Rowan compote
Products
Rowan - 2 kilograms
Sugar - 500-700 grams
Water - 1.5 liters
How to cook rowan compote
1. Sort out the berries for compote, remove twigs and leaves, rinse under cold water.
2. Pour 1.5 liters of water into a saucepan, put on fire and bring the water to a boil.
3. When the water boils, put the mountain ash in it, add sugar and cook for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally - the sugar should completely dissolve.
4. Pour the finished compote into hot sterilized jars and roll up.
5. Turn the jars upside down, cover with a blanket and cool in this state.
After cooling the workpieces, put them in a cool dark place.
Fusofacts
- The season for harvesting common (red) rowan compote is from late August to early November.- Rowan blanks are very rarely found in Moscow stores. As a rule, you can buy dried mountain ash (for 50 grams 55 rubles for July 2020). Viburnum is a very rare berry, it is recommended to look for it in the villages of ecologically clean areas. Because viburnum grows on trees, even 1 tree will be enough for harvesting.
- For harvesting compote, it is necessary to select ripe juicy berries, because immature ones will not give their juiciness to compote.
- The preparation of rowan compote with proper sterilization of cans will be stored for 3 years.
- You can use apple juice instead of water for cooking compote.
- If the rowan compote turned out to be bitter, it is necessary to freeze it in the freezer the next time the rowan is harvested. Frozen mountain ash will not taste bitter.
- When cooking, you can add apples, rose hips, plums or cherries to the compote.
