2 simple recipes for making Chinese compote for the winter

Unusual small apples contain a huge amount of vitamins, natural acids that have a beneficial effect on the human body. Compote, harvested from Chinese for the winter, allows you to preserve all these qualities, thereby helping to prevent colds, diseases of the thyroid gland and the genitourinary system. In addition, the drink helps cleanse blood, improve memory, strengthen tooth enamel and stabilize blood pressure.

Features of making Chinese compote for the winter

Not everyone cooks compote from Chinese, and it is not so often brought to meet this tree in the garden. Although earlier it was very popular, and they were engaged in procurement more often, accumulating many years of experience and passing it on from generation to generation.

Rules for choosing the main ingredients

Ripe Chinese women have a rich dark red color, sometimes even red-purple. The apples should not be stained, damaged or worm marks. Better if they are not overripe. So in the process of heat treatment, the fruits will not lose their shape and will not disintegrate. Before cooking, they are washed from dust, the flower and the stalk are cut off.

It is advisable to pick Chinese apples for compote yourself or buy from reliable sellers.

It is not recommended to make homemade preparations from fruits collected near highways, cemeteries.

How to prepare containers for the start of the process

Paradise apple compote is canned mainly in three-liter jars, although this question remains at the discretion of the hostess.

The container is pre-washed and subjected to mandatory sterilization in a water bath, in the oven or in the microwave.

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How to make heavenly apples compote

There are not so many proven recipes for Chinese compote, but on their basis you can create your own original recipe.

Simple recipe

You can make a simple and vitamin drink from the following ingredients:

• 3 kg of Chinese apples;
• 3 kg of sugar.

Preparation:

1. The fruits are thoroughly washed, sorted, the flower and stalks are removed.
2. Banks intended for preparation must be sterilized in any way.
3. A third of them are filled with apples, and then boiling water is poured and left to cool.
4. After that, the liquid is drained, granulated sugar is poured into it and the syrup is boiled, with which the fruit is again poured.
5. A rag is placed on the bottom of the pan and a container with compote is placed there, then water is poured "up to the shoulders" and set to sterilize. The finished drink is rolled up.

Option without sterilization

To prepare compote according to this simple recipe, you will need:

• 500 g of Chinese apples;
• 2.5 liters of clean water;
• 1.5 cups granulated sugar.

Preparation:

1. Rinse the fruits thoroughly and remove the stalks, cut the flower off.
2. Fill a three-liter jar with apples by a third.
3. Pour boiling water over there and leave to brew for 10 minutes.
4. After that, drain the liquid into a saucepan, add sugar there and boil the syrup.
5. Pour apples over them and quickly roll up the finished compote.

Further storage of workpieces

Chinese apple compote can retain its qualities for about two years. However, for long-term storage, the fruit must be pitted before cooking. If this is not done, then the shelf life of the drink does not exceed 1 year. The preservation is stored in a cool dry room, protected from sunlight.