Many housewives, when preserving a variety of drinks, add mint or lemon balm to give a special taste. We suggest replenishing the stock of blanks for the winter with a spicy compote of basil, and how to prepare it will be described in detail later.
Compote of basil and lemon - a recipe for winter
Ingredients:
- basil (violet) - 90 g;
- basil (green) - 50 g;
- a large lemon - 1 piece;
- granulated sugar - 280 g;
- drinking water - 3 liters.
Preparation
From two varieties of washed basil we separate only the leaves. Washed under running water, cut the lemon longitudinally into two halves, and then each of them is pulverized into thin slices.
In the boiling water in a large saucepan, we lay out all the leaves of the freshly-colored basil and when it leaves about 5 minutes, we add the juicy lemon together with the sugar in the compote and continue to brew the drink for the same time. Then remove the container from the fire, cover it with a suitable lid and leave the compote stand for about 20 minutes. Now we filter our drink through a sterile cut of medical gauze into another clean pan. Again, turn on the plate's hotplate and bring the contents of this saucepan to the boil. Next, pour the ready, hot compote into a well-fried in the oven bottle, tightly seal the roasted lid.
Compote of apples with basil and citric acid for the winter
Ingredients:
- purple basil - 120 g;
- fragrant apples - 4 pcs.
- citric acid - 2/3 tsp.
- fine sugar - 220 g;
- drinking water - 2.8 liters.
Preparation
The top part of the basil leaves (15-20 centimeters) is washed and immersed in the drinking water already boiling on the stove. Pure apples are crushed into wide slices, carefully carefully cutting out the core of them. These slices are compactly placed in a steamed bottle. When the basil leaves for 10 minutes we take out the twigs from the changed color and aroma of water and we pour everything into a container with slices of apples. Somewhere after 15 minutes, merge with the can (without fruit) infusion and again put it on the burner. As soon as it gives signs of boiling, enter here a fine white sugar and the right amount of citric acid. Continue to cook the compote for 5 minutes, and then refill the fruit in the pot. Until the end we roll up the container and hide it for the night, under a warm blanket.