Currant – a well of vitamins. It is very useful fresh, but it is possible and to prepare it for the future in the form of jam and compotes. To keep as much as possible vitamins, berries need to be given to heat treatment less. For preparation of compote from currant it is possible to take berries of a different grade: black, red, white currant.
It is required to you
- On a 3-liter can of compote
- 2 l of water
- 800 g of currant
- 300-400 гр. sugar
Instruction
1. Currant for compote has to be fresh-gathered, mature, intact. First of all, currant needs to be touched and separated from a fruit stem, 2-3 times are good to wash out berries, having placed them in a colander and to allow to flow down to water.
2. Then it is necessary to prepare a sugar syrup. To add sugar to the boiling water, to mix carefully when it completely is dissolved, to remove a pan from fire.
3. Later slightly to cool syrup. To lower berries of currant in it for one-two minutes in order that currant wasn't wrinkled further in compote.
4. In in advance prepared banks to lay currant and to fill in with a hot sugar syrup. Cover the banks covers which are previously scalded by boiled water. Banks with compote it is necessary to place 90-95 degrees in hot water and to sterilize. The jar of 1 liter needs to sterilize within 15 minutes, and of 3 liters – 25 minutes.
5. At once to roll up the sterilized banks covers, to turn and leave to cool down.
6. There is one more recipe for compote from red currant. dishes. Currant it is also necessary to touch, put away all foreign garbage, and then to wash out and to allow to flow down to water. After berry to fill in with a sugar syrup, to add citric acid to taste and to boil. Then to pour on the sterilized banks, to roll up and to properly wrap up banks that as long as possible remained hot. Red currant compote is ready! Enjoy your meal!