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To prepare 2 liters of compote for the winter, you need to spend 1 hour in the kitchen.
Gooseberry and currant compote for the winter
Products
For 2 liter cans
Gooseberry – 1 kg
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 pot of 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.
Quick gooseberry and currant compote
Products
For 4 liters of drink
Gooseberry – 1 kg
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 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 add 1,5 cups of sugar to 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.
Delicious facts
– 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 sterilizationif 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 cooking compote, you can add lemon or mint to taste.
– To taste, you can add more berries to the jar – 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 the berries are useful for the compote, then add more berries.