When canning for the winter, usually cook a compote of cherries with bones, without removing them. But you can also use fruit pulp in combination with different ingredients.
The first recipe: how to brew a compote of cherries, sterilized with spices
Classic recipe for "fresh" fruitcan be updated with new flavors, using condiments. Minimal heat treatment and lack of sugar in the composition of the dish makes the drink piquant and unusual for the taste. Pure a liter of jars fill with whole cherries for two thirds. In a saucepan, boil the water along with the spices. For three liters of liquid, take a few buds of a carnation, 10-15 peas of black pepper and a pack of vanillin. Gulf the cherries with marinade, cover the jars with covers. Then put the compote to be sterilized in a wide and not very high saucepan. For liter jars it will take 15 minutes. After that, roll up and wrap. When the banks cool down, you can remove them for a long period of storage in a cool place.
This drink is obtained with a surprisingly beautifulcolor - orange-raspberry. Fruits wash. Split apricots into halves, removing the stone. Cherries are used entirely. In each three-liter jar, put ten apricot halves. Pour two cups of cherries on top. Fill neatly the contents of the cans with boiling water. Then you need to use a special lid with holes. With it, drain the water into a saucepan. Now, in this container, pour out the sugar at a rate of 250 g per jar. After boiling, pour the fruit over the syrup and roll them in lids. Turn over, wrap the compote until completely cooled.
The third recipe: how to brew compote of cherries and apples
Fruits choose dense, without damage.Cut apples (2.5 kg) into quarters, removing the core. Cherries (1,5 kg) can be used as a whole, and without pits. After mixing these ingredients, fill them with cans half. Then prepare the syrup: per liter of water you need 300 g of sugar - and pour it on the compote. Set prepared cans to be sterilized in a wide container from the following calculation: half-liter - 10 minutes, liter - 15 minutes. Hot roll up and wrap.
The fourth recipe: how to cook a compote of cherries and strawberries
Original, bright and very healthy drink.it turns out, if sugar is replaced by honey. And the combination of two tastes will make compote surprisingly fragrant. Take 2 kg of cherries and strawberries. Berries sort out and wash. Remove pits from cherries. In a large pot, place two glasses of honey. After it has melted almost completely over low heat, pour 6 liters of water and stir until a homogeneous syrup is obtained. Put strawberries and cherries in a saucepan and boil them. Having boiled the compote, leave it to cool, turning off the fire. Repeat this process three more times within two days. In the last, fifth stage, pour the stewed compote into sterile jars and roll up.
There are other ways how to make a cherry compote. Experiment, combining different fruits, and get new flavors!
