How to cook a peach compote for the winter?

Peaches are loved by many in our country, and it is a pity that you can eat them fresh only in summer.In this case, mankind invented conservation, thanks to which we can enjoy peach compote all year round.

At home, a compote of peaches for the winter turns out very tasty. Such a preparation, despite the fact that it is a canned product, is useful and is very popular with children and adults. Liquid from a three-liter jar can be drunk, and you can eat fruit with pleasure.

It is possible to use both large and small fruits for making compote. It is advisable to cut the first ones, since it will not be so easy to remove them from a three-liter can.

Nothing beats fresh, juicy peach. This fruit can be successfully frozen, canned, make jam and fruit compote. The most unpleasant is the preparation of the fruit for seaming, because you have to work hard so that the fruit is suitable for making a drink.

Compote is best cooked from unripe fruit without stones. Some prefer to use whole peaches without peel, in this respect there are no restrictions. All fruits go through several stages of processing; first, good ones are selected, without damages, dents, since such peaches will not be compote, it is better to send them to jam or jam.

If you remove the skin completely, you lose the attractiveness of the fruit, but the drink is transparent. Not all housewives want to clean the hand by hand, although this can be done simply by using cloth gloves or a brush. You can immerse the fruit in water with soda, put a teaspoon on a liter of liquid, and that is enough for the down to wash off the peach skin well.

In the second stage, the bone is removed. Not all peach varieties are easy to clean, but if it is decided to make the compote, it is best to choose "Freestone". This species has a feature - the bone inside falls out by itself, as soon as the fruit is cut into two halves. Many store-bought yellow peaches fall into this category. Even if you get a peach, the bone of which is not so easy to separate, do not despair.

For homemade peach compote preparations for winter at home 3-liter cans are great.

For compote you will need:

• fresh peaches;
• sugar;
• water;
• lemon;
• vanilla;
• ground ginger.

Peaches wash, clean the bone. The pulp is mixed with lemon juice and cleaned to the side. Next, in an average saucepan, sugar is stirred in water, brought to a boil, held for 30 seconds, until all the grains are dissolved and a homogeneous mass is obtained. Vanilla and ginger are added to the resulting syrup, then the resulting mixture is poured in jars and covered with lids.

Banks are removed under a warm blanket, turned over on the lid, and wait until they are completely cooled in this state. After that, they can be removed in the basement. The drink is stored for several years.

There is a recipe even simpler, for this you just need to wash the peach and put it in three-liter jars, sugar syrup is brewed separately in a saucepan, and fruit is poured. No additional ingredients, minimum of hassle in the kitchen.

Cook compote in a saucepan can be with the addition of plums, pears or grapes. Some housewives prefer to make a drink without sugar, because it reduces the beneficial properties of the drink.

To increase the benefits of the drink, you can cook it with oatmeal. This drink is not only tasty, but also very useful, although it is not popular. For its preparation you will need:

• Brown sugar;
• peaches;
• almond milk;
• cinnamon;
• cereals.

Flakes, almond milk, sugar are added to the water in a saucepan and set on slow fire. Cook the mixture for eight hours. In a separate container mixed peaches and cinnamon, add a small amount of liquid. Bring to a boil and boil for another 5-10 minutes.

Mix the two ingredients and boil for a few more minutes, roll into jars. You can add oat milk after it is filtered, so that there is no cereal in the compote.

This is one of the most difficult recipes of how you can make a useful peach compote; if it doesn’t like, then you should pay attention to the following. For cooking you will need:

• apples peeled, cored and sliced;
• ripe peaches, each cut into slices;
• 2 tablespoons of sugar;
• ¼ teaspoon of cardamom;
• ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon;
• ¼ teaspoon ground ginger;
• ¼ tsp salts;
• ½ cup of apple cider;
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice.

Apples, peaches, sugar, cardamom, cinnamon, ginger and salt in a medium saucepan will need to be stewed a bit. It is necessary to achieve caramelization of fruit, after which cider is poured. Cook the mixture, stirring occasionally and adding water. Fruits should be soft and tender, on average, this process takes fifteen minutes. Now the mixture is diluted with plenty of water, wait until it boils, and can be poured into three-liter bottles.

You can make a drink from frozen fruits, not necessarily fresh ones. To do this, you need sugar, lemon juice and water. The recipe is very simple. All the ingredients are mixed in a small saucepan, and while the liquid boils over low heat, it must be constantly stirred until the sugar is well dissolved and does not stick to the bottom of the container.

After the water has boiled, the drink should still stand on the stove for twenty minutes, only after that it can be poured into the prepared container for rolling.

Gourmet compote with special ingredients. For cooking you will need:

• peaches;
• White wine;
• water;
• 1 peeled lemon;
• 1/2 vanilla pod;
• a handful of mint or verbena leaves;
• 4 tbsp. l Sahara.

At the first stage, you need to boil some water. When it boils, throw the peaches one by one into the water and boil for 30 seconds or so. If the fruit is really ripe, then the skin will be easily removed after that. If the fruits are unripe, leave them in boiling water a little longer.

Water, along with wine, lemon juice, vanilla pod, cane sugar and verbena leaves are boiled in another saucepan for 15 minutes. It is desirable until the alcohol is completely evaporated.

At this point, the peaches will cool, become quite soft, you can use a knife as a device for removing the stones. All halves of the fruit are immersed in the mixture on the stove and boiled for about five minutes. After compote is poured into sterilized jars and rolled.

There is another exotic recipe with cherries, you will need anise and ginger to make it. First you need to cook sugar syrup, for this you need only capacity, sugar and water, it is desirable that it was a pan with a thick bottom.

Peel the peaches, cut them into quarters or slices, then add to the pan. Boil on low heat for 2-3 minutes, do not overcook, otherwise the fruit will become watery. Remove the fruit from the pan and transfer to a bowl. Cherry is added, it can be pitted or pitted. In the compote put anise and ginger, a little more boil, and can be poured into banks to roll.

You can make compote with almonds and orange blossom. To do this, peaches are cleaned, remove the bones and cut the flesh into pieces.Orange water and sugar are poured into a saucepan, fruits are poured, stewed fruit is stewed on low heat for 20 minutes, adding almonds. Now you can pour the drink in cans for preservation, or cool it in the refrigerator and serve.

To make a peach compote tasty, it must be properly closed. Experienced housewives and professional chefs are happy to share their own secrets. For example, a bone from a fruit is easily removed if you cut a peach along the furrow and slightly turn the flesh.

Compote will not explode if you take small fruits for its preparation, without damage. Then they can be easily taken out of the jar and not crushed. It is best to use for compote not soft peaches, but slightly green ones, which after staying in syrup will become similar to marmalade.

At the stage of fruit processing, the already separated halves must be laid in a bowl of cold water, where a little lemon juice or acid is dripping, otherwise the edges will darken.

Since the peach is a sweet and aromatic fruit, a little citric acid will only improve the taste of the drink. As for sugar, it is an excellent preservative, which allows compote to be stored on the shelves of the cellar for a long time. But you can make a drink without it. Such a product will be more useful, there is enough sugar in peaches to make the drink sweet. Compote will be useful for children and the elderly who are harmful jumps in blood sugar levels.

For the preparation of a slightly sweet drink, only peaches and water are needed, but in order for the fruit to fully give off its aroma and sweetness, it is advisable to remove the peel from them.

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