A few recipes, how to cook compote of cherries

When canning for the winter is usually brewed 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 cook a compote of cherries, sterilized with spices

A classic recipe for making "fresh" fruits can be updated with new flavors, using seasonings. 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 cherry 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.

The second recipe: how to cook a compote of cherries and apricots

This drink is obtained with a surprisingly beautiful color - 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 capacity, pour sugar at the rate of 250 g per jar. After boiling, pour the fruit over the syrup and roll up the 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. Apples (2.5 kg) cut into quarters, removing the core. Cherries (1.5 kg) can be used as a whole, and pitted. 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 with compote. Set the 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 compote of cherries and strawberries

An original, bright and very useful drink is obtained if the sugar is replaced with honey. A combination of two tastes will make compote surprisingly fragrant. Take 2 kg of cherries and strawberries. Pick berries and wash. Remove cherries from the cherries. In a large saucepan, place two cups of honey. After he almost completely melt on low heat, pour 6 liters of water and mix until a homogeneous syrup is obtained. Pour the strawberries and cherries into the pan and cook. After letting the compote boil, leave it to cool, turning off the fire. Repeat this process three more times within two days. In the last, the fifth stage, cooked compote pour out on sterile jars and roll up.

There are other ways, how to prepare a compote of cherries. Experiment, combining different fruits, and get new tastes!