Compote of blackberries and apples for winter

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   For compote you will need: chokeberry (aronia), apples, water and granulated sugar.

2. Step 2:

   

   Wash the jars for compote in advance with soda and sterilize in any way convenient to you. Since my jar has a metal hook lock, it cannot be sterilized in the microwave. That's why I put a wet jar in a cold one! oven bottom up, after removing the O-ring. And sterilize for 15 minutes at a temperature of 120 degrees. O-rings are simply poured with boiling water for three minutes. If you have ordinary metal covers, you will receive

3. Step 3:

   

   Wash the apples under running water and cut into four parts, remove the seed pods.

4. Step 4:

   

   If you have a fresh rowan, you need to wash it and sort it out from the twigs. If it's frozen, then just sort it out. Place the apples and rowan on the bottom of a sterilized jar.

5. Step 5:

   

   Fill the jar with boiling water from the kettle, for example. Pour boiling water in the middle, on the apples. That is, not directly on the glass, so that it does not burst. Cover the jar with a lid and leave for five minutes to warm the apples inside.

7. Step 6:

   

   After this time, carefully drain the water from the jar into the pan, taking the jar with potholders so as not to get burned.

8. Step 7:

   

   Add sugar to the saucepan and bring the syrup to a boil over low heat, stirring constantly, until the sugar grains are completely dissolved.

9. Step 8:

   

   Using a ladle, pour the syrup back into the jars. Do not forget to pour boiling water over the ladle in advance! Microorganisms can also live on it, which will prevent the compote from standing all winter. Try to fill the jar as much as possible to the very neck. If there is not enough syrup, just pour boiling water into the jar.

10. Step 9:

    

    Roll up the jars with lids and wrap them with a thick towel. If you have cans for a twist, it would be better to turn the already rolled up jar with compote upside down and wrap it up like this. The jars should cool completely, after which they can be put away for storage.