How to cook pumpkin compote with apples

Pumpkin compote is a healthy vitamin drink. People who regularly consume pumpkin compote note that their skin becomes elastic and firm, their hair stops falling out and becomes healthy. Metabolic processes in the body improve, the heart muscle begins to work better. You can list the advantages of pumpkin for a long time, but now we are not talking about them, but about the products obtained from the vegetable.

But not every person likes compote from just one pumpkin because of the bland taste. The addition of various fruits and berries helps improve the product. Pumpkin compote with apples is a unique product that combines the advantages of both ingredients. The taste becomes inimitable and amazing. We will talk about how to prepare pumpkin compote with apples.

Choosing a pumpkin

You should not think that you can use any pumpkin for this drink. After all, there are many varieties of this vegetable. Among them there are dessert and food options. To make a pumpkin drink with apples, you need to choose the “right” vegetable. This is the question that most often interests young housewives.

What to consider:

1. Only dessert varieties with bright yellow or orange pulp are suitable for compotes. They have a lot of sugar. It’s easy to verify this: just cut off a slice and taste it.
2. You should not choose a large vegetable. According to experienced gardeners, the smaller the pumpkin, the sweeter it is. In addition, it has a delicate, thin peel.
3. If you buy vegetables at the market, never buy cut vegetables: they may contain germs.
4. Before slicing, the vegetable is washed in several waters to wash away all the soil and grains of sand.
5. Cut the pumpkin into small, preferably equal-sized pieces, no thicker than 1.5 cm. In this case, they will cook evenly, and the appearance of the finished drink will be aesthetic.

Which apples are better

We have decided what to do with the pumpkin. But we also have another ingredient, the choice of which is no less important. It's no secret that not all apples are suitable for making compotes. Some varieties simply fall apart and lose their integrity, which makes the compote unsightly in appearance. Although the taste is not lost.

So what are the best apples to use to make a vitamin pumpkin apple drink? It makes no sense to name varieties, since only a few will be able to use this information.

So, how to choose a fruit for a vitamin drink:

1. As a rule, late-ripening varieties that are left for winter storage are considered the best. Many varieties of apples are suitable for long-term storage.
2. Overripe fruits are not suitable as they will lose their shape. But slightly unripe apples are just right.
3. For pumpkin drink it is better to use sour fruits, the best option is the variety Antonovka.
4. It is not necessary to take only green apples. Red fruits will add rich color to the compote.

When preparing compote from a pumpkin-apple drink, keep in mind that both ingredients will remain until the drink cools down. In addition, this process is delayed, since the cans must be wrapped in a blanket or fur coat.

Recipes for pumpkin and apple compotes

Only pumpkin and apples

We bring to your attention recipes for a drink that contains only apples and pumpkin. It will take half an hour to cook.

Recipe one

Stock up:

• pumpkin – 0.4 kg;
• medium-sized apples - 4 pieces;
• granulated sugar – 100-150 grams;
• citric acid - a quarter teaspoon.

The ingredients are given for one liter of water.

Recipe two

Ingredients for 2 liters of water:

• pumpkin – 400 grams;
• apples – 600 grams;
• sugar – 300 grams;
• citric acid – ½ teaspoon.

Warning! The weight of each ingredient in the recipe is given for peeled apples and pumpkin.

We have given an example of two options with different amounts of ingredients, but the compote is prepared in the same way.

Cooking rules:

1. We thoroughly wash the pumpkin and apples and dry them with a napkin.
2. Cut the pumpkin into pieces, remove the seed chamber along with the fibrous pulp. It is convenient to do this with a spoon. Cut off the peel. For successful slicing, you need slices no more than 1.5 cm thick. We cut each of them into equal pieces, no more than 1 cm.
3. We peel the apples (you don’t need to cut them), divide them into quarters and remove the stem, seeds and blades. You need to get neat cubes from the apples.
   
4. Place the prepared ingredients in a bowl, add sugar and fill with cold water. As soon as the water becomes slightly warm, add citric acid, according to the recipe.This ingredient is necessary to maintain the integrity of the components.
5. You need to brew the vitamin drink for 25-30 minutes. During this time, the pumpkin pieces will become transparent.

Immediately place the contents of the pan into hot jars and seal them hermetically. Turn the jars upside down and wrap them for sterilization until the drink cools.

You can store this product in any cool place.

Yes, even tastier

To prepare pumpkin compote with apples, many housewives add various ingredients to make it even tastier and healthier.

Recipe No. 1

We offer you a drink option with prunes.

For five glasses of water we will need:

• granulated sugar - half a glass;
• pumpkin pulp – 300 grams;
• sour apples – 200 grams;
• prunes – 1 handful;
• citric acid (if for winter storage) – 0.25 teaspoon;
• cinnamon - to taste.

How to cook:

1. First, pumpkin, apples and prunes are washed and dried well.
2. Then the pumpkin is cut into strips, and the remaining ingredients into slices.
3. Pour the pre-cooked syrup over the prunes and add cinnamon. Boil over low heat for 10 minutes.
4. After this, add the pumpkin, after another 5 minutes - the apple slices.
5. Cook the pumpkin compote until all the ingredients are ready.

For storage, the drink is poured into cans, rolled up and cooled upside down in a warm place.

Recipe No. 2

For one and a half liters of water you need to prepare:

• pumpkin and sour apples – 0.3 kg each;
• dried apricots – 2 tablespoons;
• raisins – 1 tablespoon;
• cinnamon and sugar - half a teaspoon each.

Cooking features:

1. Prepare pumpkin and apples in the usual way and cut into small pieces. Dried apricots and raisins in slices.
2. First add dried apricots with raisins and cinnamon to the prepared boiling syrup. After 10 minutes, add pumpkin pieces. After another 5 minutes - chopped apples.
3. When all the ingredients are ready, add citric acid. But this is the case if the workpiece is intended for winter storage.
4. We seal the jars and send them under the fur coat.

You can cook it like this:

Instead of a conclusion

We have brought to your attention several recipes for pumpkin drink with apples. You can cook a little at a time and decide which option is right for your household.

The amount of ingredients to prepare a larger or smaller volume of a nutritious and tasty drink can be varied. In addition, taking a recipe as a basis, you have the opportunity to experiment, adding fruits and berries at your discretion.

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