Apple compote is perfectly quenching thirst and helps the body to fill the stock of vitamins, including vitamin C. To maximally, all useful substances in apples are preserved, you need to correctly cook compote.
Ingredients:
Apples - 10 pcs;
Water - 3 l;
Sugar to taste (about 150 g).
1
For a compote, you should choose fresh apples, preferably with sourness. The acid apples, the less they will be cooked.
2
Apples rinse well, remove the core and cut on 8 parts. So that they do not blacken while water boils down, lower them into water with the addition of salt or citric acid. Before cooking to rinse with cold water.
3
Boil water in enameled dishes. Fall asleep apples in boiling water and add sugar. Wait re-boiling water and dissolve sugar. It will take about 2 minutes. You can add sugar into the water immediately and cook syrup, and then put apples.
4
Turn off the gas, cover the saucepan with a lid. Give a compote about 2 hours.
To diversify the taste, you can add different fruits to compote. If you put a little lemon zest, compote gets more sour. A pair of brandy or liqueur spoons added before serving in hot compote, will help to warm up in the cold season.