Compote of chokeberry and red rowan for the winter. Compote of black rowan - benefits and harms Compote of black rowan with mint

Ingredients

• fresh apples – 5-7 pieces (medium size)__NEWL__
• chokeberry – 3 tassels__NEWL__
• water – 3 liters__NEWL__
• sugar - 6-7 tablespoons__NEWL__

A simple recipe for apple compote with chokeberries

First, prepare all the necessary ingredients. Take whatever apples you like best. Sometimes I even cook unripe and sour “wild meats”. Wash the apples thoroughly, cut them in half, clean the middle and tails.

Wash the chokeberry berries and remove the stalks. Fruits and berries do not require any pre-treatment.

Then pour water into the pan and put in the halves of apples and chokeberries. Place on the stove and when it boils, cook for about 7-10 minutes. You should not cook for a long time, as the fruits will boil too much and turn into mush. At the very end of cooking, add sugar. You can vary its quantity at your discretion. That's it, the fruit and berry compote is ready.

Now cool the aromatic drink and enjoy the pleasant and rich taste. In a hot compote, apples and chokeberries float on top, and when cooled, they sink to the bottom. It quenches thirst well due to the slight sourness of apples. This drink is very useful for children and it would be nice to replace all kinds of store-bought juices with tasty compote. And in dietary terms, it is also good if you reduce or completely remove sugar using sweet apples.

In this article, I will teach you how to cook chokeberry compote at home, which will delight you with its summer aroma and wonderful taste. Chokeberry fruits are characterized by a sweet and sour taste; the berries contain many vitamins and nutrients; they are often used as a therapeutic and prophylactic agent.

Chokeberry, due to its modest sugar content, is recommended for use by people with diabetes. Shiny berries stimulate brain function, increase immunity and normalize blood pressure.

Doctors recommend chokeberry for overwork, radiation sickness, sleep disorders and typhus. Chokeberry berries are rich in phytoncides, which prevent the development of dysentery bacillus and Staphylococcus aureus, and pectin substances make chokeberry a good way to cleanse the body of radioactive substances and heavy metals.

Chokeberry is extremely useful for hypertensive patients, as it stabilizes blood pressure.

Rowan bushes are unpretentious to the habitat and climatic conditions. It is not surprising that they are used in dachas as fences. Not every gardener knows that chokeberry berries can compete with currants or oranges in terms of vitamin C content.

In this part of the article I will look at step-by-step recipes for chokeberry compote. Using one of them, you will brew a wonderful drink, the aroma of which will be enhanced by apples, cranberries or cherries.

Compote of chokeberries and apples

It is impossible not to note the stunning color of the compote. I recommend drinking it from glass glasses. This way you can simultaneously enjoy the taste, admire the color and contemplate the play of light reflections.

To prepare a miraculous compote, use sour green apples. Wild fruits are suitable. They are saturated with a large number of useful substances, and after heat treatment they do not turn into porridge.

Ingredients:

• Green apples – 300 g.
• Chokeberry - 0.5 cups.
• Sugar – 6 spoons.
• Water – 3 liters

Preparation:

1. The compote is prepared instantly, since fruits and berries do not need to be pre-processed. Some chefs advise pouring boiling water over the berries after washing so that the chokeberry becomes tender. I don’t do this because when exposed to hot water, the berries burst and lose juice.
2. First of all, boil the water. After boiling, add the apples, cut into several pieces, into the pan. Remove the seeds if desired, although this is not necessary. Turn the heat to low and cover the pan with a lid.
3. The next step is to add the rowan berries to the pan. After the water boils again, add sugar, stir and boil the compote for about two minutes. Longer processing will lead to the destruction of vitamins.
4. Remove the pan from the heat and leave overnight. This is enough for the compote to infuse and acquire a bright taste. Store in the refrigerator.

For me, preparing fruit and berry compote takes no more than ten minutes. The drink must brew, because this is where the secret of taste and rich color lies. But for the pleasure it provides, you can wait. If you want variety, make cranberry juice. None of the store-bought drinks compare to it.

How to prepare chokeberry compote for the winter

Compotes from chokeberry, prepared without adding other berries or fruits, due to low acidity, do not have a very pleasant taste. Chokeberry also cannot boast of a pronounced aroma. That is why apples, plums, raspberries, currants, lemon or natural fruit and berry juice are added to homemade preparations.

Ingredients:

• Chokeberry – 1 kg.
• Raspberries – 500 g.
• Sugar – 0.5 kg.
• Water – 1 liter

Preparation:

1. Peel the chokeberry and raspberry fruits from the branches, rinse and drain in a colander. Place the ingredients in prepared jars.
2. Boil water in a small saucepan, add sugar and boil the syrup a little. Pour the resulting sugar liquid over the fruits.
3. Place the jars and contents in a large container and sterilize. To do this, place a wire rack at the bottom of the container with hot water, place the jars on top and cover the container with a lid. The water should cover the glassware up to the hanger. The duration of sterilization after boiling is 20-40 minutes, depending on the displacement.
4. Carefully remove the finished compote from the pan, roll it up and set it aside. The main thing is that the cans stand upside down. To preserve the compote’s vitamins, store it in a cool and dark place. If the cellar is damp, lubricate the lids with a greasy compound, otherwise they will rust.

Video recipe

In some regions of Russia, people use a faster method of preparing the drink, which does not involve sterilization. As a result, the shelf life of such compote does not exceed one year.

In this case, only lids and jars are sterilized. Prepared berries are poured into glass containers, which are subsequently filled with hot syrup. Then the jars are sealed and, after the contents have cooled, they are put into the cellar.

Benefits of chokeberry compote

Chokeberry ripening ends at the end of September. At this point, each of the berries becomes a source of vitamins “C”, “B”, “P” and “E”. The fruits are rich in important microelements, including boron, iron, copper, molybdenum and manganese.

Compote made from berries strengthens the cardiovascular system, prevents the development of atherosclerosis, and normalizes blood pressure in hypertension. Chokeberry fruits contain iodine, which relieves symptoms of thyroid diseases and has a beneficial effect on the immune system.

Now you know how to make chokeberry compote, which will strengthen your health and immunity. I hope that thanks to this article, a new drink will appear on your table that will satisfy the gastronomic needs of your household.

Chokeberry is a storehouse of useful substances. In terms of its vitamin and mineral composition, it is superior to currants, apples, strawberries and some fruits. And this is not surprising. From Greek, “aronia” (another name for chokeberry) is translated as “help.”

Chokeberry is the record holder for the content of vitamin A and beta-carotene among all berries, fruits and vegetables.

The benefits of chokeberry, its medicinal properties

• Aronia is rich in pectin, organic acids and tannins. Chokeberry contains a lot of minerals and macroelements. Such as iodine, copper, manganese, cobalt, potassium, molybdenum and iron
• Chokeberry is good for preventing vascular diseases. For this purpose, you need to consume 100 g of berries per day. Chokeberry helps cope with hypertension, atherosclerosis and even varicose veins
• Vitamin P, which is contained in chokeberry berries, is better absorbed together with vitamin C. This berry is also rich in it. This means that its use is shown in double
• Due to its large supply of iodine, chokeberry is used in the treatment of thyroid diseases. Chokeberry is useful for stomach diseases
• For better digestion of food, you need to eat a handful of chokeberry berries on an empty stomach before eating it. They will increase the amount of gastric juice and its acidity
• Which will have a good effect on the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. But, if you have a peptic ulcer, it is better to avoid eating this berry.

Infusions are made from its leaves that can cause the production of bile and improve liver function.

IMPORTANT: Aronia berries may enhance the effectiveness of chemotherapy in the treatment of pancreatic cancer. This conclusion was made by oncologists from the University of Southampton and King's College London. They used chokeberry berry extract in their research. It not only caused the instant death of cancer cells, but “programmed” the remaining cells to die after some time.

Chokeberry is useful for diabetes. This is due to the fact that there is practically no sugar in the berries, and sorbitol plays its role.

• Today, the fruits of chokeberry are used not only by adherents of traditional medicine. Based on this berry, broad-spectrum drugs are produced. Chokeberry is a “cure” for old age
• This berry contains flavonoids and glycosides, which are powerful antioxidants and can prolong youth in the body.
• And also, chokeberry is an excellent immunostimulant and a cure for allergic skin lesions - diathesis, eczema and neurodermatitis. To combat these ailments, topical products are made from this berry.

Does chokeberry increase or decrease blood pressure?

Hypertension is the scourge of our time. It is caused by such “attributes” of modern society as poor diet, sedentary lifestyle, frequent stress, etc.

IMPORTANT: Not so long ago, this healthy berry was used only to treat high blood pressure. But laboratory studies carried out in our country gave unexpected results. The thing is that chokeberry can not only cope with hypertension, but can also increase low blood pressure.

Chokeberry recipes for blood pressure

Aronia berries contain the most nutrients in autumn. It is at this time that hypertensive patients need to consume chokeberry. The best way to do this is in courses. One treatment and prophylactic course should last a month. During this time, you need to eat 100 grams of these berries three times a day.

You can prepare chokeberry berries for the winter. To do this, you can immediately package them in 100 gram bags and freeze them. In winter, the course described above will not only help normalize blood pressure, but will also saturate the body with many useful substances that it will lack at this time.

• It's very easy to prepare. You need to fill 1 kg of chokeberry berries with 100 g of water. Then you need to heat the container with berries and water to 60 degrees and leave for about half an hour, stirring constantly
• After which the mass must be crushed, strained and treated with the juice thus obtained for 4-5 weeks. You should drink a quarter to a half glass of juice a day half an hour before your main meals.
• An infusion of dried chokeberry fruits has proven itself very well. The berries can be dried and an infusion can be made from them all year round. It is best to prepare this product in a thermos. Three tablespoons of dry chokeberries need to be poured with two liters of boiling water. The course and dosage of infusion of chokeberry berries for the treatment of hypertension is the same as that of juice

Can pregnant women eat chokeberry?

Nutrients and vitamins from chokeberry are very useful for expectant mothers. Of course, you should not abuse this berry. But, in small quantities, it not only does not cause complications during pregnancy, but is also able to saturate the body with the useful substances necessary during this period.

• Which is very important during pregnancy. This berry can prevent the development of anemia in both the mother and the unborn child. If a mother’s appetite is reduced during pregnancy, it can be increased by regularly eating chokeberry berries half an hour before meals.
• You can eat chokeberry to strengthen your immune system. In addition, this berry has an anti-inflammatory and diuretic effect.
• Aronia berries are rich in folic acid. This compound is important for cell development and baby growth. Folic acid is involved in the process of hematopoiesis, strengthens the nervous system of mother and child
• To combat anemia during pregnancy, you can prepare puree from chokeberry and black currant. You need to take an equal amount of these berries and grind them through a meat grinder. If desired, you can add a little honey to the resulting puree. One teaspoon of this product three times a day will reduce the risk of anemia and replenish the body’s vitamin reserves

Can a child eat chokeberry?

Aronia berries have many beneficial properties. For a child suffering from low hemoglobin, this berry is a real tasty “medicine”.

Chokeberry can be given to your children in the form of berries, compotes, juices and jams. The main thing is not to get carried away. If the child does not suffer from problems with low blood pressure, then he can eat no more than a handful of chokeberry at a time.

You can make sweet raisins from chokeberry berries. First you need to cook syrup from sugar (1 kg) and two glasses of water. You need to add 1 teaspoon of citric acid to it. Then you need to put the berries in the syrup and cook for another 20 minutes, stirring constantly.

Place the berries on a baking sheet in one layer and dry for several days, stirring occasionally. You can store these chokeberry raisins in glass jars with tightly closed lids. You can give it to your child in this form or make compotes from it.

Chokeberry tincture with vodka

• To do this, you need to wash the chokeberry berries (1 kg), place them in a jar and mash with a wooden spoon. To the resulting puree you need to add sugar (500 g) and clove buds (3 pcs.). All ingredients for the future tincture should be left in a jar covered with gauze for 2 days in a dark room.
• After two days, you need to fill the mass with vodka (1 liter) and close it with a nylon lid. It is best to keep the jar of future tincture in a dark, cool room for two months. Then you need to strain its contents and pour it into bottles. You can store the tincture in the refrigerator
• To vary the taste of chokeberry tincture, you can add cherry leaves, honey, oak bark, black currant and other products.
• This tincture can be used to prepare cocktails, various alcoholic drinks and cups. But most often it is used for medicinal purposes. Moreover, such a product is recommended not only by representatives of traditional medicine, but also by traditional doctors

How to take chokeberry tincture?

Tincture of chokeberry berries is used to treat:

• Hypertension and atherosclerosis
• Poor appetite
• Reduced immunity
• Radiation sickness
• Thyroid diseases
• Alcohol intoxication
• Potency disorders
• Some cancers
• Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract

Of course, for medicinal purposes, chokeberry berry tincture is taken in small quantities. If you abuse this alcoholic drink, you cannot talk about any benefits.

IMPORTANT: If the berries are infused with vodka, you can drink 30 mg of the drink daily, and if with alcohol, the tincture is first diluted with water and 30–40 mg is drunk per day.

The tincture should not be used for medicinal purposes in cases of low blood pressure, gastric ulcers, hemorrhoids, chronic arthritis and persons with increased blood clotting. When using such a tincture for medicinal purposes, you must first obtain the consent of your attending physician.

Homemade chokeberry berry recipes

Pour tea leaves (1 tablespoon) and several berries (3 g) of chokeberry into a teapot. Pour boiling water over this mixture and leave for 5-7 minutes. After the berries have become soft, they need to be mashed with a spoon, let it brew for a few more minutes and pour the tea into cups.

Pie

Knead the dough in a deep bowl. To do this, mix flour (400 g), soda (1 teaspoon) and sugar (100 g). Add margarine (250 g) cut into small cubes. The dough must be kneaded with your hands until it turns into crumbs.

• Peel apples (2 pcs.), remove seeds and cut into thin slices
• To prevent the apples from turning black, sprinkle them with lemon juice.
• Add chokeberry berries (200 g) and vanillin (1 teaspoon) ground with sugar to the filling. Stir
• Grease baking paper with butter and margarine. We cover the frying pan with it
• Pour in 2/3 of the dough and press down. Spread the filling and cover with the remaining crumbs
• Preheat the oven and set the cake to bake for 30 minutes

Kissel

In order to prepare chokeberry jelly, you need to dilute starch (40 g-80 g) in a small amount of cool water. The amount of starch can be varied depending on how thick you want the jelly to be.

We wash the berries (100 g) and grind them in a blender. Squeeze the juice from half a lemon, add water (1 liter) to the ingredients and cook for about 10 minutes.

Strain the broth, add sugar (to taste) and bring to a boil. Pour starch into it, mix and remove from the stove. Pour into cups. This jelly can be consumed both hot and cold.

Homemade wine, chokeberry liqueur: recipe

Chokeberry liqueur

• To prepare chokeberry tincture, you need to mix chokeberry berries (1 cup), cherry, currant and raspberry leaves (35 pieces each)
• Pour water (800 ml) into the resulting mass and cook for 30 minutes over low heat. After which the broth needs to be cooled, strained, added sugar and citric acid
• When the broth reaches room temperature, you need to pour vodka into it and leave for 1.5 months.

Chokeberry wine

They cannot be washed, since the chokeberry skin contains bacteria that will promote fermentation.

• Pour granulated sugar (2 kg), unwashed raisins (50 g) and water (1 liter) into the crushed berries. Stir the wort and leave the container with the future wine in a warm place. Stir daily
• When foam appears in the container, you need to squeeze out the juice. To do this, collect the pulp with your hands and squeeze out the juice from it. You can use a press. A juicer is not suitable for this purpose as it will quickly clog.
• The juice, cleared of large inclusions, must be poured into a fermentation container. Add sugar (1 kg) and warm water (1 liter) to the separated pulp. Mix and leave in a dark place for 6-7 days. Stir daily
• To prevent oxygen from entering the container where the purified juice is located, install a water seal and put it in a dark place
• After 6 days, pay attention to the pulp. It needs to be strained through a colander and the liquid separated from it. The remaining parts of the chokeberry berries can be thrown away. They did their job
• Pour the juice separated from the pulp into a container where the wine ferments. First you need to remove the water seal and remove the resulting foam. The water seal needs to be put back in place.
• To do this, the liquid is poured into a clean container, leaving the remainder in the old container. Once the residue has completely disappeared, the wine is ready.
• We pour it into bottles, close the lid tightly and keep it in the cellar for several months

Compote of chokeberry berries

Classic recipe

• Making chokeberry compote is very simple. To do this, you need to sort out the berries and clean them of sticks, twigs and other debris. Blanch them in boiling water for 3-5 minutes and drain in a colander.
• Now cook the syrup from sugar (400 g) and water (1 liter). When the sugar melts, add chokeberry berries (400 g) and cook for about 10 minutes over low heat.
• Sterilize compote jars over steam. Pour hot compote into them and roll up the lids. This drink will get its best taste in 2-3 weeks.

Black chokeberry compote with apples

• But its taste, as well as its benefits, can be enriched with apples. Cooking fruit and berry compote is very easy
• First you need to boil the water. After it boils, add the apples cut into small pieces. You need to let them boil a little. To do this, cover the pan with a lid and reduce the heat.
• While the apples are being washed, it is necessary to rinse the chokeberry berries. We send them straight to the apples. When the water boils again, add sugar to the compote. Stir and cook for 2 minutes. No need to cook anymore. Apples and chokeberries should not be overcooked. And more vitamins will be preserved in the compote
• After preparing the compote, you need to let it brew for about 8 hours. During this time it will acquire a bright and rich taste.

Chokeberry drinks

Morse

You can make not only liqueur, wine or compote from chokeberry. You can make fruit juice from these healthy berries. For this drink, you can use both fresh and frozen chokeberries. They need to be washed, kneaded and mixed with sugar or powdered sugar. Fill with hot boiled water and leave for 2 hours.

Liquor

• If you want to warm up on a cold winter evening with a glass of liqueur, then it can also be prepared from chokeberry
• To do this, you need to wash the berries (120 pcs.), dry and grind until smooth. Then fill it with boiling water (800 ml) and cook for several minutes
• Add sugar (800 g) and citric acid (2 teaspoons). Cook for 20 minutes, stirring constantly. When the sugar dissolves, the drink needs to be cooled and strained. Then mix it with vodka and bottle it

Aronia berry jam

Classic chokeberry jam

We wash the chokeberry berries (1 kg) under running water and separate the stalks from them. Place them in a deep bowl and fill with cold water. The berries should be kept in this water for 24 hours.

In a separate container, mix sugar (1.7 kg) and water (700 ml). Boil syrup from these ingredients. Place the berries in a colander and let the water drain.

Let's leave it to brew. When the syrup has cooled, drain it and boil for 20 minutes. Then add the berries and cook for about 30 minutes. Pour the finished jam into prepared jars.

“Five-minute” chokeberry brew

We sort out the berries (1 kg) and remove debris from them. Boil a small amount of water in a saucepan and blanch the chokeberry in it for 4 minutes. Drain the contents of the pan through a colander, separating the berries. Pour cold water (400 ml) and add sugar (0.5 kg) into it. Boil it for 4 minutes.

Place the berries in a container for making jam. Pour in hot syrup and cook for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Leave the cooking for 9 hours, adding 0.7 kg of sugar. Then cook again for 5 minutes, pour into jars and leave for storage.

Chokeberry syrup

Which, by the way, also has good taste. This syrup can be poured over pancakes, added to ice cream or porridge. And if chokeberry syrup is diluted with water, you can get a tasty drink.

• We clean the chokeberry berries (1 kg) from debris and rinse them under running water. Boil water (0.8 liters) in a saucepan and add berries to it
• Bring the water to a boil and remove the cherry leaves. Add citric acid (15 g). Remove from the stove and leave for 24 hours
• Strain the syrup, remove the berries and sediment. Add sugar (600 g) to the resulting liquid and bring to a boil. Stir constantly. Boil for 2 minutes
• We roll the finished syrup into jars and leave for storage.

Frozen chokeberry

In order to freeze chokeberry berries, you need to use quick freezing. This regime will not only help preserve all the beneficial substances in the berries, but also neutralize the process of converting sugar into starch.

After which they need to be packaged in bags or plastic containers and placed in the freezer. The fast freezing mode will instantly bring the temperature to -15 degrees.

After defrosting, berries preserved in this way can be blended and added to tea or porridge. You can make compotes from them and add them to baked goods.

Chokeberry contraindications

The benefits of chokeberry are obvious and beyond doubt. But not everyone can take advantage of the beneficial properties of this berry. You should not use chokeberry if you have a peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum.

For gastritis and frequent constipation, this berry is also contraindicated.

In any case, you can find out whether a particular product can be used for diseases of varying degrees from your doctor.

Ksenia. Aronia berries are good for apathy, depression and weakness. I always have several containers of this miracle berry in the freezer.

Victoria. All berries and fruits are healthy. But chokeberry is healthier than all of them. The vitamin composition speaks for itself. I have such a tree growing in my dacha, and I have been making jam from its berries for many years. We need to plant more so that there is enough for freezing.

Video: Chokeberry (chokeberry). Useful properties and uses of chokeberry

Chokeberry, or chokeberry, is very similar in appearance to the common rowan, but has black or black-purple fruits. In scientific circles it has a very specific name - chokeberry.

Most often it is used as a powerful medicine. The sweet and sour berries with a slightly astringent taste are edible, so chokeberry is used not only for treatment, but also as a tasty, healthy dessert in the form of syrups, juices, and jams. Moreover, heat treatment preserves most of the nutrients, and the addition of sugar and other berries improves the taste.

Chokeberry berries contain many biologically active substances: sugar (glucose and fructose), pectin, tannins, organic acids, sorbitol.

It contains useful microelements: copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, iodine, boron, fluorine, as well as vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, C, E, PP. But most of all, chokeberry contains vitamin P, which is responsible for the condition of blood vessels, normalizes blood pressure and is popularly considered the “vitamin of youth.”

This vitamin also has other beneficial properties. It helps the rapid restoration of bone and muscle tissue, improves the functioning of the thyroid gland, adrenal glands, increases mental performance and immunity in viral diseases.

But you should take into account the fact that this vitamin is destroyed during heat treatment, therefore, when making preparations for the winter from chokeberry, you should not subject the berry to prolonged boiling.

Chokeberry compote: subtleties of preparation

• Chokeberry ripens in September - early October. It has a short shelf life - no more than three days in a cool place. Therefore, it must be processed immediately after collection or purchase at the market. As a last resort, the berries can be placed in the refrigerator for several days.
• Berries that are not yet ripe enough have a more tart taste. The amount of sugar used to cook compote depends on this.
• To soften the tart taste of the compote, other berries and fruits are added to the chokeberry: apples, raspberries, pears, plums, strawberries. Rowan goes well with mint.

Chokeberry compote with sterilization

• chokeberry - 1 kg;
• sugar – 150 g per 1 liter of water.

Cooking method

• Free the rowan berries from stalks, twigs and other debris. Wash well in cold water.
• Prepare liter or half liter sterile jars. To do this, you can use the oven, a large pan of boiling water or a regular kettle, placing the jar on it with the bottom up. Wash the lids too and boil for 5 minutes in water.
• Fill the jars with rowan fruits.
• Pour sugar into a saucepan, pour water. Boil the syrup. Pour it over the rowan.
• Cover the jars with lids and place them in a saucepan with hot water. Sterilize half-liter jars for 8-10 minutes, liter jars for 13-15 minutes.
• Seal tightly. Turn it upside down, cover it with a blanket and cool it like that.

Chokeberry compote without sterilization

Ingredients for two 3-liter jars:

• chokeberry - 1 kg;
• sugar – 150 g per 1 liter of water.

Cooking method

• Free the rowan fruits from stalks, twigs and leaves. Rinse in cold water.
• Prepare sterilized three-liter or two-liter jars with lids.
• Fill the jars 2/3 full with chokeberry berries. Pour boiling water, cover with lids and leave for 7-10 minutes. During this time, the berries will steam, and the water, on the contrary, will cool.
• Using a special lid, pour this water into the pan, remembering to measure its volume. Add sugar as required. Boil the syrup.
• Pour it over the berries again. Seal with lids immediately. Turn it upside down and wrap it in a blanket. Leave until completely cool.

Compote of chokeberry with apples

Ingredients (for a three-liter jar):

• chokeberry – 200 g;
• apples – 800 g;
• sugar – 125 g;
• water.

Cooking method

• Sort the rowan, remove spoiled berries. Trim the stems. Rinse the berries in cold water.
• Wash the apples. Peel off the skin. Cut in half and remove seed chambers. Cut into slices. To prevent them from darkening, place them in acidified water for 15 minutes.
• Bring water to a boil in a saucepan and place a colander with apple slices in it. Blanch for 1-2 minutes. Cool quickly under running cold water.
• Prepare sterile jars with lids. Carry out sterilization in a way convenient for you.
• Place berries and apples in jars. Pour boiling water, cover with lids and let stand for 20 minutes.
• Pour the water into the pan through the lid with holes. Add sugar according to the norm. Boil the syrup. Pour it over the berries, filling the jars to the top.
• Immediately roll up the lids. Turn upside down, cover with a blanket, and leave until completely cool.

Compote of chokeberry with raspberries

Ingredients for three liter jars

• chokeberry - 400 g;
• raspberries - 300-350 g;
• sugar – 150 g per 1 liter of water.

Cooking method

• Separate the rowan berries from the branches and sort them, removing spoiled fruits. Wash under running cold water.
• Place ripe, uncrushed raspberries in a colander and rinse, dipping several times into a container of cold water. If the raspberries are infected with raspberry beetle larvae, fill them with salted water (take 10 g of salt per 1 liter of water) and let stand for 15 minutes. Then rinse the berries carefully again.
• Prepare sterile jars and lids.
• Make syrup from water and sugar.
• Fill the jars 1/3 or half full with berries. Fill with syrup.
• Cover the jars with lids and place in a saucepan with hot water until it reaches the shoulders of the jars. Sterilize liter jars 15 minutes from the moment the water boils.
• Then seal the jars with compote with lids.
• Turn it upside down, cover it with a blanket and cool it like that.

Note: this compote can be prepared without sterilization. In this case, it is better to use three-liter jars, since the compote in them does not cool down for a long time, and at this time pasteurization occurs.

Place the berries in jars and pour boiling water over them. Then pour this water into a saucepan, add sugar according to the norm, stir. Bring to a boil. Pour this syrup over the berries to the very top of the jar. Seal immediately. Turn the lids down and cover with a blanket. In this form, the jars should cool completely.

It must be remembered that chokeberry, or chokeberry, is a medicinal plant. It lowers blood pressure well, so people with pronounced signs of hypotension (low blood pressure) should not eat products made from it.

Note to the hostess

Chokeberry compote is stored in a dry, dark, cool place.

Sweet compote can be diluted with cold boiled water in any proportion, and you can also prepare fruit drinks from it, combining it with another compote or juice.

If you have fresh rowan berries left and want to store them until winter, dry them well and then freeze them. You can make a delicious, refreshing compote from these berries at any time.

Experienced housewives use bright autumn berries to brew unusual drinks with a tart taste. Today we will tell you how to prepare compote from winter berries and, of course, from red rowan. Such blanks can be easily stored at home, without requiring special care or treatment.

Chokeberry compote

Fresh chokeberry berries have a lot of useful qualities. They contain many vitamins, pectin, tannins, glucose and fructose. Be sure to eat them fresh, dry them and freeze them for future use. Unfortunately, most useful elements are destroyed during cooking. But the microelements that we need so much during the winter are preserved.

Ingredients:

• fresh chokeberry berries – one kilogram;
• water - two liters;
• sugar - one kilogram.

How to cook a delicious compote with chokeberries without sterilization? The drink recipe is extremely simple.

First you need to process the berries, remove all twigs and leaves, and throw away spoiled or broken fruits. Boil water in a saucepan, add sugar and cook the syrup for ten minutes over medium heat.

Use three liter jars or one three-liter jar for preservation.

Place the rowan berries in a clean bowl and pour in the boiling syrup. After this, the jars can be rolled up and turned upside down. Don't forget to cover the compote with a warm blanket or thick towels. The next day, when the chokeberry compote for the winter has completely cooled down, put it in the pantry.

Compote of apples and red rowan

You can not only admire the bright juicy bunches on a warm autumn day, but also use them for homemade preparations. Rowan has a unique taste, but it also has many beneficial properties. Glucose and sucrose contained in the berries give the drink a natural sweetness.

Required products:

• three apples;
• two sprigs of rowan (about 200 grams);
• 200 grams of sugar.

We offer you a simple recipe for compote with rowan berries for the winter.

So, take large ripe berries, wash them and cut off the branches with scissors. Apples also need to be processed before cooking. Cut the fruit into thin slices and remove the core.

You will also need two 500 ml jars. The dishes must first be washed with any detergent, and then cleaned with soda. Be sure to preheat the jars in the oven for 10 minutes.

Place the prepared products in jars, fill them with sugar, pour in water and cover the dishes with lids. After this, place the dishes in a well-heated oven for half an hour. Roll up the compote and cool it under a wool blanket. This drink is great to keep in the pantry all winter and spring. Before serving, be sure to dilute it with boiled water.

Compote of plums and rowan berries

If you like to experiment with unusual flavors, then take note of this recipe. Thanks to it, you can always surprise your guests by offering them an original refreshing drink.

Ingredients:

• chokeberry berries – 300 grams;
• apples – 450 grams;
• filtered or spring water - two and a half liters;
• granulated sugar – 250 grams.

You need to pick berries from the end of September until the first frost.

You can cook plum compote with chokeberries in a short time, without putting much effort into it. Read the recipe carefully and then repeat all steps in the correct order.

Separate the berries from the branches, wash and immediately pour into a three-liter jar. Process the plums and remove the pits. After this, they need to be sent to the rowan tree and filled with freshly boiled water. Let the fruits brew for ten minutes.

When the specified time has elapsed, pour out the liquid and pour a new portion of boiling water into the dish. After another quarter of an hour, the resulting infusion should be mixed with sugar and put on fire. Return the resulting syrup to the jar and immediately close the compote with a tin lid.

Compote of chokeberry and lemon

Anyone can repeat this simple recipe without sterilization.

Drink composition:

• 400 grams of chokeberry;
• one and a half glasses of sugar;
• half;
• three liters of clean, unboiled water.

Before you start preparing compote with black rowan for the winter, prepare the dishes. The three-liter jar must be thoroughly washed and the lid boiled. Pour clean berries without twigs and leaves into it, filling about a quarter of the total volume. Cut the lemon and simply place one half to the berries.

Pour water into the pan (it is better to take extra) and put it on the fire. When the liquid boils, pour it into the jar to the very top. Cover the drink with a lid and leave it alone for a while.

After 10-15 minutes, pour the infusion back into the pan.

You will make your task much easier if you use a plastic lid with holes for this purpose. You can purchase a convenient device at a hardware store or make it yourself from scrap materials.

Pour the sugar into the jar and bring the infusion to a boil again. Pour hot water over the berries until it overflows. Immediately roll up the compote and turn it upside down.

Drink made from chokeberries and oranges for the winter

We invite you to try another drink with an original taste. For it you will need:

• rowan berries – 500 grams;
• - one joke;
• citric acid – one teaspoon;
• sugar – 300 grams;
• water - as much as needed.

We begin to prepare compote with chokeberries for the winter. Sort the berries, place them in a colander and rinse under running water. Cut the orange into thick rings along with the peel.

Transfer the prepared ingredients into a jar, pour boiling water over them and cover with a saucer. After 20 minutes, combine the resulting infusion with citric acid and sugar. Place the liquid on the fire, bring it to a boil and cook for three minutes. Pour the syrup over the berries and oranges and roll up the compote.

Recipes for compote with chokeberries for the winter are easy to prepare. Choose any of them and treat yourself to delicious drinks before the next summer season!