Kiwi compote for the winter: 4 best step-by-step recipes for cooking, storage

In the cold season, the need for vitamin treats and drinks is especially acute. Consider all the options for preparing delicious kiwi compote for the winter with the addition of various ingredients - apples, tangerines and quince. Let's get acquainted with the features of the choice of fruits and the preparation of containers, as well as the rules for storing conservation. A he althy drink will give you a great mood on frosty days and saturate you with energy.

Features of making kiwi compote for the winter

Exotic and fragrant kiwi has long been one of the favorite fruits for our compatriots. They are eagerly enjoyed fresh, and are also used to make desserts and drinks.

Kiwi is not only tasty, but also he althy due to the high content of ascorbic acid, B vitamins, potassium and natural antioxidants. The fruit has a positive effect on the heart system, normalizes blood pressure, reduces the risk of blood clots.

Useful properties of kiwi are preserved to some extent in compote, subject to the rules of its preparation.

Selection and preparation of products

For compote, you need to pick ripe fruits without damage.

At the preparatory stage, you should:

1. Rinse fruit under running water.
2. Blot with a towel or paper towel.
3. Peel off fluffy skin.
4. Cut lengthwise or crosswise - depending on the desire or requirements of the recipe.

How to prepare containers

For compote, you need to choose several glass jars of a suitable volume, without cracks or chips.

They need to be washed with warm water and baking soda, and then disinfected in a convenient way:

• boil in a large container for 5-10 minutes;
• treat with dry steam in the oven.

How to make kiwi compote at home

In cooking, there are several options for preparing kiwi compote for the winter. Among them, each housewife will easily choose the best method for herself.

Classic recipe

For compote according to a simple classic recipe, a minimum of ingredients is required:

• half a kilo of ripe kiwi fruit;
• glass of sugar;
• liter of water.

Preparing a drink is easy:

1. Washed and dried fruits peeled.
2. Cut into rings or slices (optional).
3. Put the pulp into a sterilized glass container and start preparing sugar syrup.
4. Pour sugar into a saucepan, add water and keep on the stove until boiling.
5. Pour containers with kiwi pulp with prepared sweet syrup.
6. Lightly cover the jars with lids and place in a capacious saucepan filled with warm boiled water.
7. Heat up to +90 °C and hold for 30 minutes.
8. At the end of the process, roll up the containers with sterilized lids.

To add spice and he alth benefits to the drink, as well as make it more wintery, you can add fragrant cinnamon and cloves.

In this case, you need:

• 10 ripe fruits;
• glass of sugar;
• 5-6 carnations;
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon.

The cooking process is almost identical to the previous one, the only difference is that at the stage of preparing sugar syrup, you need to add cloves and cinnamon to the water.

Variant with quince

Quince will give compote richer and more expressive flavors.

For this recipe you need to prepare:

• 10 kiwi;
• 3 quince;
• 1-2 cups of sugar.

The process of making compote is as follows:

1. Cut the washed quince, peeled from the hard core, seeds and skin into longitudinal slices and boil for eight minutes.
2. At this time, you need to do kiwi - peel and cut into neat circles.
3. Remove the quince from the liquid, add sugar to the remaining broth.
4. In pre-prepared containers, lay out pieces of fruit one by one - until the middle of the jar.
5. Pour in hot syrup and then seal with airtight lids.

With tangerines and apples

Kiwi, tangerines and apples - a win-win combination for a winter vitamin compote. The drink looks attractive, so you can even serve it on a festive table.

For its preparation you need:

• 4 kiwi;
• 2 tangerines;
• 1 apple;
• 1.5 liters of water;
• 4 tablespoons of sugar.

First of all, prepare the fruit. Peel and wash the kiwi, and then cut into transverse circles. Remove the peel from the tangerines and divide them into slices. Remove core and pits from apples, cut into slices.

After that, all the fruit pulp should be put in a colander, and it should be placed on a pot of boiling water so that all the pulp is immersed. Process 5 minutes and remove.

Then sequentially:

1. Put boiled fruits in jars.
2. Add sugar to the liquid left after boiling fruit and boil.
3. Pour the fruits with the resulting syrup. You need to make sure that it remains at the top of the cans about 2-3 centimeters.
4. Seal with sterilized lids.

No sterilization

For those who want to save time, we recommend using the following recipe. It will require 500 g of kiwi and 300 g of sugar.

Cooking steps:

1. In the evening, cut the fruit in the preferred way and put on the bottom of the container.
2. Pour boiling water over and close the lid.
3. The next morning, drain the liquid from the jar into a separate bowl and add sugar to it.
4. Boil and pour over kiwi fruit.
5. Roll up the lid, turn the jar upside down and hold until completely cool.

Storage of blanks

The shelf life of kiwi compote in jars is 2 years. For this, you need to choose dark and dry places where the temperature does not exceed +20 ° С - cellars, balconies and pantries.

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