How to cook a delicious and healthy pumpkin compote: the best recipes and tips for making spins for the winter

Is there an unusually rich pumpkin crop in the garden? Or do you just really love this sweet vegetable? A rather unusual way to cook it is to boil pumpkin compote. A supply of vitamins, a charge of vivacity and a pleasant refreshing taste are guaranteed.

In this article we will look at the most delicious and simple recipes a healthy drink that will please not only adults, but also children.

How to cook a simple and delicious pumpkin compote

Before proceeding directly to the preparation of compote, the pumpkin must be thoroughly washed. Then cut it in half and remove the seeds.

Advice... Don't throw away the seeds. Dry them for delicious and healthy homemade pumpkin seeds.

After removing the seeds, you can cut the halves into several more pieces for convenience, remove the tough peel from them and cut the pulp into small cubes.

Now you can start recipes. First, consider the simplest compote recipe without additives.

Ingredients:

• 400 g pumpkin;
• 250 g sugar;
• 2 liters of water.

Preparation:

1. Put the pumpkin cubes in a saucepan and cover them with water.
2. Bring to a boil, cook for half an hour.
3. Add sugar. Dissolve it completely in water.
4. Remove the pan from the heat.
5. Pour the compote into jars or any other containers.

To save time, cook compote in a multicooker, of course, if you have one. The same ingredients are required. Only in this case all components are mixed in the bowl at once. Prepare compote on the "Steamer" program for 40 minutes.

Other recipes for pumpkin compote

If you want the drink to have a richer and more interesting taste, then here are some recipes for you with the addition of additional ingredients.

Some of them are so different in taste to the main ingredient - pumpkin, that even children will be happy to try this healthy compote.

With dried apricots and / or raisins

In this recipe, you can remove dried apricots or raisins, as you wish. The amount of honey is also to your taste.

Ingredients:

• 200 g pumpkin;
• 100 g dried apricots;
• 100 g seedless raisins;
• 800 ml of water;
• 20 ml lemon juice;
• 2 tbsp. l. honey.

Preparation:

1. Rinse raisins and dried apricots.
2. Place fruits and pumpkin in a saucepan. To fill with water.
3. Bring to a boil and cook for 30 minutes.
4. Finally, add lemon juice and honey. Stir well and remove from heat.

With orange

Children will definitely like this drink due to its pronounced orange flavor.

Ingredients:

• 500 g pumpkin;
• 3 medium oranges;
• 1 tbsp. Sahara;
• 2 liters of water.

Preparation:

1. Mix pumpkin with sugar and water in a saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil and cook for 15 minutes.
2. At this time, wash the oranges. Grate the zest from one and squeeze the juice. Remove the peel from the remaining two. Then divide them into slices, peel them off, and cut into 3-4 pieces.
3. Add the zest and slices of two oranges to the pumpkin. Cook everything together for 5 minutes.
4. Pour in orange juice and cook for another 3 minutes.
5. Check the compote for taste, add sugar if necessary.
6. The drink is ready.

With orange and cloves

Optionally add 2 cinnamon sticks to the drink. Add with pumpkin.

Ingredients:

• 2 kg pumpkin;
• 2 oranges;
• 2 liters of water;
• 750 g sugar;
• 6 carnation buds.

Preparation:

1. Wash the oranges, grate the zest and squeeze out the juice.
2. In a saucepan, combine water and sugar. Boil for 10 minutes.
3. Add vegetable pieces, cloves, cinnamon, orange zest and juice to the syrup.
4. Cook the mixture for 15 minutes.
5. Pour the drink into the prepared container.

With apple

The taste is very interesting, and the drink itself is super-vitamin. Prunes can be omitted from the recipe.

Ingredients:

• 300 g pumpkin;
• 200 g sour apples;
• 2 tbsp. l. prunes;
• 0.5 tbsp. Sahara;
• 1 cinnamon stick

Preparation:

1. Wash the apples, remove the skin and remove the seeds. Cut into slices.
2. In a saucepan, combine water and sugar. Boil the liquid for 15 minutes.
3. Add prunes and cinnamon to the syrup. Cook for 10 minutes.
4. Add pumpkin.
5. After 5 minutes, add apples.
6. Cook until all ingredients are fully cooked (about 20 minutes).

With lemon

Refreshing option. It turns out to be real lemonade. The recipe is designed for two three-liter cans. Easy to prepare.

Ingredients:

• 3 kg pumpkin;
• 3 lemons;
• 550 g sugar;
• 3-4 liters of water.

Preparation:

1. Place the pumpkin slices in jars.
2. Wash and clean lemons. Cut into circles across. Add to pumpkin.
3. Prepare syrup in a saucepan. To do this, mix water with sugar and boil until the crystals are completely dissolved.
4. Pour boiling liquid over the contents of the cans.
5. Place the jars in a large container of water.
6. Boil in this way for 10 minutes.
7. Compote is ready. You can drink or roll up in cans.

Pumpkin compote like pineapple

A drink prepared according to this recipe will make your guests wonder for a long time about its main component. Pieces of pumpkin strongly resemble pineapple in taste.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg pumpkin;
• 0.5 l pineapple juice;
• 1 liter of water;
• 0.5 kg of sugar.

Preparation:

1. Cut the pumpkin into slices resembling canned pineapple.
2. Pour pineapple juice into a saucepan and bring to a boil.
3. Add the chopped vegetable to it. Cook over very low heat for 15 minutes.
4. Boil water and sugar in a separate container. Cook until the sugar crystals are completely dissolved.
5. Pour the pumpkin with juice into a prepared container and pour over the syrup.
6. The drink is best consumed after a couple of hours.

With quince

A refreshing yet tart drink reminiscent of summer on cold winter days.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg pumpkin;
• 500 g of quince;
• 0.5 kg of sugar.

Preparation:

1. Wash quince, peel and seed. Cut as desired: slices, slices or cubes.
2. Mix pieces of pumpkin and quince in a saucepan and cover with sugar. Put in a warm place.
3. Wait until the juice appears.
4. Place the pot on the stove and cook for 30 minutes.
5. You can dilute the compote with water if necessary. In this case, it will be necessary to bring it to a boil.

With sea buckthorn

Super healthy drink with a huge amount of vitamins. Can be consumed hot in autumn or winter.

Ingredients:

• 150 g pumpkin;
• 200 g sea buckthorn;
• 2.5 liters of water;
• 350 g of sugar.

Preparation:

1. Rinse the sea buckthorn.
2. Put pieces of pumpkin in a jar or decanter, add sea buckthorn on top.
3. Pour boiling water over and let it brew for 10 minutes.
4. Drain the water into a saucepan, add sugar and boil until the crystals are completely dissolved.
5. Pour the pumpkin with sea buckthorn syrup.

Cinnamon

Warming spicy compote can be supplemented with star anise or cloves.

Ingredients:

• 500 g pumpkin;
• 1 cinnamon stick;
• 1 tbsp. Sahara;
• 2 liters of water.

Preparation:

1. In a saucepan, combine 1 cup water, cinnamon and sugar. Boil the thick syrup for 5-10 minutes.
2. Add pumpkin to the syrup.
3. After 5 minutes, pour in the remaining water, bring to a boil and cook the compote for 25-30 minutes.
4. You can drink it both hot and chilled.

With pulp

For those who like a thicker texture. Drink without pumpkin pieces.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg pumpkin;
• 1.5-2 tbsp. Sahara;
• water optional.

Preparation:

1. Boil the pumpkin in a little water (but the pieces must be completely covered with water) for 30 minutes.
2. Catch the finished cubes with a slotted spoon and grind in a blender.
3. Add sugar and mix thoroughly.
4. Pour in the liquid left over from cooking (it is necessary to pour in the broth gradually, until the desired consistency).
5. Cool down. After 2 days, the juice will be completely ready for consumption.

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How to make pumpkin compotes for the winter

Any of the above recipes can be prepared for the winter. To do this, you must first sterilize the container in which you will store the compote. And after preparing the drink according to the indicated points, pour it into cans and boil them in a large saucepan of water. Enough 10-15 minutes. After that, you can roll it up and store it in the refrigerator or cellar.

Advice... Add citric acid to the drink to last longer.

Secrets of experienced housewives

Here are some tips to make your pumpkin compote more delicious:

1. Choose nutmeg or dessert varieties, pulp which is sweet even raw.
2. Small pumpkins also taste sweeter. They are also easier to work with because of the softer skin.
3. In the market, it is better to take whole fruits, rather than cut ones. It is not known how clean the seller's knife and hands were.
4. Before cooking, do not cut the vegetable too finely, otherwise the pulp will fall apart and lose its shape.
5. It is advisable to use purified water.

Conclusion

Despite the fact that everyone is used to thinking of pumpkin as a vegetable, delicious and sweet compotes are obtained from it. Not worse than dried fruits or apples. And for whom, perhaps, better. The recipes above will fully support this opinion. Do not be afraid to experiment and try combinations of various spices and other fruit and berry crops.