Pear compote is a fragrant, tasty home-made drink enriched with vitamins. Canned pears from compote can be used in the preparation of pastry, gourmet desserts. There are many recipes that describe how to make this drink. To add color and piquant taste, various berries, fruits, herbs or spices are added to it. Consider some of the most popular recipes for making this drink.
Selection and preparation of ingredients
Before starting conservation, it is necessary to do preliminary work and observe some conditions:
- cans are washed with baking soda, sterilized;
- for preservation choose unripened fruits that are firm to the touch: such fruits from boiling water will not turn into mashed potatoes, and the compote will be clean and transparent;
- when using small fruits for preservation, it will be advisable to pierce their skin in different places: so the fruit can warm up more evenly, look beautiful in a jar and give more its taste and aroma;
- when using large fruits, cut each pear into 2–4 parts, removing the tail and core;
- pears with hard peels are either boiled in boiling water for 5 minutes, or cut with a special knife;
- to carefully drain the liquid from the fruit jar, you need to use a special lid for preservation with holes.
Important! To prevent the pear slices from darkening, place them in a container with 1 liter of water, acidified with 1 g of citric acid.
A step-by-step recipe for pear compote for the winter
Pear compote is a very aromatic drink, and when other fruits or herbs are added to it, it acquires additional taste, an original aroma. When winter comes, it will be pleasant to taste your drink as a reminder of the hot summer.
A simple recipe for the winter
C cans of 1 liter for 50 minutes
Energy value (per 100 g):
Put slices of pears in the prepared container.
Pour the fruits with boiling water, cover with a prepared lid and leave to infuse for 20 minutes.
Pear infusion into a saucepan and bring it to a boil again. Pour them fruit, insist 10 minutes. Then drain the third time and bring it to a boil.
While the liquid is boiling, pour sugar in a jar, put 2 slices of lime. After - pour boiling water.
Roll up the can. Turn the container over, cover with a towel and allow to cool completely.
Put slices of pears in the prepared container.
Pour the fruits with boiling water, cover with a prepared lid and leave to infuse for 20 minutes.
Pear infusion into a saucepan and bring it to a boil again. Pour them fruit, insist 10 minutes. Then drain the third time and bring it to a boil.
While the liquid is boiling, pour sugar in a jar, put 2 slices of lime. After - pour boiling water.
Roll up the can. Turn the container over, cover with a towel and allow to cool completely.Video recipe
With apples and grapes
3 cans of 1 liter each 60 minutes
Energy value (per 100 g):
- Wash apples, pears. Cut the fruit into several pieces, removing the core and the stalk. Put them in a prepared jar.
- Rinse the grapes thoroughly with hot running water. It is necessary to separate the berries from the twigs. Peeled grapes add to the container. Fill the jar with fruit 1/3.
- Put a pot of water on the gas and bring it to a boil. Pour boiling water into a prepared jar (just above the level of the shoulders), cover with a sterilized lid and leave for half an hour.
- Pour the liquid into the pan, add sugar.
- Put the pot with liquid on the fire, bring to a boil, stirring constantly until sugar is completely dissolved.
- Pour syrup into a jar, roll up.
- Turn the jar with compote and cover with a towel, it should cool slowly.
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With plums
3 cans of 1 l45 minutes
Energy value (per 100 g):
- Wash the pear fruit thoroughly. Cut the fruit into slices, removing the core and the stalk. Put them in a prepared container.
- Wash the plums, add to the pear slices.
- Pour the fruit with boiling water, cover the jar with a sterilized lid, wait 15 minutes.
- Drain the infusion into the container and bring it to a boil again.
- Pour the fruit a second time, let it stand for 10 minutes.
- Pour water into a pan, bring it to a boil, add sugar, boiling syrup for pouring.
- Pour fruit into boiling syrup.
- Roll up the jar with compote, turn over, cover with a towel until completely cooled.
Important! If you do not want the plums to burst under the influence of boiling water, then they must be pierced from several sides with a fork or a toothpick.
With mint
3 cans of 1 liter35 minutes
Energy value (per 100 g):
- Wash pear fruits, cut into several parts, removing the core and ponytails. Put in a container.
- Wash the mint leaves, add them to the pear slices.
- Prepared fruit pour boiling water, cover with a sterilized lid and leave to infuse for 20 minutes.
- Pour the resulting infusion into the pan, bring it to a boil and pour the pears again. Insist 10 minutes.
- Pour the infusion a second time into the pan, bring it to a boil.
- Add sugar to the jar, pour boiling water. Roll up.
- Turn the container with compote, cover with a towel and leave to cool completely.
Storage methods
Pear compotes are equally well stored in a cool dark place (cellar), and at room temperature (not higher than + 20 ° C) in storage rooms. The main condition: direct sunlight should not fall on the banks. In this case, canned compote can be stored for up to 2 years.
Did you know? The first cannery was opened in Russia in 1870 and specialized in the production of canned stew, pea porridge with meat and beef stew.
Pear is a wonderful fruit, from which not only tasty and healthy drinks are made, but also very aromatic jam. If you add apple juice and gelatin to pear puree, you can make a delicious homemade marmalade. Fruits are used in many simple recipes, the main thing is that your hands reach them!
