Compote of hawthorn has almost the same properties as fresh fruits and it turns out pleasant to taste and aromatic. It can be cooked in its pure form, as well as supplemented with cooking with other fruits or berries. Several variations of recipes for compote from the hawthorn for the winter, as well as a version of the preparation of the drink for children, are presented below in our material.
Compote of hawthorn for the winter - a simple recipe with apples
Ingredients:
Calculation for one can of 3 liters:
- hawthorn fresh - 310 g;
- apples - 190 g;
- purified water - 2-2,2 l;
- sand sugar - 290 g;
- citric acid - 2 pinch.
Preparation
Most often when harvesting compote, the fruits of hawthorn combine with apples. So we will act in this case. We rinse the fruits of the hawthorn and let it drain, and in the meantime we start to eat apples. We wash them, save them from cores with seeds and cut them into slices. We stack both the hawthorn and the apple slices in cans and pour in syrup. For its preparation in water, add sugar and citric acid and let the liquid boil, and the crystals dissolve.
We cover the vessels with the lid with lids and place them in a vessel with hot water. We sterilize the cans with compote for fifteen minutes from the boiling point, after which we cork them, let them cool down and move them to the storeroom for storage.
Compote of hawthorn and dogrose with orange - recipe for winter
Ingredients:
Calculation for one can of 1 liter:
- hawthorn fresh - 1 handful;
- rose hips are fresh - 1 handful;
- orange - 1 piece;
- purified water - 0,5-0,7 l;
- sand sugar - 90 g.
Preparation
Extremely useful is a compote made from the fruits of hawthorn and dogrose. Both those and other berries have approximately the same period of maturation and perfectly complement each other in the harvesting. A special flavor and piquancy will add an orange slice, which we add to the cans along with the main ingredients.
Prepare this vitamin compote is extremely simple. It is enough to place the washed fruits of hawthorn and dogrose in sterile jars, adding one orange slice together with the skin. Fill the berries with boiling water and leave to infuse for fifteen minutes, covering the containers with covers. After a while, drain the water, add sugar, bring the syrup to the boil and dissolve all the crystals and pour it back into the jars. Immediately, we seal the lids, turn over the containers on them, wrap the blank with a warm blanket or blanket, and leave it to self-sterilize and slowly cool down.
How to cook compote from hawthorn to children?
Ingredients:
- hawthorn fresh - 180 g;
- purified water - 520 ml;
- sand sugar - 90 g.
Preparation
Some pediatricians do not recommend giving compote from hawthorn to children, especially without prior consultation with a doctor. After all, its medicinal properties can help the child: calm the nervous system, normalize the heart rhythm, or simply fill the body with vitamins, and harm it. Categorically contra-indicated compote of hawthorn to hypotension and those who have disruptions in the work of the gastrointestinal tract.
If you are sure that the compote of hawthorn is exactly what your baby needs, then you can prepare it in the following way. Fruits are discarded from the pedicels, washed, cut along in half and carefully scraped away the bones. Pulp lay in a saucepan or saucepan with boiled water, add sugar, let the contents boil again and after five minutes remove from the plate. Leave compote under the lid to insist until cooling, and then filter and give the child in small portions.