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Blueberries are a berry known for its he alth benefits. It is the first aid for vision problems, it is necessary in large quantities for those who have diabetes, it is a real storehouse of vitamins for those who love the gifts of nature. Be sure to stock up on it for the winter in all forms available to you. The easiest way to make compotes from berries.
Instant drink
This blueberry compote does not require special preparations and labor-intensive actions. Sort the berries carefully, remove spoiled, wrinkled, unripe. Wash well. Pour about half of the container with them. Pour boiling syrup (calculation of components - 750-800 g of sugar is required per liter of water in blueberry compote), cover with lids and put on fire for 10 minutes. Then carefully pour the liquid into the pan and boil. Again, without removing the pan with syrup from the heat, fill the jars to the edge of the neck with it, immediately roll up the lids and turn the container upside down. Cover, leave in this position for a day. After that, remove the blueberry compote incloset or cellar. This type of heat treatment allows you to preserve all the beneficial qualities of the berry as much as possible.
Sterilized compote
This drink is prepared differently. Pour the washed, sorted berries into an enamel pan and pour in the syrup prepared separately (for 4 kg of berries, 1.5 kg of sugar and about 4 liters of water). Put on fire so that the blueberry compote boils, cover and leave it until the morning (for 7-8 hours). Then take out the berries, put them in jars. Boil the syrup and pour it into containers again.
Sterilize products as follows: liter jars for 20 minutes, two-liter jars for 30, and three-liter jars for 35 minutes. If there is not enough syrup when filling them, you can add boiled water. Pour liquid into blueberry compote should be 2 fingers below the top edge of the neck of the jars. After boiling, roll up the lids and let the product cool down. By the way, the drink will turn out more fragrant if, in addition to berries, you put tea rose petals in jars. It gives compotes a truly charming smell.
Fruit Assortment
An excellent option for homemade preparations has always been various assorted vegetables, fruits and berries. Their advantage, in comparison with other canned food, lies in a more varied and rich taste, a pleasant mixture of aromas, a higher content of vitamins, etc. Therefore, you are offered a blueberry compote recipe with those fruits that are in abundance. If these are hard apples, they must be cut into slices or quarters and lowered intoboiling water for a couple of minutes. Pears also cut into slices. If plums, apricots, peaches - remove the seeds, divide the fruits into halves (quarters). Gooseberries, especially greenish, pierce. How to cook blueberry compote according to the "assorted" recipe? Banks prepare, fill up products - either in layers, or mixed. They should be filled a little less than half, otherwise the taste will turn out to be too sharp. Then you need to pour boiling syrup to the very top and immediately roll up the jars.
Upside down and wrapped, leave to cool completely. If in doubt whether canned food will stand, sterilize the jars for 10-15 minutes. Only then pour the syrup so that there is room for air to escape in the jar.
Enjoy great summer scents and flavors!
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