How to cook compote of dogwood?

Berries and fruits in various types are recommended to be consumed year-round, because they contain a lot of valuable microelements and vitamins. Dogwood - tart small berry. From these fruits you can cook gorgeous homemade preparations. The article will discuss how to make compote from the fruits of dogwood.

Small berries of a cornel have saturated bright red color. They are fragrant, tart, sour taste prevails in taste. The most valuable substances contained in these fruits are vitamin C, phytoncides, anthocyanins, flavonoids, organic acids, potassium, magnesium, essential oils.

The beneficial properties of the berries are used to treat many painful conditions.

• Berries are able to speed up the metabolism, and, consequently, stimulate the elimination of toxins. Therefore, they are recommended to use as an auxiliary component of diet for weight loss. They are also effective in slagging the body, in the recovery period after poisoning.
• Cornel is able to improve the condition of the digestive tract. In particular, it soothes bouts of heartburn, reduces the excessive acidity of gastric juice in violation of the functions of this organ.
• Children and adults in the treatment of anemia shows the daily use of the fruits of this shrub.
• Due to the regulating and stimulating effect on metabolic processes, cornel berries are used as an aid in the general therapy of diabetes.
• Broths and compotes of cornel strengthen the immune system, saturate the body with vitamins. With cold in the form of heat drinks can be used to reduce the temperature.
• When nervous exhaustion broths and infusions of this berry also have a positive effect. Their use normalizes sleep, increases stress resistance and the overall tone of the nervous system.
• In Chinese medicine, dogwood fruits are successfully used for the treatment of inflammatory diseases of the urogenital system in women and men. Recently, this experience began to adopt and our doctors.
• Extracts, juice and cornel extract are also used as an external agent. This component is included in the composition of cosmetics. The substances contained in the berries have anti-inflammatory, healing and tonic effects on the skin.

• Compote contains a lot of dissolved granulated sugar, therefore, those who suffer from diabetes, its consumption can be harmful. It is better to take decoctions and infusions of fresh or dried fruit without sugar.
• Tart berries can have a fixing effect, especially when eating fresh fruits in large portions. Therefore, this product should be wary of people prone to intestinal atony and constipation.
• As with any product, the absolute contraindications to the use of the cornel fruit in any form is their individual intolerance.

About the benefits and harms of compote from cornel see the following video.

To make compote tasty, moderately tart and, most importantly, have useful properties, should pay particular attention to the choice of berries.

• Fruits need to choose ripe. They are a little less tart and sour, as they manage to gain sugar. In the period of maximum ripeness berries have the most pronounced aroma.
• Immature fruits are slightly aromatic and very sour. The last drawback can still be adjusted by adding more sugar, although this is not very useful. But unfortunately, it will not be possible to get fragrant compote from the immature dogwood.
• Over-grown cornel is not particularly suitable for heat treatment. A sign of re-singing is too dark coloring. Berries are very soft. During cooking or other heat treatment, the skin easily cracks, releasing the flesh out. Thus, the whole mass turns into a not too appetizing porridge.
• It is necessary to avoid using for cooking compote damaged fruit.

Selected berries of dogwood need to sort out, remove the thin stalk.Then the dogwood must be rinsed with cool running water, sprinkled on a towel and allowed to dry.

Before you start cooking compote from dogwood, it will be useful to familiarize yourself with some of the features caused by the specificity of the fruit.

• Because of the astringency of sugar berries, compote will have to be added more than in a similar drink from the sweet fruits of other cultures.
• Cornel goes well with other fruits: apples, pears, plums, grapes, raspberries. When adding them, you can get a new interesting flavor “bouquet”.
• If you have unripe cornel fruits, you can use them to make compote in a couple of days. There is one secret to accelerate the process of their maturation after removal from the bush. To do this, pour the berries in a tight bag, tied it, leave it at room temperature. Under these conditions, cornels usually mature in 1–2 days.

You can make compote not only from fresh cornel, but also from frozen and dried.

If the drink is brewed for the purpose of subsequent canning, prepare the jars for seaming in advance. They need to be washed well with soda and subjected to heat sterilization with hot steam or dry heat in the oven.

Such compote can be prepared for every day without seaming.

Bring two and a half liters of water to a boil. Reduce the heat slightly and put sugar and cornel in the ratio of 1: 1 in the pan. In this case, you will need 250 grams of fruit and 1 cup of granulated sugar. Next, you need to cover the pan with a lid and cook the contents for 7-10 minutes.

Delicious compote ready.

The drink is made from dried dogwood. On a five-liter capacity of the multicooker, you need 3 volumetric glasses of dried fruit and a glass of granulated sugar.

You can prepare compote in the “Soup” or “Quenching” modes. The time of languor is at least an hour. Ready hot drink should be allowed to stand under the closed lid for at least four hours.

This recipe involves rolling the finished beverage under the lids, so you need to prepare clean cans in advance. The most convenient is to take three-liter.

For 3 liters of water, you will need 350 grams of fresh dogwood. They need to put in banks. When boiled with water, pour the fruit all the way to the neck, cover it with lids and let it stand hot for at least 15 minutes.

After this time, the water should be drained back into the pot. The berries should remain in the banks, so you need to use a large sieve or lid with holes.

In a hot dogwood infusion, add 2 cups of granulated sugar. The sweetened water must be boiled again.

Re-heated to a boiling syrup pour berries in jars. They immediately need to roll covers with a special key.

Banks upside down need to be put on a towel, covering them with a rug or any warm material. This is necessary to increase the time to maintain the temperature. Sheltered they should be kept for about a day.

Another recipe for canned cornel compote - with the addition of apples or pears.

In a three-liter jar lays 1 cup of fresh dogwood. To the berries are added 3 apples or pears without a core, cut into small pieces. The choice of fruit for combining with dogwood is yours. You can experiment and make different combinations, and then choose the most favorite option.

Pieces of fruit and dogwood fruits need to fall asleep sugar and pour boiling water to the top.Cover with a lid, three-liter jars put in a pan with hot water to be sterilized for half an hour.

After this compote you need to roll up under the covers. In the inverted state, the banks are insulated for a day.