Lingonberry compote for the winter

Lingonberries, along with cranberries, are among the most healing and in recent years have become even more popular than any exotic fruit.Lingonberry compote for the winter is one of the simplest types of homemade preparations, requiring a minimum amount of time and effort. The result is a completely ready-to-drink healing drink.

Benefits of lingonberry compote

If you don’t know about the beneficial properties of lingonberries, then everyone probably guesses. The abundance of vitamins, primarily C and group B, allows it to increase the resistance of the immune system and cope with a variety of infectious diseases that await you at every turn in cold and wet weather.

In compotes, the berries undergo minimal heat treatment, so most of the beneficial substances are well preserved.

Due to the rich mineral composition and variety of organic acids in lingonberries, compote from it:

• helps with hypertension, reducing blood pressure and strengthening blood vessels;
• has a beneficial effect on the heart muscle;
• increases the level of hemoglobin in the blood;
• helps resist radiation sickness (quinic acid);
• strengthens gums due to the content of tannins;
• promotes muscle growth and at the same time reduces the size of the fat layer (ursolic acid);
• is a powerful antioxidant.

And the most important property of lingonberry compote is that, having powerful diuretic and disinfectant properties, it optimizes the functioning of the kidneys and urinary system.

Is it possible to have lingonberry compote during pregnancy?

The last property of lingonberry compote is very important for pregnant women, because it helps to cope with edema and other problems of the urinary system during this important period.In addition, lingonberries usually do not cause allergies, and compote made from them can improve vitality, which is also important for pregnant and lactating women. And thanks to its rich vitamin and mineral composition, lingonberry compote will help compensate for their natural deficiency in the body of women during this period.

Not everyone, however, is delighted with the unique taste of this drink, but the addition of other equally healthy fruits and berries allows you to soften and improve its taste.

How to prepare lingonberry compote correctly

You can make lingonberry compote either on a regular stove or with the help of modern kitchen assistants, for example, a multicooker. There are usually two main ways to make it, regardless of the recipe:

• using filling: double or even single;
• by cooking.

Regardless of the chosen method, there are two main strategies for preparing lingonberry compote for the winter, and the use of any of them in different recipes depends on the taste preferences of the housewife.

1. If the appearance of the drink comes first, that is, you want to get an absolutely transparent compote with whole, undamaged berries, then the lingonberries are immediately poured with boiling water and practically not boiled.
2. If you want to get a concentrated drink that is as saturated with berry juice as possible, reminiscent of a fruit drink, then the berries should be crushed before cooking and cooked for at least 5 minutes.

Lingonberries are wild berries, so they will always contain a lot of natural debris, from which they will need to be freed before starting the cooking process. But its skin is quite thin, so in order not to damage it when cleaning and sorting, it is better to fill it with cold water for 5-10 minutes.Then pour into a colander and, immersing it several times in clean water, ensure that all the debris remains outside. After which it is poured onto a clean towel to dry.

As when working with any sour berry, it is not allowed to use aluminum containers for preparing compote, the walls and bottom of which may react unfavorably with substances in the lingonberry composition.

Adding sugar is necessary to soften the sour taste of the berry, but we must remember that the less it is added, the more healthy the preparation will be. Often, to soften and complement the taste of lingonberry compote, sweet fruits and berries are also added to it: apples, pears, plums, blueberries, blueberries.

Additionally, adding spices helps to flavor the taste of the drink and make it richer: vanilla, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, cardamom, star anise.

How long to cook lingonberry compote

As noted above, lingonberry compote for the winter is often prepared with virtually no cooking in order to preserve maximum nutrients. The maximum time it can be allowed to simmer over low heat is 12 minutes.

Classic recipe for lingonberry compote

You will need:

• 2 kg of berries;
• about 1.5 kg of granulated sugar;
• 6 liters of water.

The drink prepared according to this recipe retains a significant part of the nutrients. But it is necessary to sterilize both empty and filled jars.

1. The berries are sorted, discarding all spoiled specimens, and rinsed.
2. Heat the water to a boil, dissolve all the sugar in it, heating the syrup for at least 10 minutes.
3. Arrange the berries in sterile jars so that they occupy no more than ¼ of the jar. In this case, the concentration of compote will be close to drinking water.
4. Add hot syrup to each container.
5. Place the jars in a wide saucepan and pasteurize for about half an hour (liter containers).
6. After pasteurization is completed, jars of compote can be immediately rolled up, cooled and stored.

Lingonberry compote for the winter without sterilization

It’s even easier to prepare lingonberry compote according to the recipe without sterilization, and with the attached photos it will be very easy to do.

For one three-liter can of the finished drink you need to find:

• 500-600 g lingonberries;
• 200 g sugar;
• about 3 liters of water.

Recipe preparation method:

1. Rinse thoroughly and boil the glassware in water or over steam.
   
2. Sort and wash the berries, dry them and place them in a hot sterilized jar.
   
3. Pour boiling water so that the water comes almost to the very neck.
   
4. Cover with a lid and let stand for 10-15 minutes.
5. Drain the water from the jar, add the required amount of sugar to it, and, bringing to a boil, make sure that it is all dissolved in the liquid.
6. Pour the sugar syrup back into the jar with the berries and immediately screw it tightly with a machine.
   
7. Place the jar upside down, place it under a warm blanket and leave to cool for at least 12 hours.

Lingonberry and blueberry compote

According to the recipe described above, without sterilization, lingonberry compote is prepared with the addition of other wild and garden berries. For example, blueberries will give the drink a noble dark color and a sweetish taste.

Place on a three-liter jar:

• 350 g each of lingonberries and blueberries;
• 1.5-2 liters of water;
• 100 g sugar;
• 1 tsp. lemon zest.

Sweet blueberry and lingonberry compote for the winter

Wild blueberries are much more difficult to find commercially, although cultivated varieties have become available in recent years. Lingonberry compote with blueberries is also distinguished by its sweetness, aroma, and color. It is prepared using the same technology, replacing the blueberries in the previous recipe with exactly the same amount of blueberries.

Compote of lingonberries and strawberries for the winter

The combination of strawberries and lingonberries will give the compote such an original taste that it is unlikely that anyone will guess what it is made from. The strawberries will most likely have to be used frozen, since they usually fall off by the time the lingonberries ripen. However, you can also find remontant varieties that bear fruit throughout August and September.

You will need:

• 250 g lingonberries;
• 250 g strawberries;
• 300 g granulated sugar;
• about 2.5 liters of water.

Making the recipe:

1. The berries are washed or thawed (if used frozen).
2. Transfer them to a sterile three-liter jar, pour boiling water over them, and leave for 4-5 minutes.
3. The water is drained and sugar syrup is prepared from it.
4. Boiling sugar syrup is poured over the berries again and the jar is immediately screwed on.

Blackcurrant and lingonberry compote for the winter

The same recipe is used if you want to combine lingonberries with black or red currants, or even both berries at once.

Prepare:

• 2 cups currants;
• 1 cup lingonberries;
• 1 cup granulated sugar;
• amount of water - how much will fit into a three-liter jar after filling.

Fragrant lingonberry and cherry compote

Lingonberries and cherries make an incredibly tasty, beautiful and healthy compote, and it is also easy to prepare if you use the method of pouring boiling water once and then pouring sugar syrup.

In terms of ingredients, the recipe requires:

• 500 g lingonberries;
• 1500 g pitted cherries;
• 2 tsp. grated lemon zest;
• 400 g granulated sugar;
• water - how much will fit in a 3-liter jar.

The compote is very concentrated and will need to be diluted when used.

The simplest recipe for lingonberry compote for the winter

Using the simplest recipe for making lingonberry compote, you can even get by with a single pour.

All ingredients for making can be taken from the previous recipe. And the recipe itself consists of the following steps:

1. The prepared berries are blanched in a colander in boiling water for 2-3 minutes.
2. Place in pre-sterilized jars.
3. Prepare sugar syrup by boiling it as usual for 5-10 minutes.
4. Pour boiling syrup over lingonberries in jars and immediately roll them up.
5. It is necessary to cool the compote upside down under a blanket in order to undergo additional sterilization in this form.

Assorted compote of lingonberries with one filling

Of course, it will be very tasty to combine lingonberries and a variety of berries and fruits in one drink. This recipe describes an example of assorted compote, the ingredients for which are not difficult to find.

You will need:

• 200 g lingonberries;
• 200 g blueberries;
• 100 g cranberries;
• 500 g apples;
• 400 g granulated sugar;
• water - depending on the desired concentration of compote, but not less than 2 liters.

Making lingonberry compote according to this recipe is very simple, but the apples need to be given time to brew.

1. The apples are washed, peeled from the seed membranes and cut into small slices.
2. Heat the water to a boil and pour it over the chopped apple pieces and placed in the pan. Leave for three quarters of an hour.
3. After infusion, the water is drained, sugar is added to it and, after heating to a boil, boil for 5-8 minutes.
4. Assorted berries are added to the jars and boiling syrup is poured on top.
5. The manufacturing process is completed, the cans can be screwed in and placed upside down under the insulation.

Compote of serviceberry and lingonberry

Irga, for all its usefulness and unpretentiousness, is not very popular among gardeners. But in terms of vitamin content, it is not inferior to the same chokeberry or even black currant.

Lingonberry compote with the addition of serviceberry will have a very beautiful dark shade, and the taste of sweet serviceberry will be very well complemented by the sourness in the lingonberry.

For a 3 liter container you will need:

• 300 g lingonberries;
• 300 g serviceberry;
• 300 g sugar;
• about 2 liters of water.

The drink is prepared according to this recipe in a well-known way, using one pour of boiling water and subsequent final pouring of sugar syrup.

How to make lingonberry and orange compote for the winter

Lingonberry compote with the addition of orange is inimitably delicious. Citrus fruits always bring with them a unique holiday aroma, and this drink is good to drink warm or even hot on New Year’s Eve.

You will need:

• 300 g lingonberries;
• 1 orange;
• 100 g granulated sugar;
• ½ tsp. cinnamon;
• about 2 liters of water.

Making the recipe:

• Before use, the orange is scalded with boiling water and the zest is grated separately, which is then used for compote.They also remove the white peel and seeds in the pulp, which can add bitterness to the drink.
• Lingonberries are prepared in the usual way.
• Boil water and sugar for 5 minutes, add ground cinnamon.
• Orange pulp and grated zest are placed in sterile jars along with lingonberries.
• Pour boiling syrup and twist for long-term storage.

How to cook lingonberry compote with lemon for the winter

Lingonberry compote is prepared in exactly the same way with the addition of lemon, which is also used almost entirely. You just need to remove the seeds from the pulp.

Only granulated sugar is usually added 2 times more in quantity.

Lingonberry compote with vanilla

And if you add vanillin to the sugar syrup during cooking, the taste of lingonberry compote will soften significantly, and the drink itself will become even healthier.

For 1 kg of lingonberries take:

• 400 g granulated sugar;
• 5 g vanillin;
• 2 liters of water.

Lingonberry compote with apples

Lingonberries and apples are a classic combination; they complement each other perfectly both in taste and richness in a compote for the winter. In this recipe, the fruit is first boiled, which makes the taste of the drink more concentrated.

The ingredients are as follows:

• 2 kg of lingonberries;
• 1 kg apples;
• 1 kg granulated sugar;
• 5-6 liters of water.

This amount of product should yield approximately 3 three-liter jars.

Making the recipe:

1. Lingonberries are prepared in the standard way.
2. Wash the apples, cut out the core with seeds and cut into slices of approximately the same size.
3. Sugar syrup is made from water and sugar.
4. Place apples cut into slices into it and cook over low heat for about a quarter of an hour.
5. Then use a slotted spoon to place the fruits into sterile jars.
6. Place lingonberries in the syrup and cook for about 10 minutes, then use the same slotted spoon to place them on top of the apples.
7. Pour the syrup in which they were boiled over fruits and berries and seal them hermetically.

Compote of plums and lingonberries for the winter

Lingonberry compote is prepared in almost the same way with the addition of plums. The plums must be pitted, and cooking them will not take much time - 10 minutes is enough.

Otherwise, the technology and ratio of ingredients are exactly the same as in the recipe with apples. But the color of the compote will be slightly different; of course, its taste and aroma will change.

Compote of lingonberries with pears for the winter

A similar method is used to make lingonberry compote with the addition of pears.

The recipe requires the following products:

• 2 kg of pears, ripe, but still quite firm;
• 1.5 kg lingonberries;
• 0.8 kg granulated sugar;
• 1 liter of water.

The manufacturing process is very similar to the technology described in previous recipes, with the only difference being that the pears are boiled in syrup for only 10 minutes, and lingonberries are placed in it for literally a minute, and then immediately put into jars.

How to cook compote from lingonberries, apples and prunes

In this recipe, lingonberries have wonderful neighbors in the form of apples and prunes. The last component, in addition, has a beneficial effect on intestinal function and increases efficiency, and together they fully satisfy the body's needs for vitamins and minerals.

The ratio of components is as follows:

• 500 g lingonberries;
• 400 g pitted prunes;
• 7-8 medium apples;
• 200 g sugar;
• about 6 liters of water.

The manufacturing method is no fundamentally different from previous recipes:

1. Syrup is prepared from water and sugar.
2. Fruits and berries are washed and removed from unnecessary parts. Apples are cut into slices, and prunes into 2-4 parts.
3. First add apples to the sugar syrup, after 10 minutes prunes and after the same amount of time lingonberries.
4. The fire is turned off, and the finished compote, together with berries and fruits, is packaged in sterile jars and screwed.

Frozen lingonberry compote

Compote from frozen lingonberries is prepared in a similar way, using the so-called five-minute recipe.

The composition of the products is as follows:

• 150 g frozen lingonberries;
• 200 g sugar;
• 2-2.5 liters of water.

To cook frozen lingonberry compote, use the following recipe:

1. Lingonberries are first defrosted naturally by removing them from the freezer and leaving them at room temperature for 8-10 hours.
2. The liquid obtained from defrosting the berries is poured through a sieve into the pan where the compote will be cooked, and the required amount of water is added.
3. The berries are washed under running water, removing all spoiled specimens and plant debris.
4. Place a pan of water on the fire, heat it to a boil, add sugar and cook until it is completely dissolved.
5. Then add lingonberries to the sugar syrup and after boiling, cook for exactly 5 minutes.
6. Place in sterile containers and secure with sterile lids.

Delicious cranberry and lingonberry compote

Another classic combination is the combination of cranberries and lingonberries in one jar. After all, they often grow nearby in nature. And in compote, even from frozen lingonberries and cranberries, the berries can complement each other with their healing properties.

To obtain a three-liter jar of this two-component compote, you need to take:

• 1 glass of both berries;
• 120-130 g granulated sugar;
• 2.5-3 liters of water.

According to the method of preparation, the recipe resembles fruit juice.

1. The berries are sorted, washed in cold water and slightly dried.
2. Cover with sugar and grind with a blender or wooden masher.
3. In a separate container, heat water to a boil and place the berry mixture there.
4. After boiling, cook for about three minutes.
5. Pour into sterile containers through a sieve, leaving the mashed berries outside.
6. The banks are being rolled up.

How to make lingonberry compote with spices and white wine for the winter

This recipe for lingonberry compote is not intended for children, although it is almost impossible to taste the alcohol. Wine only adds sophistication and a pleasant aroma to the finished drink.

Required:

• 0.7 kg of lingonberries;
• 0.35 g sugar;
• 0.22 ml white wine;
• 5 g each of ground cinnamon and cardamom;
• grated zest from one lemon;
• 2-3 g ginger.

The recipe making process is quite simple:

1. The berries are placed in a dry and clean jar, sprinkled with sugar and ground spices in layers.
2. Add ginger and grated lemon zest to the last layer.
3. The jars are covered with lids and sterilized in boiling water for about a quarter of an hour.
4. After completion of sterilization, immediately seal it hermetically.

How to make lingonberry compote without sugar for the winter

Sour fruits and berries can be quite easily prepared for the winter without the use of sugar, since the acids they contain are themselves good preservatives.

All you need is the lingonberry itself and water.

The recipe making process is simple:

1. The lingonberries are washed and dried.
2. Fill sterile jars 1/3 with berries and pour boiling water so that 2-3 cm of free volume remains in the upper part of the jar.
   Important! This space is necessary for boiling the compote during sterilization.
3. Then the jars of compote are placed in a wide saucepan with hot water, at the bottom of which a small towel is placed.
4. Sterilize for at least 10 minutes if using liter jars.

Lingonberry compote for the winter without cooking

Due to the presence of natural preservatives in lingonberries, they can easily be preserved during the winter simply under water.

For 1 kg of berries, use about 2.5 liters of water.

1. The berries are placed tightly in a glass container and filled with boiled water at room temperature, so that it completely covers the lingonberries.
2. Cover with a nylon lid and store in the refrigerator.
3. The liquid can be drained all winter and used to make compote or fruit drink. And just add clean water to the jar with berries.

How to cook lingonberry compote for the winter in a slow cooker

You can quickly and easily prepare lingonberry compote in a slow cooker, and then package it in jars for storage for the winter.

Prepare:

• 600 g lingonberries;
• 250 g sugar;
• 2 liters of water.

Preparing the recipe:

1. Water is poured into the bowl of the device and heated using the “steaming” mode until it boils.
2. Add sugar and lingonberries, cook for about 10 minutes.
3. Packaged in sterile containers and screwed.

Rules for storing lingonberry compote

Lingonberry compote keeps well throughout the winter and at normal room temperature. Compote without sugar is best stored in cooler rooms. And compote without cooking is usually stored in the cellar or refrigerator.

Conclusion

Lingonberry compote for the winter can be prepared with almost any berries and fruits and in any case it will be a very tasty and healthy drink.

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