Compote of dried apricots can be cooked with or without additivethem. In different versions, you need three hundred liters of water for 400 grams of dried apricots, as well as sugar, honey, vanilla, cinnamon and any other spices used for sweet dishes.
Preparing dried apricots
It is especially pleasant if the drink is obtained not onlytasty, but also beautiful. In this case it is a pure, transparent amber color, which should be obtained with the correct preparation of berries. How to brew compote from dried apricots so, it is not difficult to understand.
Of course, the quality of purchased dried apricots will also beplay a role, so choose as far as possible a clean dried apricots, a homogeneous, brightly orange color. It should not have black or brown spots, veins - this is a sign that dried apricots were used for drying. Too dried dried apricots says that its quality is not high. It is possible that such berries will be unpleasant taste, have extraneous notes.
So, it is necessary to wash the dried apricots and soak for 20-30minutes. Then rinse again with unnecessary impurities, dust and other contaminants. Water after soaking is not used for food! When dried apricots will be thoroughly washed, you can start cooking compote.
Pure stewed fruit
A pure compote of dried apricots is simultaneouslythe basis for its other varieties. The prepared dried apricots are filled with water and put on the stove. After boiling, you need to transfer the fire to a small temperature and simmer it for 10-15 minutes. If the compote is not refilled with additives, the boiling time can be increased to half an hour. The pan is then removed and placed at room temperature.
To drink compote from dried apricots recommend aftercooling, it quenches thirst, reduces appetite and contains many useful microelements. It is in this form it is desirable to cook it for small children, including babies.
Additives to compote
Sweetmongers and gourmets in the compote of dried apricots, the recipe of which is given above, you can make additives.
First of all, this is normal sugar, since withoutHis compote is slightly acidic. On a three-liter pan, a minimum of 5-6 tablespoons is needed. sugar, and a maximum each determines for himself, based on taste habits and desires. Added sugar in the process of cooking: then it will quickly absorb into the berry and the compote can be drunk hot. Although the present compote is much tastier.
Honey will give a special flavor, it is added whenThe pan has already been removed from the plate, and the contents have cooled to room temperature. Beforehand, you should dissolve 4-5 tablespoons of honey in warm boiled water and then add to the resulting compote. And if you use different types of honey, then it will give a different flavor, too.
Remember: honey is not recommended in the diet of allergies and children under 2-3 years of age.
Vanilla and other spices can be added to taste in a hot, but already removed from the fire compote. Then they will better give their fragrances, the compote with dried apricots, which they have stuck with, will have an exquisite taste.
Those who cook compote constantly, you canperiodically to change spices or to arrange them among themselves for reception of various tastes. Then the compote will not get bored. By the way, those who drink compote from dried apricots for the purpose of losing weight, you can add spices, but it is advisable not to add sugar and honey.
Gourmets will certainly appreciate the combination of dried apricots withfennel; it will also be useful as an additive to compote, which is brewed to infants, because it helps with colic and improves intestinal motility. Note that fennel has a minty taste, so adults can replace it with several leaves of fresh mint.
Berries from compote
Welded berries from compote can be eaten oruse as a filling for pies. If you want, when the compote is saturated, and the berry is not watery at the same time, you can weld it on the same compote again, but with the mandatory addition of sugar.
