Grapes are loved by many, however many hostesses don't hurry to prepare it for the winter. And it is absolutely vain. From grapes the most tasty compotes and fragrant jam turn out. And it isn't difficult to prepare all these sweet preparations at all.
Grapes compote for the winter
Separate grape berries from fruit stems, touch to remove resung or spoiled then wash out in cold water.
Cook compote proceeding from the following proportions: on 4 glasses of berries it is necessary to take 3 tablespoons of sugar and 1 glass of water.
Prepare a sugar syrup, lay out berries in the clean, scalded by boiled water banks and fill in with the boiling syrup. Roll up banks tin covers and put in a pan with hot water. Warm up banks, without bringing to the boil, within 20 minutes then get, put covers down, wrap up with a blanket and leave before full cooling.
Grapes jam
From grapes it is possible to prepare not only wine or compote for the winter, but also to cook tasty and fragrant jam. The main thing is to choose sweet grapes with large berries.
To make grapes jam, it is necessary to take products in the following proportion:
- 5 glasses of berries;
- 4.5 glasses of sugar;
- 2 glasses of water.
Remove grape berries from fruit stems, well wash out in cold water then lower berries in hot water approximately for 1-2 minutes.
Lay out berries in a colander that residues of liquid flew down. Meanwhile prepare syrup from 4.5 glasses of sugar and 2 glasses of water. Lower berries in the boiling syrup and you cook on slow fire, systematically scumming formed during time cooking. That jam didn't burn, stir slowly with its wooden spoon.
Readiness of jam needs to be defined so: drip on a saucer a little syrup and if it doesn't spread, so jam is ready.
Cool ready grape jam and shift in in advance prepared banks. Grease edges of cans with alcohol or vodka and close kapron covers.
You store grapes jam in the cool and dry room.