Gooseberry and currant compote for the winter
Products
For 2 liter cans
Gooseberry - 1 kilogram
Currant - 500 grams
Sugar - 500 grams
Water - 1 liter
How to cook currant compote for the winter
1. Put gooseberries and currants (pre-washed) into jars.
2. Pour jars of berries with water to the top. Drain the water immediately into a saucepan, add 500 grams of sugar.
3. Boil water and sugar.
4. Pour the syrup over the berries in the jars.
5. Place the jars with gooseberry-currant compote in a saucepan with hot water (water should be three quarters of the height of the jars), sterilize for 10 minutes.
6. Roll up jars of compote with lids.
Fast gooseberry and currant compote
ProductsFor 4 liters of drink
Gooseberry - 1 kilogram
Currant (red or black) - half a kilogram
Sugar - 1.5 cups (300 grams)
Water - 2.5 liters
How to quickly cook gooseberry and currant compote
1. Sort out gooseberries and wash in a colander. Pour the berries into a saucepan.
2. Sort out the currants and wash in a colander. Add the berries to the gooseberry saucepan.
3. Pour 2.5 liters of water and pour 1.5 cups of sugar into a saucepan with berries.
4. Cook the compote for 5 minutes after boiling.
5. Let the compote brew for 40 minutes, then strain the drink through a coarse sieve.
The drink is ready. Pour the compote into glasses, add a mint leaf and three ice cubes to each.
Fusofacts
- For cooking compote is suitable for both black and red currants. If the berries are very sour, you need to double the amount of sugar.- When cooking compote for the winter, you can do without without sterilization, if you use these methods:
Method 1: pour the berries with boiling syrup 2 times with an exposure between fillings for 15 minutes and then roll up the jars.
Method 2: Boil the berries in syrup for 7 minutes, then pour the compote into jars and roll up.
- The taste of blackcurrant and gooseberry compote is not cloying, slightly sour from currants and mildly sweet from gooseberries.
- When boiling compote, you can add lemon or mint to taste.
- You can add more berries to the jar to taste - or more water. If you like a drink, it is better to cook the compote with the addition of a large amount of water, and if berries are useful for the compote, then add more berries.
