Compote of whole apples for the winter: a step-by-step recipe for cooking, storage rules

With the advent of summer, everyone is waiting for a new harvest of apples. However, there are so many fruits that, having eaten enough and chopped dry enough, the best solution comes - to prepare compote for the winter from whole apples. The recipes are simple, except for apples, you need sugar and water. For one hour of work, you can roll up a bucket of summer apples for the winter. Delicious home-made compote will be stored until the next harvest!

Secrets of making compote from whole apples for the winter

Apple compote, which is whole placed in a jar, can be prepared in two ways: without sterilizing containers with compote or with full heat treatment.

Pay attention! To prepare compote for the winter without sterilization, you should take medium-sized apples with loose pulp, otherwise they will remain hard.

The most suitable varieties of apples for whole-fruit canning are White Naliv, Papirovka, Melba, Moscow Grushovka, Early Barnaul, Dubrovinka, Zhebrovskoye, Kuznetsovskoye, Lydia, Geneva Early, Nezhenka.

If you need to get more drink, then the containers are filled with fruit by half or 1/3. If more fruits are needed in the twist, then they are laid in jars along the “shoulders”.

Required products for the recipe

Apples in the preparation give off all their flavor, so for a simple compote you need only fruits and sugar. For those who love the aroma of cinnamon, mint or rosemary, we can recommend adding small amounts of your favorite spices to preservation.

Selection and preparation of ingredients

Summer apples cannot be stored for long. Within 2-3 weeks, they enter the overripe stage, and they begin to deteriorate quickly. For compote, you can take slightly overripe fruits, but without dark spots, wormholes and rot. The fruits are washed and left for a few minutes on a cloth to dry. If the fruits are very hard, then you can make 1-2 punctures with a toothpick near the stem.

Preparation of containers

Compote from whole fruits is harvested in three-liter jars. The containers are washed in a solution of baking soda. If heavily soiled, use a brush. Then washed under running water and sterilized in a large pot of boiling water for 5-7 minutes. The lids are kept in hot water before rolling the jars.

Cooking steps

Consider a recipe with heat treatment of filled jars. Such fruits are a wonderful dessert to consume in winter.

Required products for 1 jar:

medium-sized apples - 7-12 pieces;
water - until the volume of the container is completely filled;
sugar - 300 grams.

Fill the container with fruits. Boil water to make syrup. Pour the stacked fruits with hot syrup, cover the jar with a lid and put in a pot of boiling water to sterilize. Wait until the syrup boils inside the jars and detect for 10 minutes. After this time, roll up the jars, turn over to check the tightness, wrap to keep warm, let cool.

Recipe without sterilization - same ingredients. Pour containers with fruits with hot water and leave for 15-20 minutes. Drain the water into a saucepan, boil to prepare the syrup. Pour jars with boiling liquid with sugar, roll up, wrap, wait until it cools completely.

Storing treats

Compotes prepared with heat treatment can be stored at room temperature for a year. Containers should not be located in direct sunlight. Optimal conditions for storing all blanks are provided in the basement - a constant temperature of 3-4 degrees and air humidity of 60-70%. Fruit from a freshly opened can should be eaten within 24 hours.