Cherry compote for winter

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   To prepare a cherry compote for the winter, take fresh cherry berries, sugar, water and lemon to add acid.

2. Step 2:

   

   Pick the cherry well, remove the stems if they come across. Rinse the berries under the tap with a sieve or colander.

3. Step 3:

   

   I show the simplest preparation of cherry compote in a small volume. So you can cook a berry within one and a half kilograms, it all depends on what volume of sieve or colander you have. Put the berries in a sieve, and lower the sieve into a deep bowl suitable for the size, so that the berries with a sieve can sink into it when immersed in water. Pour the berries in a sieve bowl with boiling water for 2-3 minutes,

4. Step 4:

   

   Lift the sieve, and shake the berries, let the water drain. Sterilize the jars or bottles, pour in the berries.

5. Step 5:

   

   Add lemon slices, the bottle is hot, berries too, lemon will get into their environment.

7. Step 6:

   

   Pour sugar into the water and cook the syrup by boiling water with sugar. Boil for five minutes so that all the sugar dissolves.

8. Step 7:

   

   Pour boiling syrup into bottles with berries and immediately close with sterile lids.

9. Step 8:

   

   Cherry compote is ready for the winter, put the jars of compote upside down, the bottles can be sent under a fur coat, put on the side. Wrap it well and let it cool completely.

10. Step 9:

    

    You can store compote in room conditions.