Apples in syrup, closed for the winter, can not only be an independent treat, but also serve as a filling for your favorite baking recipes.
Paradise apples in syrup for the whole winter
Paradise is called very small-fruited apples, which, according to seasoned summer residents, contain much more useful substances than the fruits of a standard size. As a rule, such apples are not cleaned, but are closed just like that, entirely.
Ingredients:
- paradise apples - 2.5 kg;
- apple cider vinegar - 65 ml;
- water 960 ml;
- sugar - 1,3 kg;
- cloves - 3 tsp.
- cinnamon - 4 sticks;
- ginger root - 1.2 cm.
Preparation
In a large saucepan, combine the sugar and water together with the vinegar. While the syrup comes to a boil, nibble the apples with a toothpick so that they absorb the sugar solution better. In the boiling syrup, lower the gauze sack with herbs. Start serving in apples syrup, about a third at a time, boiling the fruit for 2 minutes. All the blanched apples spread on cans, pour in syrup, after removing from it a bag of spices, and leave it for the whole night.
The next day, drain the syrup, re-bring to a boil and pour the apples again. Close the jars with small apples in syrup for the winter with scalded lids.
Apples in syrup for the winter - recipe
Make the workpiece with apples more original will help the use of cardamom pods together with lime juice. Sour and sweet apples with a pronounced aroma of spices make up the perfect company for pancakes, French toast and baking.
Ingredients:
- pods of cardamom - 16 pcs .;
- water - 310 ml;
- lime juice - 170 ml;
- sugar - 345 g;
- large apples - 1.2 kg.
Preparation
Before you cook apples in syrup for the winter, they do not need to be cleaned from the core and peel (the latter is easily softened during cooking in syrup), it is enough to simply divide them into 8-10 lobules, previously cutting out the core. To make the syrup itself, it is enough to combine water with lime juice and sugar, bring it to the boil and leave to cook for 5-7 minutes. Reduce heat and put in the syrup slices of apples. Leave them to boil for another 5 minutes, then pour out on a sterile container and immediately roll up.
Apples in syrup with cinnamon for the winter
If you like to bake pies, especially those that are cooked in a "shell" of puff pastry, then a jar or two of such billets must necessarily find a place in your pantry. Due to the abundance of cinnamon and thick syrup, apple slices behave perfectly as a filling of any kind of baking.
Ingredients:
- apples - 1,8 kg;
- sugar - 830 g;
- bite - 35 ml;
- cinnamon - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- nutmeg - ΒΌ tsp spoon;
- water - 1,2 l;
- pectin - 1 teaspoon;
- apple juice - 1.2 liters.
Preparation
Mix sugar together with liquid, cinnamon and nutmeg. Leave the syrup to go to a boil, and in the meantime prepare the apples by peeling them off the core and dividing into slices. Add pectin to the syrup and lay out the apple slices. Once the syrup thickens - the workpiece can be laid out on sterile jars. Note that apples should not soften, they must be strong enough to reach the ready as a baking filling.
Apples and pears in syrup for the winter
Ingredients:
- apples - 1.2 kg;
- pears - 1,2 kg;
- sugar - 340 g;
- water - 1,7 l;
- anise stars - 2 pcs .;
- cardamom - 4 pcs .;
- cinnamon stick - 1 pc.
Preparation
Peeled apples with pears cut into large slices, quite arbitrary. Prepare sugar syrup, bringing sugar with water to a boil. In a bubbling syrup, put the spices and pieces of apples with pears. After 5 minutes, distribute the workpiece over sterile jars and roll up.