- 200 grams of blue plums;
- half a glass of sugar.
To begin with, wash the plums well, dry them a little and remove the seeds. In a jar (pre-sterilize it) put plums. Here we add well-washed, grapes taken from the bunches. Pour the fruit in a jar with boiling water and “forget” for 10 minutes. Then we drain the water from them into a saucepan to prepare the syrup. To do this, add sugar, when it boils - cook the syrup for 2-3 minutes. Grapes with apples in jars are carefully poured with boiling syrup and rolled up. Inverted jars should be allowed to cool under a warm blanket. Compote will turn out rich and beautiful, and also fragrant. I also want to draw your attention to the fact that the drink can still be made from white plums and grapes.
Compote "White grapes"
Light grapes help fight fatigue because they have a lot of iron, so it nourishes our muscles. We will prepare compote for the winter from white grapes of any variety. Small and large white sultanas are also suitable for this purpose.
Ingredients:
- 1 kg of white grapes;
- 0.7 l of water;
- 300 grams of sugar.
Let's start cooking by boiling the syrup: pour granulated sugar into boiling water and cook for 3-4 minutes. Remove it from the stove and leave to cool to 40˚.
We choose grapes that are fleshy, ripe and without defects. We fill a jar with it (I recommend a 1-liter one, first we pour boiling water over it) almost to the top and pour it with syrup, close the lid. This time we will sterilize in a slightly different way: from the high temperature in the jar, the berries may not retain their integrity.
Therefore, we do so. We put a pot of water, at the bottom of which there is a lattice or cloth, and heat it to 40 degrees. We put the jars with grapes so that the water covers them by more than 2/3. Bring to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes over low heat. Next, we take out the cans, roll them up hermetically and put them upside down, wrap them with a blanket. It will turn out very tasty. For the transparency of the syrup, you can put a couple of cherry leaves in a jar along with grapes.
Compote "Grape cascade"
Grapes are very useful for the whole family. Dark red or blue grapes help prevent oncological diseases, another important merit of it is that it “knows how” to fight viruses and bacteria, preventing infections.
Ingredients:
- 1 large bunch of blue grapes;
- 0.5 cups of sugar;
- sprigs of mint, lemon balm;
- a slice of lime or lemon;
- water.
The number of products is indicated for 1 three-liter jar. When closing such a compote, please note that you need to carefully review the entire bunch, if it is long on top, then cut it off. You also need to remove all the branches that are “not occupied” with grapes, as well as dryish and “lifeless”.
So, we wash a bunch of grapes, filling it with water beforehand. We take it out of the water, let the excess moisture drain, transfer it to a sterilized jar, soda - a sprig of lemon balm, a few mint leaves and half a small lime. Let's prepare the syrup: put the water on the fire, bring to a boil, add sugar, let it boil for three minutes. Immediately pour the syrup into a jar of grapes, cover with a lid and use the conservation key to securely close it. Jars must be carefully sterilized, as conservation does not like anything "extra" in the jar (and the presence of twigs is still a small risk). Therefore, I advise you to hold the jars over the steam for at least 15 minutes, and do not forget to boil the lids without rubber bands. Cover the inverted jars with something warm and let cool. This compote perfectly quenches thirst. And on its basis, you can make delicious cocktails for both adults and children.
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