Cherry compote: frozen, with pits, winter recipes with cherries, raspberries, gooseberries, strawberries, oranges

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!

Let's reveal culinary secrets

Unfortunately, summer only lasts three months. How would you like to have enough time to enjoy seasonal berries and fruits during this time! And some of them can be prepared for future use. For example, cherries lend themselves well to freezing. You can use such fruits in the middle of winter to make pies, dumplings and, of course, fortified compotes.

Many housewives, especially those just starting their culinary journey, are interested in how to cook frozen cherry compote. This is what we will talk about today. First, let's find out a few basic aspects:

Cherry fruits need to be frozen whole, preferably with pits, otherwise they will lose their juiciness and quickly spoil.
It is advisable to make the preparation by dry freezing.
Cherries can be stored in a plastic bag or container.
Before preparing the compote, there is no need to first defrost the cherry fruits, otherwise they will lose most of their beneficial properties.
For preservation, cherries are immediately placed in jars that have previously been sterilized.
Then they are poured first with boiling water, and a second time with syrup diluted with granulated sugar.
There is no need to boil frozen cherries for a long time - 7-10 minutes will be enough.
Add granulated sugar according to personal taste preferences.
As a rule, for 0.5 kg of cherry fruits take at least 1 tbsp. granulated sugar.
To reduce the calorie content of compote, you can use fructose or a sugar substitute.
To add a subtle aroma to the compote, you can add freshly squeezed citrus juice or berry juice.
Be sure to take filtered water and boil it thoroughly.
If you are preparing a compote that you plan to consume immediately, then it is better to boil the cherries at the same time as the syrup, and then strain this delicious drink.
By the way, cherry compote, which contains fruits with seeds, is not recommended to be stored for more than 2 months, since they contain hydrocyanic acid.
You cannot cook compote in an aluminum container; choose an enamel or glass heat-resistant container.

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.

Preparing a healthy vitamin drink

We have already told you how to make compote from frozen cherries. Now let's put this knowledge into practice. In just a few minutes you can cook a delicious and healthy compote, which can be served with pastries or fruit dessert.

Compound:

0.5 kg frozen cherries;
250 g granulated sugar;
3 liters of filtered water.

Preparation:

Let's prepare the products necessary for the compote. We remove the cherries from the freezer immediately before cooking.

Place the cherry fruits in an enamel or glass heat-resistant bowl.
Fill them with filtered water and add about 6 tbsp. l. granulated sugar.

Place the compote over moderate heat and bring to a boil. Then boil it for 5 minutes.

Add the remaining granulated sugar and stir thoroughly.
Infuse the cherry compote in a sealed container until it cools completely.

Strain the compote through a piece of gauze or a sieve, and then pour it into the carafe.

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.

Cooking process

Pour water into a saucepan and put it on fire. Bring the water to a boil.

We take the frozen cherries out of the freezer bag without defrosting them.

Prepare sugar and the required amount of cherries.

Pour sugar into boiling water. Add sugar to taste, cherries can be sweet or sour, so you can first add 100 grams of sugar, and then, after adding the cherries to the pan, sweeten the drink to taste. Let the water and sugar boil.

Add frozen cherries to the boiling syrup.

First, the cherries will sink to the bottom of the pan, as the berries will be icy.

Bring the drink to a boil and reduce the heat. Gradually the berries will begin to float.

During the boiling process, foam may form; remove it with a strainer.

Next, cook our frozen cherry compote over moderate heat until the berries sink to the bottom (about 5 minutes). If necessary, add sugar to taste.

As soon as all the berries sink to the bottom, turn off the heat and let the compote brew for 30-40 minutes (but it’s better to leave the drink to brew until it cools completely). During the infusion process, the berries will release even more juice and the compote will become richer.

Vitamin-rich, aromatic, bright, tasty frozen cherry compote prepared according to this recipe is just a godsend for cold, gloomy winter days. Be sure to try it!

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.

Stocking up for the winter

How nice it is to enjoy cherry compote on a cold winter evening, reflecting the warmth of the summer sun. If you decide to prepare this miracle drink for future use, then you just need to know how to prepare frozen cherry compote for the winter. Now we will tell you about it. Don't forget to sterilize the jars. If you use plastic lids, soak them in boiling water first. Seaming lids are fixed with a special machine.

Compound:

0.6-0.8 kg of frozen cherry fruits;
2½ liters of filtered water;
1 tbsp. granulated sugar.

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.

Other cherry recipes

Cherry compote is not the only way to prepare this delicious berry. Children will certainly enjoy and find cherry jelly very useful, and adults will definitely enjoy the refreshing fruit drink.

Cherry jelly

Cherry jelly is prepared quite simply. For it you will need:

300 g berries;
liter of water;
100 g granulated sugar;
2 tbsp. spoons of starch.

Water is poured into a saucepan and brought to a boil. Then sugar is poured into it, as well as pre-prepared berries. After 5 min. remove the pan from the heat. The hot jelly is filtered through a sieve, rubbing the cherries along the way. The seeds and pomace are thrown away, and the dishes with all the other contents are put back on the fire. At the same time, dilute the starch in half a glass of cold water. It is poured in in a thin stream. It is important to constantly stir the brew, otherwise lumps may form. Cook the jelly for 5-7 minutes. until thickened. Before serving, it can be garnished with a mint leaf or whipped cream.

Morse

Cherry juice is an excellent way to quench your thirst on a hot summer day. This drink will help you cheer up and enrich your body with vitamins.

Required Products:

a glass of cherries;
half a glass of granulated sugar;
1 liter of water.

In order to prepare cherry juice, first squeeze the juice out of the berries, squeezing it out using a wooden pestle or spoon. The juice is poured into a separate container and placed in the refrigerator. The resulting pomace is poured with boiling water. They are cooked for about 10 minutes. Then it is filtered, and juice and sugar are added to the resulting broth. Mix everything, cool and serve. You can put ice cubes in the glasses, then the drink will be especially refreshing and invigorating.

A step-by-step recipe for making cherry compote can be seen in this video:

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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.

Cherry compote with cranberries

Cherry goes well with other berry or fruit assortments, which allows you to give free rein to your imagination and freely experiment by adding other fruits to the drink.

Ingredients:

500 g cranberries;
500 g cherries;
half st. Sahara;
3 liters of water;

Preparation:

Remove pits from cherries and sort cranberries.
Then pour water into the pan, turn on high heat and boil. Add sugar.
After boiling, pour the fruits into the pan and bring to a boil again.
Cook the compote for the winter for 10 minutes. Pour into clean bottles and roll up.

Cherry and currant compote

A duet of ripe cherries and red currants is a well-known berry combination for making compote for the winter. Despite the simplicity of the recipe, this preparation has a unique taste and pleasant aroma. For cooking, you can use both red and black currants. Using this recipe you can judge how long to cook the cherry compote.

Ingredients:

2 tbsp. berries;
500 g red currants;
3 tbsp. l sugar;
2.5 liters of water;

Preparation:

Carefully sort through the fruits and remove any overripe or spoiled ones. You don’t have to peel the currants from the branches, but add them to the compote. At this time, you can put the bottles in a water bath and sterilize them.
Place the fruits in the prepared bowl and pour boiling water almost to the top. Cover and leave for at least half an hour.
Pour the infused water into the pan again, turn on the heat and boil. Pour sugar into the container and pour boiling water again a second time. After which you should roll up the bottles and follow the standard procedure: turn them over and wrap them in something warm. Wait for the drink to cool completely for the winter.

Cooking recipes

There are a great many ways to prepare cherry compote. For example, you can brew a drink from frozen berries, from cherries with pits, without them, or with other fruits. You can prepare it for the winter. At the same time, canning methods can also differ significantly from each other. Here we have presented the most interesting and accessible recipes from our point of view. Which ones are the best is up to you to decide.

The simplest recipe

Most often, housewives prepare compote from cherries with pits. The recipe for this drink is quite simple and anyone can make it. In order to prepare it, you will need the following products:

half a kilo of berries;
granulated sugar – 200 g;
water – 1 l.

First, prepare the cherries. She is sorted and washed. The stalks are removed, leaving the seeds. Pour water into a saucepan and pour granulated sugar into it. After the syrup is cooked, add the cherries. The compote is removed from the heat a couple of minutes after boiling.

Dietary

How should you cook cherry compote from the point of view of a nutritionist? Such a drink should contain a minimum of calories, so it should be prepared without sugar.

To prepare dietary compote you will need:

pitted cherries – 400 g;
black currant – 150 g;
2.5 liters of water.

Preparing dietary compote is quite quick and simple. Cherries are poured into boiling water. Next they put currants. Cook everything for about 4-5 minutes. Half an hour later, after the compote has infused, it is ready for use. This drink contains only 8.5 kcal per 100 ml and can be drunk without fear for your figure.

Interesting fact! The calorie content of cherry compote directly depends on the amount of sugar used in its preparation, so if you want to lose weight, it is better to use less of it. On average, it contains approximately 99 kcal.

From seedless berries

For small children, it is better to cook cherry compote without seeds. In order to prepare it, you will need:

2 tbsp. ripe berries;
sugar - half a glass;
water – 500 ml.

First of all, prepare the syrup. To do this, sugar is dissolved in boiling water. Then they put in the cherries, from which the pits are first removed. It is simmered over low heat for about 15 minutes. The finished compote is cooled and poured into glasses.

With apples

Cherry and apple compote is considered traditional for Russian cuisine. This drink has a rich, rich taste and will be appropriate at any time of the year.

Required Products:

pitted cherries – 300 g;
2 apples;
100 g granulated sugar.
3 liters of water.

The fruits are pre-prepared. The apples are washed, cored, and cut into equal slices. The cherries are washed, and if frozen berries are used, they are not thawed. Place prepared apple slices in a pan of water. They are cooked for about 15 minutes. Then pour cherries into the compote, add sugar and boil over low heat for about 10 minutes. After this time, remove the pan from the stove and cover with a lid.

Advice! If frozen cherries are used for compote, then they do not need to be thawed, as you have to do with other berries and fruits. It is immediately placed in boiling water. If, nevertheless, the juice has managed to stand out, then it is drained and then added to the drink at the end of cooking.

Cherry and berry assortment

Cherries go well with almost any berries and fruits. Its sweetness and aroma are enough for everyone. To prepare assorted berries you will need:

100 g cherries;
300 g of any berries;
200 g granulated sugar;
water – 3 l.

First, prepare the syrup. To do this, sugar is dissolved in boiling water. Then the washed berries are placed in the pan. They are cooked for about 10 minutes. After this period, the compote is ready.

Preserving for the winter

It’s a great idea to prepare cherry compote for the winter. In this case, it is better to take seedless berries. This drink is better stored and can stand on the shelf for a long time.

You will need:

cans from 1 to 3 liters in volume;
fresh pitted cherries;
sugar, approximately 300 g per kg of berries.

Place pre-washed berries in the pan. They are covered with sugar and heated for 4 minutes. over low heat. At the same time, jars are prepared. They are washed and sterilized with hot steam. The jars are filled with hot cherries to the very top and then rolled up.

There is an alternative option for preparing compote, when the berries are poured directly into jars with hot sugar syrup. You can also simply place the fruits in glass containers and then pasteurize them in a water bath. There are many ways of canning and each housewife chooses the most suitable option for her.

Interesting fact! You can get poisoned by cherries! Its seeds contain amygdalin, a substance that has the property of being converted into hydrocyanic acid.

Cherry and strawberry compote

In search of exquisite taste, you can cook berry and strawberry compote for the winter. If the preparation turns out to be sickly sweet, it can be diluted with drinking water. This will give you even more drink for the winter.

Ingredients:

ripe strawberries;
juicy fruits;
1 tbsp. Sahara;
cinnamon and cardamom optional;

Preparation:

Peel the leaves from the strawberries and carefully sort the cherries. Place the fruits in a colander and rinse well under water. Place the set in equal proportions into prepared clean containers, filling the container up to half. Fill the bowl with boiling water, leaving a little space for granulated sugar.
Cover and leave for 10 minutes to allow the base to steam thoroughly. Pour water from the cans into the pan using a special lid with holes. Add sugar and wait until it boils. Pour the syrup back into the jars and roll up. Turn the compote over for the winter and cover it tightly, leaving it like that for a whole day.

How to preserve a drink for the winter

A sweet drinking dish made from such an amazing berry is a good idea not only for the hot summer, but also for the cold season. Canned compote will be an excellent solution for anyone who prefers to drink healthy vitamin drinks prepared with their own hands in winter:

What to take	In what quantity
Frozen cherries	1 gk
Sugar	0.5 kg
Water	2 l

The compote preservation time will take about 1 hour. Calorie content in 1 glass – 35 kcal.

How to prepare compote for the winter:

Pour frozen cherries into a saucepan, add the required amount of water, and cover with granulated sugar on top;
Place the pan on the fire and cook for 1 hour;
While the compote is cooking, you can sterilize the container for seaming: for this, take two liter jars and sterilize them for 10 minutes on an adjacent burner using a special device;
Pour the prepared compote into sterile jars and immediately screw on with special lids;
The jars are wrapped in warm kitchen towels and left to cool, after which they can be stored in a suitable storage location.

Frozen cherry compote for the winter

Well, now let’s imagine a situation where you don’t have fresh fruit, but you really want to make cherry compote for the winter. How to do it? It’s very simple, we take the fastest way to prepare compote from fresh berries, and use frozen ones instead of fresh ones.

Ingredients for 1 1.5 liter jar:

2 cups cherries
1 cup of sugar

Preparation:

Wash the cherries in cold water and leave for 30 minutes at room temperature to thaw. After this, you need to sort it out and throw away the spoiled and broken berries.
Place the cherries in a thoroughly washed 1.5 liter jar and pour sugar on top.
It is not necessary to sterilize the jar; in this case it is not critical.
Separately, boil water in a saucepan, and then, using a ladle, in small portions (so that the jar does not crack due to a sudden temperature change), fill the jar with boiling water to the brim.
Close the jar with a sterilized (boiled in boiling water for 5-7 minutes) metal lid and roll it up.
We take the jar in our hands (don’t forget that the jar is hot and you need oven mitts) and turn it upside down several times until the sugar has completely dissolved.
6. Then put the jar with the lid down, cover with a towel and leave to cool slowly under the blanket.

The next day it can be stored in a cool place for long-term storage (up to 8-10 months).

Like this. One simple product, but you can make at least 5 drinks from it with different tastes and shelf life. What I haven’t yet told you is that during cooking you can add cloves or cinnamon, orange zest or nutmeg, giving the familiar taste new interesting shades.

There are many different variations of the use of spices, but they are more of an acquired taste and are unlikely to suit our main consumer - children. And that's all for me, thank you for your attention.

Compote of frozen cherries and apples

Another extremely useful option on a rainy day is a mixture of apples and cherries, an excellent tonic drink filled with vitamins and microelements. Like all other compotes, it is brewed using already known technology.

List of ingredients:

Half a kilo of apples
Half a kilo of cherries
3 liters of water
1 cup of sugar
cinnamon, mint to taste
liqueur, cognac to taste

Cooking:

We carefully clean the berries and fruits from dirt and rot, cut the apples into pieces and remove the middle (it is not recommended to peel the skin because of its usefulness).
Pour water into the pan, add berries and fruits, put it on the fire, waiting for it to boil.
After boiling, cook the compote for 10 minutes.
Remove from heat and cool.