By the efforts of the Soviet breeder IS Michurin, the wild North American shrub turned into a fruit tree called the aronia tree, which in autumn sprinkles berries with pleasant sweet and sour, tart and viscous taste.
Unlike other fruit and berry trees, the harvest of this tree, often remains uncleared, and yet from the berries of black cherry you can make a compote , with unique beneficial properties, much ahead of other drinks. Chokeberry ash is equally useful, both fresh and frozen, and in billets, so preserved in the winter, compote from the blackberry will provide our body with enough vitamins and nutrients that do not reach this time.
The taste of aronia is quite specific, so it is desirable to cook compote in a mixture of slightly acidic fruits or berries. Thus, the drink turns out to be rich, fragrant and incredibly tasty.
Below, we offer you several recipes for preparing compote from black cherry, from which you can choose the most suitable.
Compote of black cherry with apples for the winter
Ingredients
Calculation for one three-liter jar:
- berries of chokeberry - 200 g;
- fresh apples - 400 g;
- citric acid - 1 teaspoon;
- granulated sugar - 550 g.
- purified water - 2-2.5 liters.
Preparation
We rid the berries of the chokeberry from the peduncles, rinse them in cold running water and let them dry out a little. We clean the washed apples from the tails, cut out the core and grind it in small slices. We put the prepared berries of black cherry and apple slices in pre-prepared sterile three-liter jars, fill them with boiling syrup, cooked from purified water, sugar and citric acid, immediately roll up the previously boiled lids, turn the bottom up and leave until completely cooled, wrapped in a warm blanket or rug , about a day.
We keep the prepared blank in a dark and preferably cool place.
According to this recipe, a fairly concentrated compote made of chard and apples is obtained, which must be diluted with boiled water before consumption.
Compote of frozen black cherry with mint
Ingredients:
- frozen berries of black chokeberry - 500 g;
- sprigs of fresh or dried mint - 2 pcs .;
- medium-sized lemon - 1/2 pcs .;
- granulated sugar - 500 g.
- purified water - 4 liters.
Preparation
In a pan of a suitable size, we place frozen berries of black chokeberry, sliced ​​preliminarily washed lemon, poured cold purified water and put it on the fire. Add the granulated sugar, stir until it dissolves and throw the sprigs of mint. Now bring the compote to a boil, boil for five minutes, turn off the stove and leave to infuse before cooling down under the lid.
This compote of blackberry with lemon and mint has an excellent, unique taste. In addition, it is very useful for the functioning of the digestive and nervous systems of the body, as it has calming and relaxing properties, improves the functioning of the stomach, stimulating the production of enzymes. It also fills our body with essential vitamins, macro- and microelements, in particular iodine, necessary for the proper functioning of the thyroid gland.
The benefits of choke are obvious, so store fresh berries for future use by freezing or canning out ready-made compotes for it in winter, any option will allow you to enjoy a tasty and useful refreshing drink all year round.