Frozen cherry compote for the winter

How to cook compote from frozen berries

Of course, no one eats frozen berries themselves. They are designed for preparing and decorating various desserts, such as sorbet or jelly. But it is best to use frozen berries for homemade compotes. The fact is that the process of cooking compote does not require defrosting the fruits, so they give this drink the maximum of preserved vitamins. In addition, it is difficult to imagine an easier way to prepare a flavorful and healthy drink than homemade compote from frozen berries.

We offer you a version of a delicious frozen cherry compote, the recipe of which is so easy that even a novice housewife can master it.

Preparing for work

Before you prepare a healthy drink, you need to properly prepare its main ingredient - cherries. During the period of fruit ripening, it is necessary not only to provide for your current needs, but also to stock up on them for the winter. If you prepare them correctly, then when frozen they will retain all their beneficial properties and wonderful aroma. To get the maximum benefit from the fruit, you must adhere to the following recommendations:

In order for the fruits to be stored for as long as possible and not lose their juiciness, it is necessary to freeze them whole with seeds.
The best option for harvesting cherries would be to dry freeze them in a special container or a simple plastic bag.
Before preparing frozen cherry compote, there is no need to defrost the fruits, as they will lose most of their beneficial substances for the human body.
If you can preserve fruits in jars, you must first sterilize them.
To prevent frozen cherries from falling apart during cooking and losing their vitamins, you need to limit their cooking to 10 minutes.
Frozen cherries are not as sour as fresh ones, so when cooking compote you should add a minimum amount of sugar (about 1 cup for every 0.5 kg of fruit).
You can add berries or citrus juice to the frozen cherry compote. They will not only improve the taste of the finished drink, but also give it a special aroma.
For compote, you need to take only purified water and boil it properly.
If you use pitted cherries when cooking, you should take into account the fact that the finished drink will be stored for no more than two months. Therefore, you should not immediately brew huge volumes of the drink.
It is best to prepare compote in enamel or glass containers. Aluminum containers must not be used.

Description of preparation:

Read the recipe and you will learn how to make frozen cherry compote.
It’s not difficult to prepare, the main thing here is to deal with the sugar. Everyone has their own taste - some like it sweeter, some like it sour.
Of course, a lot depends on the berry itself, how sour it is
. In a word, sugar is a delicate matter - everyone must adjust the amount of it in the compote to suit themselves. The rest is very simple. Good luck!

Cooking recipes

Housewives have come up with many different recipes for making cherry compote. All of them are quite simple and do not require special culinary knowledge and skills. As you work, you can experiment a little and add different amounts of certain ingredients. This will help add variety and make the finished drink as tasty as possible.

Easy way

This option for preparing cherry compote is the most popular among others. Its whole secret is in the simplicity of the products used and the speed of preparation. This frozen fruit drink will be an excellent source of vitamins in the winter. To prepare it you will need the following ingredients: 500 g of cherries with pits, 250 g of granulated sugar, 3 liters of filtered cold water.

The compote preparation process consists of the following steps:

Frozen berries are placed in a pre-prepared and washed enamel pan.
Then they are filled with the required amount of purified water.
The pan is placed on the stove and granulated sugar is poured into it.
Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat, then reduce the heat to low.
As soon as the water boils, cover the compote with a lid and cook for about 5 minutes.
After the specified period of time, the pan is removed from the stove and gradually cooled to room temperature.
The cooled compote is poured into bottles or jars and placed in the refrigerator.
Once it has cooled a little, you can take it out and pour it into glasses or cups.

With the addition of apples

Cherries go well with any fruit, so adding them to a drink will not only change its taste, but also make it healthier. To prepare cherry compote with apples, you can choose any variety of fruit. Based on their sweetness, it is necessary to vary the amount of added sugar. To make the compote perfectly tasty, you need the following products: 0.3 kg of frozen cherries, 5 ripe apples, 3 liters of clean water, mint leaves, 4 tablespoons of sugar.

The drink is prepared following the following sequence of actions:

Frozen cherries are removed from the freezer and placed in a bowl, where they thaw a little.
During this time, fill a deep saucepan with water and place it on medium heat.
The apples are thoroughly washed and cleaned of all inedible parts.
Then they are cut into small random pieces.
First of all, apples are placed in boiling water.
After a few minutes, slightly thawed cherries are added to them.
After boiling again, the compote is cooked for about ten minutes. During the process it must be stirred periodically. It is important to do this carefully so that the components do not get crushed.
Before removing from the stove, sugar is added to the compote.
After it is completely dissolved, the fire is turned off and the pan is covered with a lid.
The cooled drink is poured into glasses.
Before serving, place one mint leaf in each of them.

With orange zest

A cherry drink with a hint of citrus, perfect for summer days. In hot weather, it perfectly refreshes and quenches thirst. In addition, citrus fruits contain many vitamins that maintain body tone and affect its performance. To please your family and friends with aromatic compote, you need to buy or take out the following products from the refrigerator: 500 g of frozen fruits, 2 medium oranges, a third of a glass of granulated sugar, 500 ml of water.

A drink with orange zest is made according to the following recipe:

Frozen cherries are placed in an enamel container and filled with the required amount of filtered water.
The container is placed on low heat and its contents are slowly brought to a boil.
The orange is thoroughly washed and peeled.
Then as much juice as possible is squeezed out of it.
After the water with cherries boils, granulated sugar is added to the future compote.
The mixture is boiled for about five minutes, after which orange zest is added to it.
After a few minutes of cooking, the compote is removed from the stove and cooled.
Then strained orange juice is gradually added to it. When pouring it, you must constantly stir the compote.
The finished drink is placed in the refrigerator for half an hour.
After this, it is poured into glasses, garnished with orange slices and served.

Instead of orange and its zest, you can add grapefruit. It has a specific taste and can make your drink unique. When using grapefruit, it is important to remove all its white films, which have a bitter taste and can ruin the drink.

Drink with lemon

A good option to refresh yourself on a hot summer day would be cherry compote with lemon. The finished drink is very aromatic and tasty. To prepare it you need the following products: 300 g of cherries, 1 ripe lemon, 50 g of granulated sugar, liter of filtered water.

Drink recipe with lemon:

The frozen cherries are transferred to a separate bowl and filled with water.
After two minutes of thawing, the fruits are transferred to an enamel container and placed on low heat.
As soon as the water boils, the mixture is cooked for several minutes and then cooled.
The lemon is thoroughly washed and cut into slices.
The slices along with granulated sugar are added to the compote.
The almost finished drink is mixed and infused for at least one and a half hours.
When serving, ice cubes are placed in a glass and filled with aromatic liquid.

In this recipe, you can replace granulated sugar with honey. This will not only not worsen the taste, but will also add health benefits to the drink.

With a cinnamon stick

Cinnamon is a very aromatic seasoning that will always decorate any dish and give it a unique taste. Cherry compote was no exception. To prepare it you will need the following ingredients: 400 g of frozen fruits, 0.2 kg of sugar, 3 liters of clean water, 1 cinnamon stick.

This drink is prepared according to the following principle:

The prepared berries are transferred to an enamel bowl and filled with the required amount of water.
Place the mixture over medium heat and bring to a boil.
After the compote has boiled for three minutes, add sugar and a cinnamon stick.
The drink is prepared for a few more minutes and removed from the stove.
Cover the pan with a lid and cool.
After cooling, the cherry compote is filtered and poured into cups.

If you don't have a cinnamon stick, you can replace it with ground cinnamon. It is easier to find in stores and is much cheaper.

For compote, a tablespoon of cinnamon will be enough. You need to add it at the very last moment, just before removing it from the stove.

Cherry compote in a slow cooker

Recently, housewives have often begun to use various devices, such as a multicooker, for cooking. It not only simplifies the cooking process, but also saves a huge amount of precious time. To prepare compote in a slow cooker, you need the following ingredients: 0.25 kg of frozen cherries with pits, 150 g of black currants, 3 liters of clean water, sugar.

Step-by-step instructions for preparing compote in a slow cooker:

The black currants are washed with cold water, and the frozen cherries are transferred to a bowl to thaw.
The prepared products are placed in the multicooker bowl and filled with the required amount of water.
Next, granulated sugar is poured there.
The device is placed in the “soup” or “steamer” mode for half an hour.
After the specified time has passed, the multicooker switches to the “heating” mode for thirty minutes.
The finished drink is bottled, cooled and served.

Canning for the winter

Cherry drink is great for preparing for the winter. With its help, you can saturate the body with vitamins during the most difficult cold period for it. In order to prepare cherry compote, you need: 1 kilogram of cherries, 500 g of sugar, 2 liters of filtered water.

Preparation for the winter is done in several stages:

The frozen cherries are carefully transferred to an enamel pan and filled with the required volume of water.
Sugar is added to the mixture and stirred until completely dissolved.
Then the pan is placed on the stove and brought to a boil over low heat.
As soon as the water boils, the heat is reduced to minimum, and the compote is cooked for at least another hour.
During this time, the jars are washed and sterilized.
The drink is poured into prepared containers and tightly closed with lids.
The jars are covered with a blanket and gradually cooled to room temperature.
After this, they are stored in a dark and cool place.

Frozen cherry compote is an excellent drink that will quench your thirst in the summer and saturate the body with vitamins in the winter. When prepared correctly, you can achieve maximum taste and preserve all the beneficial substances. Don't be afraid to experiment and add your own ingredients to the drink. Over time, you will select the optimal combination of products that will make your compote a truly tasty and aromatic drink.

Frozen cherry compote

Ingredients:

Frozen cherries – 500 grams
Water – 3 Liters
Sugar – 250 grams

Number of servings: 5

How to cook

Let's prepare all the necessary ingredients. There aren't many of them
Place the cherries in a large saucepan and fill with cold water. It is not necessary to defrost the berries in advance. Also add about 5-6 tablespoons of sugar.
Place the pan on medium heat and cover with a lid. Bring it to a boil. Then let the compote boil for 5 minutes, then turn off the heat. Let's see if we have enough sugar. If there is not enough, then add and stir thoroughly.
Then cover the compote again with a lid and let it cool completely. After the compote has cooled completely, it is ready to eat.

Pour the cherry compote into a jug and serve.

Cooking compote for the winter from cherries and black currants with citric acid at home

Now I want to offer housewives a universal way to preserve the richest cherry and blackcurrant compote. Perhaps many already know how to do this with their own hands at home, because the recipe is very simple. But there are also those who do this for the first time when faced with some problems. So, beginners, I’m sharing with you so that everything works out as it should. I promise the compote will be simply impeccable, the benefits of which are much greater than those of tea or coffee.

Ingredients for a 3 liter jar:

Cherry – 500 grams
Coarse salt - 1 tbsp. l.
Black currant – 400 grams
Sugar - 400 gr.
Citric acid - 0.5 tsp.
Water - 2.5 liters

Preparation:

We definitely sort out the berries. We need to remove all damaged and damaged copies. We also remove all the branches and leaves at the same time.

2. We wash the currants several times in plenty of water. We will do things a little differently with cherries. Since the compote will contain berries with seeds, we just need to make sure that there are no worms in them. To do this, dilute coarse salt in a bowl of water. Next, put the cherry in it and leave it for 1 hour. During this time, all unwanted living creatures will float to the surface. Now you can drain the liquid and rinse the berries thoroughly in clean water.

3. Now is the time to start sterilizing your jars. This can be done in two ways: steamed or in the oven. Also, do not forget about the lids, which must also be sterile.

4. Before distributing the berries into clean vessels, they are blanched. First, dip a colander with currants into a large saucepan of boiling water, and then with cherries. By pouring boiling water over the main components, we seem to sterilize them.

5. Next, put the fruits into jars. Add half a teaspoon of citric acid to each of them. Fill everything with boiling syrup on top up to the neck so that no air remains under the lid.

6. Turn the compote over and cover with a warm blanket. After cooling, return to its original position and put it in a dark place.

Canned drinks can be stored for a very long time. It turns out to be a bright burgundy color, moderately sweet with a pleasant sourness. This deliciousness goes well with any dish. If cherry-currant compote is served to children, it is better to strain it first.

Compote of cherries with pits and lemon

To prevent the drink from becoming cloyingly sweet, other ingredients are added to it. For example, lemon, which adds sourness. It turns out very tasty.

To prepare you will need:

1 liter of water
300 g frozen cherries
100 g sugar
3-4 lemon slices

As a result, you get a compote with a very rich, concentrated taste, which can be diluted with cold water and brought to the degree of sweetness that suits you.

Preparation:

Pour water into a saucepan, bring it to a boil and dissolve the sugar in it. Add frozen cherries
When the water boils again, reduce the heat to low, add lemon slices, stir and cook for 6-8 minutes with the lid open.
Then remove the pan from the heat, cover with a lid and let cool at room temperature.

After it has completely cooled, you need to taste the finished compote for sweetness and dilute it with cold boiled water to your own taste.

Useful tips

Sugar is always added to compote according to taste, since some people prefer sweet drinks, while others like those that are practically devoid of sugar. The recipes above use average amounts of sugar. By the way, sugar can also be replaced with honey.

Instead of orange, you can add grapefruit to the compote with cherries, but in this case it is important to ensure that the juice of this fruit does not contain white partitions, otherwise the drink will acquire an unpleasant bitter taste. And if you replace it with lemon or lime, the compote will become truly rich, aromatic and refreshing.

If apples are added to frozen cherry compote, then there is no need to peel them, since it contains all the useful elements and vitamins.

Cherry compote with apples (no sugar)

To make the drink healthier, it is prepared without sugar. Due to this, the calorie content of the compote is reduced from 100 to 40 kcal/100g. Agree, a very significant value.

But the compote should still be sweet. And you can achieve this by adding other sweet fruits to it. For example, apples. But only be sure to be sweet, not sour.

Well, since our cherries are frozen, then we’ll take frozen apples. Although you can take fresh ones, this is absolutely not important.

Ingredients:

400 g frozen cherries
400 g frozen apples in slices
600 ml water

Preparation:

Combine the fruits in one pan and fill with water. If the fruits have been thoroughly washed before freezing, there is no need to pre-wash them. If not, then first rinse them under cold water.
Leave the fruit for 5 minutes so that it absorbs the water. After this they will look fresh.
Cover the pan with a lid, put it on low heat and bring to a boil. Then remove the lid and cook for 10 minutes.
Then turn off the heat, cover the pan again with a lid and leave to cool to room temperature for about 1 hour.

In this version, there is no need to dilute the compote, since it is not too sweet.

During the cooking process, the apple pulp will fall into the water and the compote will turn out with pulp. If you don’t like it that way, you can strain it after it cools.

Homemade cherry compote from frozen cherries

Cherry has many beneficial properties, but its main advantage is its high content of vitamin C. That is why cherry compote helps strengthen the immune system and improves appetite in children.

To make compote from frozen cherries you will need:

frozen cherries – 500 gr
water - 3 l
sugar - 6–7 tbsp. l.
lemon - 0.5 pcs

Cooking method

Pour water into a saucepan and bring to a boil.
Add the juice of half a lemon to boiling water, turn down the heat and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
Add sugar to the water, stirring constantly, and bring the mixture to a boil again.
Add frozen cherries to boiling water. Berries for compote do not require defrosting, so feel free to put them straight from the freezer into boiling water.
Bring the compote to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes and remove the pan from the heat.
Cover with a lid and let the compote brew for half an hour.

Recipe for a drink made from frozen cherries with orange zest

An incredibly refreshing and tonic drink is one made from frozen berries and orange zest. On hot summer days it will be indispensable, and to prepare it you will need the following ingredients:

Products for compote	How much is needed
Cherry (frozen)	0.5 kg
Orange	2 pcs (one for juice and zest, the second for decoration)
Sugar	2-3 tbsp.
Water	0.5 l

The cooking time will take 25 minutes, it can be served 1 hour after it has cooled. Calorie content in 1 glass – 29 kcal.

How to make compote from frozen cherries with orange zest:

Pour the berries into a large saucepan and add the required amount of water, then place it over medium heat and bring to a boil;
In the meantime, while they are cooking, you can take care of the orange: you need to carefully peel it, put the peel aside, and squeeze out the juice from the orange itself;
As soon as the water boils in the pan, you cannot add the required amount of sugar, after which the compote is cooked for another 10 minutes;
After the time has passed, add orange zest to the pan and cook the drink for another 5 minutes;
During this time, the orange juice must be strained;
Remove the dish from the heat, let it cool a little, then pour orange juice into it in a thin stream;
Pour the cold drink into glasses, garnish with orange slices and serve.

Cherry compote with pits - a recipe for the winter

This recipe can be classified as a “lazy” way to make cherry compote. It is ideal for those who do not have a lot of free time for home canning, but despite this, still want to prepare a few jars of a tasty, aromatic and invigorating vitamin drink for their family and friends for the winter.

Necessary ingredients for compote with bones recipe

cherries - depending on the desired volume of preparations
granulated sugar - at the rate of 350 grams per 1 liter of water

Step-by-step instructions for a cherry compote recipe for the winter

Sort the cherries, discard wormy and spoiled fruits. Peel ripe, whole berries from stems, wash and place in a kitchen sieve to dry thoroughly.
Pour the required amount of water into a deep enamel pan, add sugar according to the proportions and bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil the syrup for 15 minutes and stir regularly to dissolve the sugar crystals in the water as quickly as possible. Then remove from the stove and cool to room temperature.
Fill dry and clean jars with berries up to the shoulders and pour cool sweet syrup.
Place the jars with the semi-finished product in a deep container with water and sterilize for the required amount of time (depending on the dimensions of the container, from 15 to 30 minutes).
Quickly roll up the pre-boiled lids, turn them upside down, wrap them in a blanket and leave to cool for a day. Then put it in the pantry or basement and take it out in the winter.