Raspberry compote for the winter: tasty and healthy
Children are especially fond of fragrant raspberries, and adults also enjoy raspberry jam with pleasure. One of the ways to harvest summer berries is also to roll raspberry compote for the winter. Since the compote is subjected to less long-term heat treatment, this method allows you to preserve a maximum of vitamins. After all, raspberries are not only tasty, but also very healthy. It replenishes vitamin C reserves and is especially good for colds and flu as it relieves general symptoms, lowers body temperature and improves well-being.
Recipes for raspberry compotes for the winter are within the power of even inexperienced housewives. The process of making a drink is quite simple and does not take much time.
Before putting the berries in jars, they must be cleaned of the tails and washed. To do this, carefully put the raspberries in a sieve and put them in a bowl of water a couple of times, and then let the excess liquid drain.
To get rid of the raspberry bug, dip the berries in salted water for 10 minutes before rinsing, and then rinse well.
Quick raspberry drink
Pour 1 teaspoon of citric acid into each bottle.
Next, make a syrup for pouring:
- Pour 600 g of granulated sugar into 6 liters of water;
- boil for 5 minutes.
Fill the jars with syrup and close the raspberry compote for the winter.
Raspberry compote by double filling
To prepare three cans of a drink with a volume of 2 liters, 600 g is required raspberries (based on 200 g per can). It can be made immediately in large containers and divided equally into two three-liter bottles.
Banks should be sterilized beforehand.
Arrange clean berries in containers, pour boiling water (about 6 liters) and leave for 5 minutes. Next, carefully pour the liquid into a large saucepan, leaving a little in the raspberries - this way it will not lose shape.
Add 0.6 kg of granulated sugar to the water. To make the compote less sweet, you can put 100 g less. While stirring, let the sugar dissolve completely.
Pour the boiling syrup over the berries and roll up.
Sterilized raspberry compote with powdered sugar
This drink will take a little more time and will be very concentrated. However, this is its "pluses" - by opening one liter jar of concentrate in winter, you can make at least 3 liters of delicious compote from it. This method of canning is especially relevant for urban residents who do not have their own basement.
So, put 3 kg of picked and washed berries in a bowl in layers, sprinkling with powdered sugar. In total, you will need about 800 g of powder. Leave the sprinkled raspberries overnight to extract juice.
Powdered sugar can be made on your own by grinding sugar in a blender with special attachments.
In the morning, carefully select the berries with a slotted spoon, arrange them equally in the jars and pour the raspberry syrup remaining in the bowl.
Put jars with the preparation of raspberry compote for the winter in a large basin, having previously laid an old towel on the bottom. Sterilize for no more than 10 minutes, roll up and wrap.
Raspberry-apple compote
To diversify the taste, when canning the drink, you can add other berries and fruits to it. So, in a compote of raspberries and apples, fruits with sourness will perfectly complement the taste and give it individuality, and ripe berries will create a beautiful shade.
The peculiarity of this drink is that it is prepared in a saucepan and then rolled up. To prevent the lid from swelling during storage, add lemon.
A very original drink is obtained with the addition of red dry wine (100 g per total amount of liquid). However, in the case of its use by children, it is better to miss this moment.
Step by step preparation of 3 liters of compote:
- Finely chopped, peeled from apple seeds in an amount of 200 g. Put them in a small saucepan and add 1 tbsp. water. After the water boils, simmer the fruit until softened (10 minutes).
- In a separate bowl, mix 200 g of raspberries and 1 tbsp. Sahara. Simmer it a little until the juice stands out.
- Cut the zest from the half of the lemon and squeeze the juice.
- Combine raspberries, apples, juice and zest. Pour in water (2.5 l), let it boil.
- Pour the compote into a bottle and roll up.
Currant and raspberry compote
A drink made from two types of berries - raspberries and currants - is very rich in color and special in taste.
To make the compote sweeter, use red currants. For a beautiful color, take black berries.
In order to roll up 3 liters of raspberry compote and currants:
- Put 300 g of raspberries in a colander and dip several times in a bowl of water;
- Rinse 250 g of currants under running water, having previously cut off the tails;
- pour clean berries into a jar and add 150 g of sugar;
- pour 2.5 liters of boiling water into a jar and roll up immediately;
- wrap the compote and let cool completely.
When using red currants, the amount of sugar should be increased to 200 g, otherwise the drink will slightly sour.
Raspberry orange drink
Quite an unusual combination of traditional compote berries and exotic fruit will allow you to get a delicious refreshing drink with citrus notes.
For 4 liters of raspberry and orange compote for the winter you will need:
- 600 g of berries;
- 600 g granulated sugar;
- 1 large sweet orange.
Rinse raspberries and dry slightly.
Pour over the orange with boiling water and divide into 4 parts, each cut at random.
Recommendation! For 1 liter of liquid, put ¼ of an orange.
Sterilize the jars and put the raspberries and orange in them.
Pour the ingredients with boiling water and cover with lids. Wait for the jars to cool so that you can take them with your bare hands.
When the glass has cooled, drain the present liquid into a saucepan and prepare a syrup on its basis with the addition of sugar.
Pour in hot syrup and roll up.
Raspberry compote for the winter will not only quench your thirst, but also help fight vitamin deficiency. When preparing, you can connect imagination and combine raspberries not only with currants, apples and oranges, but also with other fruits. This will not spoil the taste of the drink, but just the opposite - it will give it individuality. The main thing is to preserve with a margin, because delicious compotes tend to end quickly. Enjoy your meal!