Learning to cook compote from frozen berries - tastier than in summer

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

Many people mistakenly believe that frozen berry compote tastes much worse than regular (summer) compote, and therefore do not want to cook it. However, if you make it right, following all the points of the recipe, you can get a surprisingly tasty drink that can turn out to be even more spicy and interesting than the traditional one. How to make frozen berry compote?

What do you need?

The quantity of each ingredient is based on 5 liters of water. In principle, you can cook more or less compote, but then it will be important to keep all the proportions.

• Berries (600-700 g). You can limit yourself to any one species, but in this case it is recommended to take sour fruits (red currant, cherry, etc.). Or buy (or make your own) berry platter. For example, it can be a mixture of strawberries (100 g), cherries (200 g), black and red currants (150 g each).
• Sugar (400-500 g will be enough, but you need to focus only on your taste preferences).

How to cook?

1. Pour water into a saucepan andwe are waiting for the moment when it boils.

2. The next step is to pour sugar into boiling water. Stir the water and wait 1-2 minutes until the sugar is completely dissolved.

3. Berries (they must first be thawed) are added after the sugar has dissolved. Bring the future compote of frozen berries to a boil and continue to cook for 2-3 minutes over low heat.

4. After that, you can have a tasting. If it seems to you that it would be nice to add a little sourness, you can add lemon juice to it. Or finely chop the lemon along with the peel and also add it to the compote.

5. Remove from heat and wait for the drink to cool down. Done!

Recipe without cooking

In addition, compote of frozen berries and fruits can be prepared without resorting to the cooking procedure. How to do it?

1. First, prepare the compote syrup. To do this, you need to dissolve 0.75 cups of sugar in 2 cups of water and boil (for 0.5 kg of frozen fruits and berries).

2. To make the compote even more interesting, you can add a little wine, cognac or liquor to the syrup. Naturally, if you are making compote for children, this step should be skipped.

3. Defrost fruits and berries and rinse with a little warm water. Then we arrange them in glasses, wine glasses, etc.

4. The last step is to pour hot syrup over fruits and berries and let stand for 5-10 minutes.

5. Such a compote can also be served cold, waiting for it to cool completely and throwing a fewice cubes.

How to freeze berries yourself?

Freezing berries of each type has its own specific features. However, you can easily do it at home. As a rule, all that is needed is to get rid of the cuttings and seeds and arrange the berries on a special tray. You can sprinkle them with sugar to preserve the taste. Then we send the tray to the freezer. After a day, you can transfer the berries to jars. They also need to be stored in the freezer. Fruits and berries frozen in this way can be useful not only for making compotes - for example, jam from frozen berries is considered very tasty. But that's another story.