For the winter, twists appear in every home. Most housewives close compote of ripe berries and fruits. One of the most popular drinks is currant juice, which has a sweet and sour taste. Stewed fruit from these berries has an incredibly beautiful red color and a sweet smell of summer.
Selection and preparation of ingredients
In order for the winter compote to come out tasty and sweet, you must first pick the berries. For such a drink, it is best to combine red and black currants, as dark berries will give an unusual taste to the drink. The compote recipe is very simple, does not require a lot of free time, and the berries do not need to be boiled in syrup.
Did you know? In the world there are more than one and a half hundred species of currants of all colors, although most people know only black, red and white.
The recipe for harvesting red currant compote for the winter
3 cans of 1 l2 hours
lemon acid
1/3 teaspoon
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Rinse currants under cold running water and get rid of green leaves and sticks. Leave to drain in a colander or lay on a towel.
- At this time, it is worth starting to sterilize the cans to spin the drink. Preheat the oven to a maximum of 160 degrees and put the cans there for 15 minutes. If you have a microwave, you can sterilize it too. To do this, pour a little water into the jars so that they do not burst inside.
- After processing, the jars should be filled with currant berries for one quarter. You can also add more berries, but such a drink will be more concentrated.
- After that, pour a jar of boiled currant with juicy currants and leave for 15-20 minutes. Then we merge and pour the berries with boiling water a second time, adding sugar and citric acid. In addition, you can add a pinch of vanilla. The red compote is almost ready.
- It is very important to tighten the jars immediately after adding water a second time, otherwise the lids will not create a vacuum.
- After twisting, turn the cans over and place on the floor, covering with a warm blanket.
Important! Concentrated drinks can cause allergies in children under 10 years old.
A simple option for making juice for the winter
3 cans of 1 liter for 30-40 minutes.
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- I rinse for years with water, without removing from the branches, after which we spread on a towel and dried.
- Fill the jars with half the berries to saturate the compote.
- Pour boiling water for 25-30 minutes and expect.
- Pour water into a pan and add sugar and vanillin. Cook the syrup for 15 minutes until the sugar dissolves.
- Pour the berries with the finished syrup and twist the lids. As in the first case, we put in a warm place.
Features of storage of blanks
Store winter drinks in a cool place, out of the reach of sunlight. Before starting storage, make sure that the covers do not allow air to pass through, and then transfer them to a storage location.
Currant is a healthy berry, and its leaves are often used in the preparation of pickles. In order for your compote to be more juicy, put vanillin or green leaves of berries in it. Such a drink can be stored in a cool room for more than five years and at the same time does not lose its taste.
