How to make delicious fruit compote

Which fruits are suitable for preserving?

In principle, you can boil almost any fruit. For example, they are well suited

• apples and pears
• Cherries
• Mirabelle plums and plums
• Peaches
• blueberries

Strawberries, raspberries and blackberries, for example, are not so well suited. They quickly become mushy when boiled down.

Which tools do you need to wake up?

In addition to knives and peelers, you need mason jars. Here you can choose between twist-off glasses, glasses with swing top and mason jars with glass lids and rubber rings.
Anyone who preserves a lot should think about buying a preserving machine. However, glasses can also be boiled in the oven, and individual glasses can even be boiled in a high saucepan.

Reduce the fruit properly

1. Buy fresh fruit if possible. The freshly harvested fruit from the garden is best.
2. Wash the fruit thoroughly.
3. If necessary, pressure points are removed, and the fruit is pitted, pitted and peeled.
4. Once the fruit has been prepared, sterilize your preserving jars in boiling water or in the oven for 10 minutes at 100 degrees.
5. Pour the fruit into the glasses. There should be about 2 cm of space up to the edge of the glass.
6. Now prepare a sugar solution to cover the fruit (1 liter of water and about 400 g of sugar).
7. Boil the brew until the sugar has dissolved and then pour it hot over the fruit. This should be completely covered.
8. Seal the jars and boil them down.

In the preserving machine

Do not place the glasses too close to each other and fill with water until the glasses are halfway in them.
Then cook the fruit for 30 to 40 minutes at 90 degrees. Observe the information provided by the boiler manufacturer.

In the oven

Preheat the oven and place the glasses in the drip pan. Pour about 2 cm of water. Also boil the jars for 30 to 40 minutes at 90 to 100 degrees.

After the boiling time, the glasses remain in the kettle for some time. Oven and then cool completely under a tea towel.