Blueberries are one of the most favorite forest berries. In cooking, it has found the widest application - jam, jams, muffins and other sweets are very popular. Because of its beneficial properties, blueberries are called not a simple berry, but a natural medicine. It is used in folk and in traditional medicine. Well, today we will tell you a few recipes for making blueberry compotes.
Recipe for compote of blueberries
Ingredients:
- blueberries - 700 g;
- sugar - 400 g;
- water - 1 liter.
Preparation
Remove berries from impurities, remove crushed and damaged. Thoroughly rinse several times and pour into a colander, letting the water drain. Berries are poured into boiling water, brought to a boil, we make less fire, add sugar. Cook for another 25 minutes, remove from heat, cool, add to taste citric acid. If we plan to leave this compote for the winter, then we put the washed berries in clean jars, fill it with a slightly chilled syrup, we prepare 5 kg of cans with compote in boiling water based on the proportion of 0.5 kg of sugar per 1 l of water, and sterilize the jars with compote in boiling water.
Compote of blueberries and apples
Ingredients:
- apples - 200 g;
- blueberries - 200 g;
- granulated sugar - 220 g;
- citric acid - 1 g;
- water 1 liter.
Preparation
We peel the blueberries, peel the apples and remove the seed box, cut into slices. Ingredients put in an enamel pot, pour hot water, bring to a boil, cool and compote of apples and blueberries is ready.
Compote of blueberries and currants
Ingredients for the preparation of a 3 liter can of compote.
Ingredients:
- currant red and white;
- blueberry;
- gooseberry;
- sugar 1,5 cups.
Preparation
In a sterilized jar we impose berries of currants, blueberries and gooseberries. All berries should approximately occupy 1/6 of the can. Now we make syrup, about 2.5 liters of water per can. Bring the water to a boil, fill it with sugar, and wait for the syrup to boil. Then we fill them with berries in jars to the very neck, even if it spills out a little (it's better to fill it with a scoop so that the pot does not burst from hot). We roll up the jars and set them upside down, check that they do not leak and leave for the night until the sugar dissolves. The compote is ready.
Compote of blueberries and blackberries
Ingredients:
- blueberries - 300 g;
- blackberry - 200 g;
- sugar - 150 g;
- water - 1 liter.
Preparation
In the saucepan pour out the sugar, pour out the water, bring to a boil. Berries are spread in a saucepan with boiling syrup. Cook on low heat for three minutes.
Prepare the compote of blueberries for the baby. To do this, we take 300 g of berries on a two-liter container, thoroughly wash them with running water and put them in boiling water. Cook for about 20 minutes, add sugar, you can replace honey. Ready compote is kept warm for an hour, so that it is infused.
Bilberry compote in multivark
Ingredients:
- water - 2.5 liters;
- blueberries - 2 cups;
- sugar - 4 glasses.
Preparation
Fold the washed berries in a bowl multivarka, add water to the maximum mark, put sugar and stir. We cook in the mode "Quenching" or "Steaming for a couple" twenty-five minutes. Add a little boiled water and leave in the "Heating" for ten minutes, let us brew for an hour. Delicious vitamin compote is ready.
Compote of blueberries and cowberries
Ingredients:
- cowberry - 350 g;
- blueberries - 350 g;
- peeled lemon zest - 1 teaspoon;
- sugar - 4 tbsp. spoons;
- lemon juice - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- water - 6 glasses.
Preparation
Water bring to a boil, add lemon zest, sugar, lemon juice, put on a weak fire and boil for 5 minutes. In boiling syrup we add cranberries and blueberries, boil for 7 minutes, then cool. When serving compote, pour into glasses and make out small lemon slices.