Compote of apricots

Apricots always remind of a hot summer, except this they are very useful. And so you want to keep this part of the warm summer with you at any time of the year. For this, we'll figure out how to prepare compote from apricots for the winter.

To do this, first of all, we need large fruits of this fruit, which must first be cleaned of seeds. To do this, we carefully wash all the apricots and cut them in half, taking out the stone. Then, in three-liter cans, where our compote will be, we fall asleep sugar and put there apricot, about a third of the can. Fill apricots with sugar with hot water, turn them over and put them in a warm place.

There is a second option for making compote for the winter. You can cook the fruit in a saucepan, in sweet water, and then pour into cans.

Compote of apricots - recipe

Ingredients:

• ripe apricots - 3 kg;
• water 3L;
• sugar - 3 cups.

Preparation

1. Apricots carefully washing under cold water, cut in half and take out the stone
2. We take a large saucepan, pour 3 l of water into it and pour out 3 cups of sugar. Bring to a boil. We wait until the sugar is completely dissolved.
3. In another saucepan, boil the lids for rolling.
4. We put apricots in cans and fill each jar with the resulting syrup, and then immediately roll the jars with a lid.
5. Then turn the cans and put them in a warm place for a few days until the compote is ready.

Now you know the basic ways of how to brew compote from apricots. This is done fairly simply and does not take much time. And most importantly, at any time of the year you can treat yourself to a delicious and natural compote.

The main thing when preparing compote is not to forget that the bones of fruit need to be removed necessarily and that compote, until complete preparation, you need to cool down. Because the cold compote completely retains its rich taste and aroma of fresh apricots. If it seems that the drink turned out to be very sweet, you can dilute it with water. Also in the compote you can add ice slices and serve to guests at the festive table.

Apricot compote is also useful for girls who aspire to keep their figure, because this product is absolutely not caloric, and besides it is also very useful, especially for people suffering from diabetes.

Some believe that roll in compotes - it's harmful to the human body. And in this case it is possible to make compote from apricots without sterilization.

For this, in addition to sugar, add citric acid. It gives a special flavor to the compote and makes the taste more saturated.

You can serve compote with any pastries and desserts, for example, with a cake or with a Viennese pie.