Dogwood compote for winter

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Berries are all ours, so let's start with them. If you took them with twigs, we will gather them and sort them out – for the presence of rotten ones, first of all.

2. Step 2:

   

   After removing twigs and debris, wash the berry. This is done in several ways – do as you like. You can do it in a colander. And I poured water into a basin with a berry a couple of times. The first time an invisible garbage surfaced, and the second time I drained clean water.

3. Step 3:

   

   We need to prepare jars and lids – sterilize them in a convenient way and let them dry if possible.

4. Step 4:

   

   Let's put water to boil in parallel. If the jars and lids are ready, let's carefully arrange the prepared berries in them.

5. Step 5:

   

   I had three cans – one with a capacity of 1.5 liters, and two with a capacity of 0.9. I put 200 g of berries in the first one, and 100 g in the other two.

7. Step 6:

   

   As soon as the water boils, let's pour it over the berry. Covering with lids, let's stand until the water cools down (I have it cooled down after 20 minutes).

8. Step 7:

   

   Pour the water into a saucepan, add half the sugar. Let it dissolve.

9. Step 8:

   

   Boil the water with sugar again and pour the berries a second time. Cover with a lid, and wait for cooling again.

10. Step 9:

    

    So let's do it again, adding the second part of the sugar.

11. Step 10:

    

    Let's salt it for the last time and, after boiling, pour the berries to the neck. Roll up and turn the lids down. You can wrap them up with a warm blanket, which I did - they stood all night, and in the morning they were pleased with a gorgeous bright color.