How to cook hawthorn compote
Products
For 1.5 liters of compote
Water - 1 liter
Hawthorn - 650 grams
Sugar - 300 grams
Food preparation
1. Wash ripe hawthorn fruits, cut each berry in half, remove seeds.
2. Rinse the berries under running water. Let the water drain.
Cooking hawthorn compote in a saucepan
1. Pour water into a saucepan. Add sugar.
2. Gently stirring sugar, heat the water to 85 degrees. This will take 10 minutes.
3. Dip the hawthorn into the syrup obtained and bring the compote to a boil for 5 minutes.
4. After boiling the compote, remove the pan from the heat and leave for 10 hours.
Cooking hawthorn compote in a slow cooker
1. Pour water into the multicooker bowl. Add sugar, stir gently and turn on the multicooker in Cooking / Steaming mode for 10 minutes.
2. Add hawthorn to the syrup, close the lid and continue to cook the compote in the Cooking / Stewing mode for another 5 minutes.
3. Leave the resulting compote in a multicooker for 10 hours.
After 10 hours, strain the compote from the berries using a colander, bring to a boil. In a saucepan, this will take 10 minutes. Turn the multicooker on for 10 minutes in the Cooking / Stewing mode and bring the compote to a boil.
Pour the finished compote into clean jars and roll up.
Fusofacts
- A cool, dark place is suitable for storing hawthorn compote.- Hawthorn compote can be stored in the refrigerator for no more than 3 days.
- Ripe, but not overripe fruits are suitable for making hawthorn compote.
- Sugar syrup can be completely or partially replaced with apple juice without pulp.
- Hawthorn fruits contain ursolic acid, which has anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antitumor and diuretic effects. This is one of the few plants that has practically no contraindications for use.