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Irga is a small berry with a soft, sweetish taste. To prepare it for the winter, many housewives cook compote. For a bright taste, you can add other fruits or citric acid. The procedure for preparing the ingredients does not differ depending on the selected recipe. Let's look at the best ways to make compote from serviceberry for the winter.
General cooking recommendations
Regardless of which recipe is preferred, there are several main features of preparing the drink. Let's briefly list them:
- Due to its chemical composition, shadberry has a sweet, fresh taste. To give the drink a sour note, add other fruits, citric acid or vinegar.
- Before starting the cooking process, the berries should be sorted, thoroughly peeled and washed.
- All jars and lids that will be used must be sterilized.
- It is allowed to twist the compote from serviceberry without prolonged boiling. In this case, the drink is made concentrated, and before direct consumption it should be diluted with water.
- Recipes with sterilization take a little longer to prepare.
Some methods are designed for a 1 liter jar, others for 3 liters.Below we will look at several recipes. Ingredients are calculated based on a volume of 3 liters.
Recipe for a drink with citric acid
Let's consider the first recipe for the preparation, which involves sterilization. To prepare it you will need to take the following ingredients:
- Peeled irga – 500 g.
- Sugar – 600 g.
- Water – 2.5 l.
- Citric acid – 8 g.
First you need to prepare the berries - sort them and rinse them. Then they are immediately laid out in clean containers.
The second stage of preparing compote from serviceberry is boiling the sugar syrup. To do this, pour 2.5 liters of water into the pan and add 600 g of granulated sugar, which should dissolve completely during the cooking process. When the syrup is ready, the prepared volume of citric acid is added to it.
At the third stage, the prepared berries are poured with the resulting syrup. The next stage is sterilization. At this point, the housewife should have a large saucepan prepared, with a piece of cloth placed at the bottom. The future compote is covered with lids and placed in a container.
Next, pour water into the pan, not reaching about 5 cm from the necks. The finished container is placed on low heat. As soon as the water boils, you need to sterilize the jars for no more than 10 minutes.
After this time, the jars are rolled up with lids and turned upside down. The finished product is left to cool completely. Once opened, this drink does not need to be diluted with water.
Sweet and sour compote with currants
To add the missing acid to the serviceberry compote, some housewives cook it with the addition of black currants. The drink according to this recipe will have a brighter taste. The preparation procedure is almost the same as described above.
Based on a 3-liter volume, you will need to prepare:
- black currant – 300 g;
- irga – 700 g;
- sugar – 350 g;
- water – 3 l;
- citric acid – 3 g.
The first stages are cleaning and washing the berries, sterilizing containers. The prepared fruits are immediately placed in jars, first black currants, then shadberry.
Pour 3 liters of water into a saucepan, bring to a boil and prepare syrup with the addition of citric acid and sugar. After the sugar has melted, the liquid must be boiled for another two minutes.
The stacked fruits are poured with syrup, covered with lids and sent for sterilization. As mentioned in the previous recipe, the time for a 3-liter jar is from 7 to 10 minutes.
After boiling, the compote is rolled up with lids, turned over and left to cool. A drink with the addition of black currants is considered one of the favorites of housewives. It has a pleasant sweet and sour taste. If desired, you can use red currants, in which case the amount of sugar should be increased by 50 g.
Recipe for citrus lovers
To make the compote of serviceberry for the winter have a pleasant sour note, you can add a few slices of lemon and orange. In this case, you will not need to add citric acid.
The following ingredients are taken for the drink:
- irga – 750 g;
- orange – 100 g;
- lemon – 100 g;
- water – 3 l;
- sugar – 350 g.
First, the fruits are prepared. Irga is sorted and washed. You should also rinse oranges and lemons. Then they are cut into thin slices. The bones are removed. Sterilize containers.
First, berries are placed in clean jars, and then fruit slices. The prepared volume of water is poured into a pan and boiled. After this, fill the containers and wait 10 minutes. Then the water is poured back into the pan and sugar is added. The syrup must be boiled and boiled until the sugar is completely dissolved.
The hot sweet liquid is poured back into the berries and rolled up with a clean lid. In order for the citrus flavor to be clearly felt, the compote needs to sit for two months.
Express compote from serviceberry
If the housewife does not have much time for homemade preparations, you can make a quick compote of serviceberry for the winter. To do this you will need the most available ingredients:
- Irga – 750 g.
- Sugar – 300 g.
- Water – 2.5 l.
At the first stage, jars and lids are sterilized. They sort the berries and wash them. Next, pour the fruits for the drink into the cleaned container.
The prepared berries are poured with boiling water, not reaching the neck by about 3 cm. The water is left to steep for about 15 minutes. The liquid that did not enter the jar will not be needed; it can be drained immediately.
After waiting 15 minutes, the water is poured into the pan again. Granulated sugar is also poured there - about 300 g. The berry itself is quite sweet. Therefore, it is not advisable to add a lot of sugar to the product. The syrup should be brought to a boil and cooked until the sand is completely dissolved.
The prepared liquid is poured into a jar. This recipe for compote from serviceberry for the winter does not require boiling. The jars can be immediately rolled up or screwed on with screw caps. They are then turned over and left to cool.
Concentrated compote recipe
Concentrated compote from serviceberry will be a solution to the problem if there is a lack of containers for preparations. As you can guess from the name, this drink needs to be diluted with water before drinking.
To prepare the concentrate you will need the following ingredients:
- ripe serviceberry berries – 1 kg;
- water – 1 l;
- sugar – 300 g.
As with any compote, you first need to sort and wash the fruits, sterilize the jars and lids.Peeled berries are placed in prepared containers.
The next step is to cook the syrup. Pour the entire volume of water into the pan and add sugar. Boil until it is completely dissolved. There is no need to bring the syrup to a strong thickening point. Pour the finished syrup into containers with berries.
Cover the jars with the future compote with a lid and send for sterilization. For three-liter bottles, 10 minutes is enough. The containers with compote should be rolled up and covered with a blanket, left to cool.
How to sterilize
Before preparing compote from serviceberry for the winter, you should sterilize the jars and lids necessary for its storage. There are several options on how to do this.
Microwave
Sterilization in a microwave oven is relevant for housewives who make preparations in small containers. First, you need to wash them thoroughly with baking soda, rinse and pour half a glass of cold water into them. Microwave them on the highest power setting. For jars with a capacity of 1 liter, 5 minutes will be enough; for 3-liter jars, sterilize for 10 minutes.
In a water bath
Pour water into a large saucepan with jars for preparations and boil it. Wait from 3 to 10 minutes depending on the volume of the cans.
A similar method should be used to sterilize lids. Pour water into the pan, lower the lids so that they completely drown in the liquid, and leave to boil for 5 minutes.
Sterilization of containers with compote
If the recipe calls for sterilization, place the jars of compote in a large saucepan with a piece of cloth lined at the bottom. Water is poured in such a way that there is about 3 cm left to the necks. Next, the entire container is placed on low heat and waiting for it to boil. After this, sterilize for 3 to 10 minutes, depending on the volume.Half-liter jars need 3 minutes, while 3-liter jars will require from 7 to 10.
How to use berries from compote
In fact, irga from compote will also not be superfluous. You can take advantage of one of the following offers:
- Place on top of the baked goods as a garnish.
- Rub the pulp through a sieve and make a sweet puree.
- Prepare a filling for sweet pies or a layer for a cake.
The finished drink is rich red in color. It has an unusual taste and a pleasant, subtle aroma. Anyone who has a serviceberry bush on their property should try one of these recipes:
