Compote recipes from ranetki
Ranetki is the type of apple that is suitable for making various pastries, jams and even compotes. The easiest way is to prepare a sweet drink from them - the whole procedure does not take much time, and does not require much effort.
General cooking rules
Compote from ranetki to cook at home is quite simple. If the drink recipe is intended for immediate consumption, then all cooking is carried out in a saucepan, and if the preparations must last until winter, then all the main processes will take place in the banks themselves. Storage containers should pre-sterilized in any convenient way. For example, you can do this in a microwave oven. In this case, a little water is poured to the bottom of the vessel.
The bottom of the microwave is covered with a cotton napkin, and a jar of water is already placed on it. A small jar can be left upright, but a large one will have to be put on its side. Sterilization takes place at medium power. For small jars, a three-minute processing is enough, and for large ones, it will take a little more - 4 minutes. When filling ready-made jars with fruits and berries, you need to make sure that 1/2 or 2/3 of the total volume remains free. Boiling water is poured into the vessel gradually so as not to provoke the appearance of cracks.
Selection and preparation of apples
To prepare compote, you can use absolutely any ranetki, both yellow and red. For a winter drink, they must be fresh, strong and beautiful, as a clear liquid will demonstrate all the shortcomings of the fruit. Small apples are laid out whole, and large ones are cut. Too sour varieties are necessarily balanced by using more sugar.
Recipes for every day
I must say that not all apples are suitable for long-term storage compote. Some of them are slightly padded, and some are too soft, and therefore unable to withstand a long period of storage. In this case it is better to cook compote at a time, which you can drink immediately.
To prepare compote from semi-culture or spoiled ranetki, you will need 500 grams of fruit, 250 grams of granulated sugar and a couple of liters of water. Apples are washed, cleaned of spoilage and divided into four parts. The middle is also removed.
Next, a mixture of sugar and filtered water is brought to a boil in a saucepan. Apples are laid out in syrup, boiled together for another couple of minutes, after which the fire can be turned off and the pan covered with a lid. After the drink is infused, it can be consumed. Compote from dried ranetki slices is cooked in a similar way. Basically, any compote for the winter can be prepared in the same way.
It is also possible to cook compote for every day using a slow cooker. Of the ingredients required 700 grams of apples, one cinnamon stick, one star anise, a couple of clove buds, 200 grams of sugar and a couple of liters of filtered water. Washed apples, sugar, cinnamon, star anise and cloves are laid out in a saucepan. The ingredients are poured with water, the multicooker lid closes and the “Extinguishing” program is activated.
Compote should be prepared for 30 minutes, after which it can be cooled and immediately drunk.
How to cook for the winter?
For the winter, it is more convenient to make a 3-liter jar of compote, since one liter of a delicious drink is often not enough. Even without adding other fruits or berries, you can cook a very tasty three-liter roll using citrus zest and currant and cherry leaves. This will require 500 grams of apples, 300 grams of granulated sugar, clean water, cherry and currant leaves, as well as the zest of one lemon. Washed ranetki are cut into thin slices, pieces and plates. In principle, quarters will also be enough.
The leaf blades are washed, and the lemon peel is cut into thin curls. The bottom of the sterilized jars is laid out in sheets, ranets are placed on top of them, but so that 2/3 of the total volume is free. Boiling water dissolves sugar until syrup is obtained. When it cools down a bit, you should completely pour over the apples, and place the lemon zest on top. The finished compote is rolled up and removed to cool under a warm cloth.
It is also impossible not to mention original recipe for compote from ranetki and zucchini. To prepare it, you will need 400 grams of apples, 300 grams of zucchini, 300 grams of sugar and 0.2 teaspoon of citric acid. Jars with lids are sterilized, apples are washed, and zucchini is peeled. You should also cut the vegetable into small squares. Each jar is filled first with apples and then with zucchini.
The fruits are sprinkled with citric acid, and the water is brought to a boil. Having dissolved sugar in it, it is necessary to hold the finished syrup on fire for a couple of minutes, and then use it to pour the fruit.Banks are immediately closed and put away for storage.
With plum
Compote from plums and ranetki turns out to be a little sour, so those who do not like this taste should add more sugar and choose only sweet varieties of fruits. Of the ingredients for the preparation of 3 liters of a winter drink, 300 grams of apples, 250 grams of plum fruits, 250 grams of granulated sugar and 2.5 liters of filtered water. The whole process that takes place in the kitchen begins with the fact that jars with lids are sterilized in the most appropriate way. Next, the wounds are washed and cleaned of rumpled or spoiled fragments. Plums are well washed, but to remove the bones or not, depends on the desire of the cook.
Water is brought to a boil, the fruits are neatly laid out in containers. The contents of the jars are poured with boiling water and left for a quarter of an hour. Then the fruit syrup is poured into a separate saucepan, and sugar is dissolved in it. The liquid is put on fire, brought to a boil, after which it is poured into jars for fruit. Ready compote is immediately corked with sterilized lids.
In principle, plum can be added after the first drain of water, but then the taste will not be so bright.
With chokeberry
The use of chokeberry in a small amount gives the apple compote a pleasant aftertaste, but does not knit the tongue. It is better to postpone the preparation of such a drink until September or October - by this time the berries have already reached maturity, which means they will be suitable for use.. To create a winter drink in the kitchen will come in handy 400 grams of ranetki, 2.5 liters of filtered water, 250 grams of granulated sugar and 200 grams of chokeberry. Jars with lids must first be sterilized.Ranetki will only need to be washed and freed from debris or damaged fragments.
Rowan must be washed and cleaned of petioles. Water, the amount of which corresponds to the volume of a three-liter jar, is brought to a boil. At this time, all the fruits are laid out in jars. Fill them to the top with boiling water, you must wait a couple of minutes, then drain the liquid into a separate saucepan. After stirring the sugar in the fruit syrup and bringing it to a boil, you can pour the syrup back into the jar and roll it up.
I must say that some cooks prefer to leave the petioles on the mountain ash for a more aesthetic appearance and are limited only to washing the berries.
with cherry
Homemade ranetki and cherry compote is much better than any purchased mixture. Only sweet varieties of apples and ripe, but not yet overripe berries should be used for its preparation. This will require 300 grams of ranetki, 300 grams of cherries, 300 grams of granulated sugar and 2.5 liters of water. Banks are pre-sterilized, the lids are boiled. The fruits are simply washed.
Sugar dissolves in water, the syrup is brought to a boil and boiled for a couple of minutes. The fruits are laid out in containers and filled with sugar water. Finally, everything is corked with lids.
With bird cherry
In this case, apples can be left whole or cut into slices. All fruits must be strong and without any spoiled fragments. The list of ingredients includes 400 grams of bird cherry berries, 400 grams of apples, the same amount of granulated sugar and a couple of liters of clean water. Washed and processed fruits with berries are laid out in jars and immediately filled with sugar syrup from a mixture of water and sand. The jar is covered with a lid and sent for a 15-20-minute sterilization.Then the blanks must be corked and put under a thick blanket until completely cooled.
with sea buckthorn
Sea buckthorn drink with ranetki has a rather specific taste, but it is very healthy. For cooking compote you will need 200 grams of sea buckthorn, 350 grams of ranetki, the same amount of granulated sugar, as well as 2.5 liters of filtered water. Jars with lids are sterilized, and apples with sea buckthorn are thoroughly washed. Water is put on the stove, and when it heats up, sugar is poured into it. The sugar mixture is brought to a boil, after which it is used to pour fruits and berries already distributed in glass containers. Banks are clogged and after cooling they are removed to the place of permanent storage.
Since the ranetki come in different varieties, you should be prepared that the compote can turn out to be either yellow or orange and even pink.
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