Compote of apples and oranges

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to cook compote from apples and oranges? Prepare the products. The number of apples and oranges may vary depending on their size — take more small fruits, less large ones. Also consider your taste preferences. Choose fragrant varieties of apples with a bright taste, the compote will be tastier from them. You can also increase or decrease the amount of sugar.

2. Step 2:

   

   Take a pot suitable for cooking compote. It is better if it is enameled or stainless steel. Do not take aluminum, the metal can be oxidized from citrus juice. Pour cold clean water into it. Put it on a high heat. While the water is boiling, prepare the fruit. Wash them very thoroughly under running water using soda and a stiff sponge to wash off the wax layer, which is often used to treat fruits from spoilage.

3. Step 3:

   

   Cut the apples into quarters, cut out the core and stalks. Then cut the quarters into slices. Remove the peel from the oranges — the top layer of the skin — without affecting the white layer, which is bitter. It is convenient to do this with a vegetable peeler.

4. Step 4:

   

   Squeeze the juice out of the oranges. You can do this with a juicer or by any means at hand. If the fruits are pitted, then put a strainer on the glass to avoid them getting into the juice.

6. Step 5:

   

   Put the sliced apples, zest and sugar in a saucepan with boiling water. Stir and leave the compote to simmer gently over low heat for 10 minutes. Cover the pan with a lid.

7. Step 6:

   

   After a while, pour the orange juice into the compote, stir, turn off the heat. Leave the compote to cool under the lid.

8. Step 7:

   

   Pour the finished compote into a glass bowl and put it in the refrigerator. Serve chilled. Bon appetit!