To stock up on vitamins and a summer mood for the whole winter, housewives can prepare a tasty and healthy compote from red currants, beloved by many, with the addition of orange. Citrus gives the drink a fragrant aroma and pleasantly diversifies the usual product. Different variations of recipes will allow you to choose one that the whole family will like.
Features of preparing currant and orange compote for the winter
Red currant, or parechka, as it has long been called because the bushes grow along the banks of rivers, does not have a pronounced aroma when twisted. To make the taste of the drink more interesting and richer, it is supplemented with fragrant orange. Berries can be placed either with or without branches, it all depends on the preferences of the housewife.
Before cooking, the berries must be washed thoroughly, removing all debris, and preferably dried. The orange is washed and cut into slices, circles or pieces.
Specifics of product selection
To prepare red currant compote, ripe, healthy berries are suitable. You can combine it with other types of currants: white and black, so the taste will be richer.
Oranges for the drink are chosen with an even, bright color without visible damage to the peel. There is no need to peel the fruit.
How to properly prepare the container?
Glass jars are washed with soap, cleaned with soda and rinsed thoroughly with plenty of water. Before seaming, sterilize by any available method. We must not forget about the lids, which must also be treated with boiling water before use.
How to cook compote at home?
Making twists at home does not require much effort and can be done even by a novice housewife. The amount of sugar can be varied to taste, making the drink sweeter or vice versa if desired. It is important to carefully select high-quality products; the taste and safety of the product depends on this.
Classic recipe
To prepare a classic drink according to a simple recipe, you need to prepare the following products (based on a three-liter jar):
- red currants - 3 cups;
- orange - half a large one or 1 small one;
- granulated sugar - 2 cups.
To brew a delicious drink, you must follow the following step-by-step instructions:
- Red currants and orange slices are placed on the bottom.
- Boil water with sugar in a large saucepan.
- Pour the syrup into the prepared products and roll up the container.
The finished twists are turned over, wrapped and left to cool.
Quick recipe
You can prepare compote from red currants with orange in a quick way; this technology does not require boiling the syrup.
The drink requires the following products:
- red currants - 2 cups;
- citric acid - half a teaspoon;
- orange - 4 slices;
- sugar - 1 glass.
Compote is prepared using quick technology as follows:
- Place red currants and oranges cut into circles or slices at the bottom of the sterilized container.
- Cover the products with sugar and citric acid.
- Boiling water is slowly poured into the container.
- When the water reaches the top and all the bubbles rise, roll up the lid.
- The jar is carefully lowered onto its side and rolled several times to dissolve the sugar. Instead of rolling the container, you can shake it. It is important that the sugar is completely dissolved.
- Turn the jar over, place it on the lid, wrap it up and wait to cool.
In liter jars
In hot weather, it may be more convenient not to store large jars that have been started, but to open a liter jar and empty it immediately. For such cases, there is a recipe for preparing compote in a small container.
Ingredients for 1 liter jar (for larger quantities, take a proportionally increased amount of products):
- red currants - 130 grams;
- orange - 30 grams;
- sugar - 100 grams;
- water - 3 glasses.
Prepare a berry-fruit drink in liter jars in this way:
- Red currants are poured into a container and a seedless orange cut into pieces is placed.
- Syrup is made from water and sugar.
- The prepared components are filled with liquid.
- The jars are sterilized for 3 minutes and immediately rolled up.
Double filled
Pre-filling helps improve the shelf life of the compote. In addition, this method allows you to measure the exact amount of water required for seaming.
Prepare compote with double filling from the following products:
- red currants - 150 grams;
- orange - 2 slices;
- sugar - 150 grams.
To roll up jars according to this recipe, follow these steps:
- Place prepared berries and orange slices into the container.
- Products are poured with boiling water to the edges of the container.
- Cover the jar with a lid and wait 10 minutes.
- The liquid is poured into a saucepan, sugar is added.
- Boil the syrup for 3 minutes.
- Pour the water and sugar back into the jar and roll it up.
Fragrant compote
You can add an unusual taste to red currant compote by adding aromatic spices. The list below can be transformed to your taste by eliminating ingredients that you don’t like or are simply missing, or adding your favorite spices.
To prepare the drink you will need:
- red currants - 300 grams;
- orange - half of the fruit;
- cinnamon - 10 mm sticks;
- mint - 2 leaves;
- sugar - 350 grams;
- citric acid - 1 teaspoon;
- cardamom - 0.2 teaspoon;
- water - 2.7 liters.
Step-by-step instructions will help you roll up a delicious fragrant drink:
- The washed berries are poured onto the bottom and citrus cut into slices or pieces is placed, spices and citric acid are added.
- Prepare a syrup from water and sugar, boil the mixture for several minutes, pour the solution into a container.
- The containers are rolled up, turned over, wrapped and waited to cool.
It’s not at all difficult to prepare a vitamin drink, giving familiar foods new flavor shades. It is enough to add a few slices of aromatic orange to healthy red currants, and you can enjoy the colors and smells of summer all winter.
