7 step-by-step recipes for making basil compote for the winter
Basil is a spicy plant with a bright taste and incomparable aroma. It can be found in almost any garden, but not every housewife knows exactly what to do with basil. Traditionally, it is used as a seasoning for meat or fish. But, in eastern countries, tea and aromatic tonic drinks are made from basil. All this suggests that the leaves are an excellent product for making homemade compotes. Basil compote will be an excellent preparation for the winter.
Features of cooking basil compote for the winter
In order for the prepared compote to be tasty and aromatic, it is very important to pay enough attention to the quality of the ingredients, to correctly calculate their ratio.
Selection and preparation of main ingredients
It is best to use purple basil leaves, they will give the compote a rich red color. Green is also suitable, but then the color of the compote will be pale yellow.
Compote is cooked exclusively from fresh raw materials, if you take dried leaves, the drink will turn out to be bitter.
How to properly prepare containers
A glass jar with a volume of 3 liters is an ideal container for rolling. There are several basic ways to prepare cans for preserving something:
- boiling in water;
- oven processing;
- processing in a double boiler.
Whichever method is chosen, you need to do everything very carefully, if you heat the jar too much, it can burst. Also, you cannot use containers that already have chips, even if they are very small..
How to make basil compote at home
There are several basic compote recipes. But they all have a rich taste and aroma.
Classic recipe
Very easy to prepare and incredibly tasty compote.
Ingredients:
- water - 3 l;
- basil - 3 bunches;
- sugar - 100 g;
- citric acid - 0.5 tsp.
Cooking method:
- Separate the leaves from the stems, put them in a saucepan.
- Pour sugar and citric acid to the leaves.
- Pour the contents of a saucepan with cold, preferably distilled water.
- Bring to a boil, if liquid evaporates, add water.
- Boil for 15 minutes, then pour the hot drink into a jar.
Apple variant
The drink turns out to be apple-spicy.
Ingredients:
- apples - 1.5 kg;
- basil -1 bunch;
- sugar - 350 g;
- water - 3 l.
Cooking method:
- Put large apple slices in a jar, cover with granulated sugar.
- Add chopped basil.
- Pour hot (not boiling water!) Water.
- Sterilize the jar within 25 minutes.
- Sterilize the jar, turn over and cover with a towel, leave for a day.
With lemon and honey
Honey and lemon are great additions. This compote has many useful properties.
Ingredients:
- basil - 2 bunches;
- lemon - 1 pc.;
- water - 3 l;
- linden honey - 3 tbsp.
Cooking method:
- Washed basil leaves, put in a saucepan.
- Cut the lemon and add to the leaves.
- Pour everything with water, boil.
- Add honey, cook for another 10-15 minutes.
With apricots
Basil compote with apricots is a real treasure of vitamins and macronutrients. The drink has a rich aroma and taste.
Ingredients:
- basil - 3 bunches;
- water - 2 l;
- lemon - 1 pc.;
- apricots - 1.5 kg;
- sugar - 180 g
Cooking method:
- Wash apricots, cut, put in a saucepan.
- Add basil leaves to apricots, add water.
- Wait until it boils, add lemon juice.
- Cook for 10-12 minutes over low heat.
- Cool and let it brew.
- Add sugar, boil.
- Pour into jars.
With pear
A pear-spicy drink can be a pleasant surprise for the whole family.
Ingredients:
- pears - 400 g;
- water - 3 l;
- melisa - 3 bundles;
- basil –3 bunch;
- sugar - 125 g;
- citric acid - 1 whisper.
Cooking method:
- Coarse pear wedges, add water and cook with sugar.
- Add the green leaves to the pears after 10-15 minutes.
- Continue cooking over low heat for a few more minutes.
- Pour into jars.
With cherry
The drink will have an amazing taste. Thanks to the combination of useful elements, it will help in the fight against colds.
Ingredients:
- water - 3 l;
- basil - 1 bunch;
- cherry - 0.5 kg;
- sugar - 400 g;
- citric acid - 1 tsp
Cooking method:
- Put basil leaves and berries in a jar.
- Pour in hot water, leave to infuse.
- Drain the water and add citric acid and granulated sugar to it.
- Boil and continue cooking for another 5-10 minutes.
- Pour water back into the jar.
With gooseberry
Gooseberries contain a large amount of various vitamins, and in combination with the beneficial properties of basil, compote becomes a vitamin bomb, which will have a beneficial effect on immunity in the winter.
Ingredients:
- gooseberries - 900 g;
- water - 3 l;
- basil - 2 bunches;
- sugar - 350 g
Cooking method:
- Make syrup from sugar and water.
- Send berries and basil leaves to the jar.
- Pour hot syrup into the jar.
- Sterilize the jar for 30 minutes.
Terms and conditions of storage
If cans with canned food are stored underground, it is important to make sure that there is no sunlight and the temperature does not exceed +18 ° C. In winter, the cellar should not be too cold and the temperatures should always be above 0 ° C. Also, the quality of the workpieces can be severely affected due to high humidity.
The ideal options for blanks in the apartment will be a dark cabinet on the insulated balcony.
The shelf life, subject to storage rules, is approximately 150 days.
