How to cook orange compote

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Many modern housewives are preparing for the onset of cold weather with all care and scrupulousness. At the end of summer and almost all autumn, there is an active time for harvesting. They stock not only canned vegetables, salads and jams, but also various drinks. One of such delicious, he althy, fragrant and quick-to-prepare drinks is orange compote.

As you know, citrus fruits occupy a special and very important place among all fruit and berry diversity. This is such a delicacy that will not leave indifferent either picky adults or capricious gourmet kids. There are a lot of options for preparing various drinks with the participation of citrus fruits. However, not all recipes are suitable for winter preparations.

Today we will offer some popular, completely simple, not expensive in terms of money and time, and absolutely not complicated recipes for orange compote. We want to note right away that oranges are such a versatile product that you can combine it with fruits, as well as with various berries or aromatic herbs (for example, mint).

Classicrecipe

To begin with, perhaps, we will not resort to culinary experiments and prepare the simplest and most frequently used recipe for orange compote by housewives. To taste, it will very much resemble citrus juice and will not lose vitamins during heat treatment at all. This is a great addition to winter desserts.

Required ingredients:

• 2 liters of water;
• 600g sugar;
• five oranges.

Description of the cooking process

This recipe for orange compote will require a significant amount of patience from the hostess. Fruits must be washed, peeled and the white part removed, that is, those partitions that are between the orange slices. Bones and films are also removed. To prepare the drink, we need only triangular-shaped slices, even and neat.

In pre-prepared glass containers, which will also not be superfluous to sterilize, we put oranges. Pour the required amount of water into the pan, add sugar, bring the liquid to a boil. Pour the orange slices with the resulting syrup. We leave the banks in this state for 20-30 minutes. Then the syrup must be drained into a saucepan, bring it to a boil again. After the second filling, the jars are closed with metal lids and rolled up with a key.

We advise you not to rush to remove the container for storage. Orange compote must be cold. Only a chilled drink can be sent to the refrigerator, cellar or pantry. If plannedlong-term storage (more than 6 months), we recommend adding half a teaspoon of citric acid before screwing on the lid.

Oranges and apples

Favorite delicacy, which we often treat ourselves to when visiting our grandmother in the village, also goes well with overseas fruits. Sour notes can always be smoothed out with a couple of extra spoons of sugar. Apple taste, mixed with the aroma of orange, gives an unusual "bouquet". Compote from oranges and apples will not turn out bland, as some housewives think, the taste, on the contrary, will be very rich and interesting.

What you need:

• 420g sugar;
• 6 apples;
• 3 oranges;
• 1.5 liters of water.

How to cook right

First you need to properly prepare the glass containers. We recommend washing jars not just under running water, but in warm water with the addition of baking soda. Thus, germs will be removed, and the glass will become crystal clear. After such treatment, the container must be doused with boiling water or sent to be sterilized for 2-3 minutes. Simply fill the lids with very hot water and leave for a few minutes.

Because the listed ingredients contain a sufficient amount of their own acid, no additional products are required. As a rule, citric acid is placed in pear compotes, sweet plums, and so on. Oranges and apples are quite sour foods on their own.

If you look at some recipe with a photo of orange compote, you can see that citrus fruitsfloating in a jar without skin. Therefore, we will spend a little time, remove the peel, partitions, seeds. To prepare the drink, only juicy and bright slices are required. The peel with seeds will also have to be removed from apples. Cut them into 6-8 pieces. We put the fruit in the prepared glass container.

Pour water into a saucepan, add sugar. We also send orange peel there. Cook the syrup for 5 minutes, add heat, let the liquid boil and immediately remove from the stove. Pour the syrup into jars and roll them up with a lid. It is not necessary to turn the container. The main thing is that the compote should be removed for storage only after it has completely cooled down.

How to cook orange compote in a slow cooker

We all know that a kitchen assistant allows you to quickly cook soup, cook porridge, pilaf or "raise" yeast dough. But few housewives use a slow cooker to prepare winter preparations. In vain. She does an excellent job with the task. Let's try to make a very tasty orange compote (photo attached). It will take a minimum of time, and we will get maximum benefits.

What products will be required:

• 2 liters of water;
• 2 stack. sugar;
• 3 oranges;
• 4 apples;
• 2 tangerines.

Cooking

Wash apples well, carefully removing external dust. Even if they were bought at the nearest supermarket, and not collected in the garden, you should pay maximum attention to the washing process.fruits. After the bath procedure, the apples are divided into four parts, the core is removed, the partitions and seeds are removed. Oranges should be prepared in the same way. Do not forget to remove the white parts that are between the slices. They contain a lot of bitterness, so they have no place in sweet and tasty compote. As for tangerines, they are simply peeled, divided into slices. Seeds from tangerines can not be removed.

Put all prepared fruits in a bowl, add sugar, pour in water. We turn on the "frying" mode for 15 minutes. We do not close the lid. The finished compote is poured into sterilized clean glass jars, rolled up with metal lids using a special key. We put away for storage in the cellar or refrigerator.

Pumpkin and orange compote

An incredible and rather unexpected combination, don't you agree? However, do not be afraid of culinary experiments, so that many of them give an incredibly tasty result. This type of compote is no exception. Orange compote, to which Muscat pumpkin is added, acquires an incredible color and taste.

To prepare a dessert drink you will need:

• 4 oranges;
• 360g pumpkin;
• 180g sugar;
• 2 liters of water.

How to cook compote

First, you need to deal with the pumpkin. It is peeled, seeds removed and cut into small portioned cubes. Pour water into a small saucepan, put pumpkin cubes there and pour sugar. In syrup, the pumpkin should be simmered for about 25 minutes. Remove the zest from the oranges, squeeze the juice from one. Mix it with chopped zest and a couple of tablespoons of sugar. We send the remaining pieces of oranges to the pumpkin, cook for 5 minutes.

At the final stage, add orange juice with pumpkin to the drink and boil for another three minutes. Grind compote with a blender. Pour the drink into prepared glass jars. Roll up with metal lids. Such a compote is stored for about six months. But experienced housewives say that this tasty, thick, fragrant and he althy delicacy will not go unnoticed for so long.

Variants and Variations

If it suddenly happens that you are tired of the classic orange compote, then you can always diversify the drink with other fruits or berries.

• Orange, flower honey, apple.
• Orange, pear, apple.
• Orange, lemon peel, cinnamon stick.
• Orange, cranberry, some star anise.
• Orange, black currant.
• Orange, cherry, honey.
• Orange, lemon, lime.
• Orange, mint, tangerine, pear.
• Orange, lemon peel, cinnamon, apples.
• Orange, apple, cherry.
• Orange, dried fruits.