It takes 20 minutes to prepare compote from apples and pears for the winter, and 10 minutes to cook a quick compote.
How to cook compote from apples and pears
Proportions of compote from apples and pears
Water – 1 liter
Sugar – 1 glass
Apples – 3 pieces
Pears – 3 pieces
Preparation of products
Rinse apples and pears, dry them, remove seeds and stalks, cut into slices.
How to cook apple-pear compote in a saucepan
1. Pour water into a saucepan, put on fire, pour sugar into hot water and stir it.
2. Boil the syrup for 10 minutes after boiling over low heat.
3. Put apples and pears in a saucepan and cook for 5 minutes.
How to cook apple-pear compote in a multicooker
1. Pour water into a multicooker pan, put sugar.
2. Set the multicooker to the “Baking” mode, cook the syrup after boiling for 10 minutes.
3. Put apples and pears, continue cooking in the same mode for another 10 minutes.
Harvesting compote from apples and pears for the winter
1. Arrange apples and pears with a slotted spoon in sterilized jars.
2. Bring the syrup to a boil again and pour it carefully on top, in a thin stream.
3. Hermetically close jars with compote, cool and put away for storage.
Compote from apples and pears, if properly harvested, will be stored for up to 1 year.
Tasty Facts
The taste of compote from apples and pears directly depends on the type of fruit: if the apples are too sour, the acid should be diluted with sweet varieties of pears. And if pears and apples turned out to be sour, more sugar should be added.
Compote from apples and pears, as a rule, has a pale yellow color, sometimes slightly cloudy. To make the compote brighter, add a few plums, raspberries, chokeberries or currants.
To get a transparent compote, you need to boil whole apples and pears – then the pulp will not boil.
How to cook a quick compote of apples and pears
Products
Apples – 2 pieces
Pears – 2 pieces
Water – 2 cups
How to cook compote from apples and pears
1. Rinse and cut apples and pears in half, cut out the stalks and seed pods.
2. Put apples and pears in a saucepan, pour 2 cups of water.
3. Bring the compote to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat and cook the compote for 5 minutes.
4. Cover the compote with a lid and let it brew for 10 minutes.
Stir compote before use.