Pumpkin has many health benefits. Dishes made from it are widely used in baby food and in various diets. They are tasty, appetizing-looking, and high in vitamins and minerals.

Pumpkin compote is the most popular dish prepared for long-term storage. The recipe for the drink is quite simple, does not require a large number of ingredients and special culinary skills. However, in order to obtain a quality product, the recommendations and technological processing conditions should be followed.

Features of preliminary preparation

Pumpkin is a unique vegetable. It is good in salads, soups, very tasty and healthy porridge is cooked from it. It is a storehouse of vitamins and minerals that are stored in the pulp for a long time. This makes it very popular with housewives engaged in the preparation of vegetable and berry preparations.

Pumpkin compote has an original taste and a bright festive look. It can be quickly prepared for daily use as well as long-term storage.

To create a drink, it is better to take fruits of dessert varieties, small in size, bright orange in color. They are sweeter, thinner and easier to work with.

There are many pumpkin compote recipes, but they all start with preliminary preparation. First of all, vegetables must be peeled and seeds removed. Then cut into medium sized cubes. Do not grind the pulp too much, otherwise it will turn into unappetizing flakes in the drink. But large slices are also not suitable, since they will be poorly saturated with syrup and fill with taste and aroma worse.

The peculiarity of this blank is that it does not require sterilization, although the cans must be sterilized first.

Pumpkin does not have a pronounced smell and taste. Aromatic drinks from it are obtained by adding various fruits, berries and spices.

The best pumpkin compote recipes

The easiest way to prepare a drink includes a minimum of ingredients:

• 2 liters of water;
• 500 grams of chopped pumpkin pulp;
• 300 grams of sugar.

Pour the pumpkin cubes with cold water and cook for about half an hour, until the vegetable becomes tender. Add the rest of the ingredients and cook for another five minutes, stirring constantly. The drink is ready. In order for it to retain its properties for a long time, it is enough to pour it boiling over the jars and roll up the lids.

To improve the taste and give a pleasant aroma to the compote during cooking, you can add 3 grams of citric acid crystals and a bag of vanilla sugar.

Pumpkin like pineapple

The pumpkin is often called the Russian pineapple. You can make a wonderful compote from it by adding ready-made pineapple juice, which is sold in stores. The billet acquires the taste of a canned exotic fruit.

Ingredients:

• pumpkin cubes or rings - 1 kg;
• pineapple juice - 500 grams.

Pour the vegetable blank with hot pineapple juice, leave for 15 minutes. Arrange the soaked cubes in jars, add boiling syrup prepared from the calculation: for each liter of water - 0.5 kg of sugar. Roll up, cover with a blanket and let cool. Store in a cool, dark place.

In winter, it is very pleasant to enjoy a delicious drink with sweet pieces that taste like pineapple.

Compote with orange, cinnamon and cloves

The aroma of cinnamon and cloves fills the house with coziness and warmth, creates a festive mood.

Components:

• pumpkin in pieces - 2 kg;
• orange - 2 pieces;
• cinnamon stick - 2 pieces;
• carnation bud - 6 pieces;
• granulated sugar - 700 grams;
• water - 2 liters.

Peel the oranges, chop the zest, squeeze the juice and place in a large bowl. Add spices and pumpkin blank to them, mix everything. Prepare a syrup from water and sugar, boil for 10 minutes, stirring constantly, then pour the prepared mixture into it and continue cooking for another 15 minutes. Pour the finished compote into jars and roll up.

Pumpkin with lemon

Pumpkin goes well in compote not only with orange, but also with lemon. Its aroma and acidity will give the drink a rich taste and smell.

Fill one third of three-liter jars with prepared pumpkin cubes. Add peeled lemons, cut into circles, there. Prepare sugar syrup and pour boiling into containers with blanks, which must be sterilized for ten minutes.

Compote is ready. It remains to roll it up, let it cool and store it in a dark place.

Components for one three-liter can:

• pumpkin pulp - 500 grams;
• lemon - 2 pieces
• granulated sugar - 500 grams;
• water - 2 liters.

Classic recipe - pumpkin-apple compote

Pumpkin with apple is a classic combination. To add sophistication to the taste, prunes are added to the recipe.

Ingredients for three liters:

• pumpkin pieces - 400 grams;
• sour apples - 600 grams;
• granulated sugar - 300 grams;
• water - 2 liters;
• prunes - 0.5 cups;
• cinnamon - 2 sticks.

Peel and core the apples, cut into cubes or wedges, mix with pumpkin pieces, pour over boiling water and let cool. Then put the saucepan with the mixture on low heat, bring to a boil, add granulated sugar, add prunes with cinnamon and boil for ten to fifteen minutes.

Pour the hot drink into sterilized jars, roll up, wrap with a blanket and leave to cool. Store in a dark place at room temperature.

Cinnamon prunes in this recipe can be replaced with dried apricots.

Sea buckthorn drink

Pumpkin is famous for its medicinal properties, but if you combine it with sea buckthorn, you get an elixir that will help strengthen the immune system and protect the body from diseases in the cold season. This drink is especially useful for children and the elderly.

To prepare three liters, you will need two glasses of the following ingredients:

• pieces of pumpkin pulp;
• sea ​​buckthorn berries;
• granulated sugar.

Step by step cooking method:

• Arrange pumpkin cubes in jars;
• pour the sea buckthorn blank on top;
• pour boiling water;
• stand for ten minutes;
• carefully pour the infused solution into a saucepan and boil;
• add sugar, stirring continuously until it is completely dissolved;
• bring the syrup to a boil and pour into a container with a fruit and vegetable mixture;
• roll up the lids, wrap it with a blanket until it cools down and send it for storage.

Pumpkin compote for the winter in combination with fruit and berry additives is a very useful and tasty preparation, loved by many housewives. A glass of bright orange elixir will give minutes of pleasure in the cold season, and will also give the body a charge of cheerfulness and optimism.

If you ask any adult or child what compote is made of, you will surely hear in response that it is made of fruits and berries. But imagine that compote can also be cooked from vegetables, and pumpkin is the most suitable of them. Try it - perhaps this drink will enter your menu as one of your favorites.

How to cook pumpkin compote

Compote from this vegetable has an original and unique taste, smell, and most importantly - a bright and juicy sunny color. Besides, it is very useful, because it has a lot of vitamins and minerals. The main component of this drink is pumpkin, a dietary product that contains few calories. This vegetable is often used on fitness menus. It is boiled, baked, stewed, added to cereals, vegetable stews and desserts.

The drink will turn out delicious if you follow these recommendations:

• the vegetable should be medium or small, then there will be more natural sweetness in it;
• it is better to take a whole pumpkin than a piece already cut off in advance;
• nutmeg variety is the best choice for making dessert;
• pay attention to the peel of the sunny vegetable: it should be smooth, shiny, dense and firm;
• spices, citrus fruits and fruits can give an expressive taste to compote, as well as citric acid and vanilla sugar.

Cooking recipes

Wishing to diversify the options for how you can deliciously and simply cook a pumpkin at home, culinary experts are spreading more and more interesting recipes for compotes on the Internet, which can be served to guests and surprise them with an unusual taste, and you can also drink daily, replenishing your body with useful substances ...

Plain compote

This recipe is very simple in execution, at the same time it is a good alternative to other compotes, juices, tea and coffee in winter, since its main component is affordable and sold in every market.

Ingredients:

• pumpkin - 400 g;
• sugar - 250 g;
• water - 2 l.

Cooking process:

Video: How to cook pumpkin compote

Important! The optimal cube size for cooking is 1.5 cm. Make sure that the cutting is even, otherwise part of the product will be ready earlier than the other, and this will affect the taste and appearance of the drink.

With apples

Ingredients:

• pumpkin - 300 g;
• sugar - 0.5 tbsp.;
• water - 5 tbsp.;
• apples (Antonovka or Semerenko, preferably sour varieties) - 2 medium (~ 200 g);
• dried fruits (prunes, as an option - raisins or dried apricots) - a handful;
• cinnamon - on the tip of a knife (to taste).

Cooking process:

1. Prepare the vegetable by removing the seeds and fibers from the core and removing the rough skins. Rinse the apples and remove the seeds and cores.
2. Cut the pumpkin into medium cubes or slices like apples.
3. Boil the syrup by adding sugar to the water. If desired, you can add prunes, dried apricots or raisins to it. In order for dried fruits to reveal their taste potential, they should be boiled in syrup for 10 minutes.
4. Add a sunny vegetable to the syrup with dried fruits, and when the water boils, add apples.
5. Cook the compote until tender.

Did you know? The combination of pumpkin with any citrus fruits, as well as pears, apples, plums, quince and pineapples will be successful. When added to the drink cinnamon, cloves, vanilla and cardamom, the vegetable will absorb the maximum aroma and taste, which will make the compote original and spicy.

Ingredients:

• pumpkin - 1 kg;
• sugar - 500 g;
• water - 1 l;
• pineapple juice - 0.5 l.

Cooking process:

1. Prepare the pumpkin in the same way as in the previous recipes, ridding it of the peel and inner seeds.
2. Cut it to mimic the original canned pineapple slices. But if you do not want to waste time cutting out circles, it will be enough to cut the vegetable into small rectangles.
3. Bring the pineapple juice to a boil.
4. Pour boiled juice over the sliced ​​pumpkin and let it brew for 10-15 minutes.
5. Boil sugar and water syrup.
6. Arrange the pumpkin sticks soaked in juice in the jars and pour over the syrup.
7. Close the canning and let it cool down.

Important! Pumpkin compote will delight you even more with its unusual, sweet and aromatic taste if served chilled.

Ingredients:

• pumpkin - 500 g;
• sugar - 4 tbsp. l .;
• water - 2 l;
• zest of 1 orange;
• orange - 1 pc.;
• citric acid - on the tip of a knife;
• vanilla sugar - 0.5 tsp;
• spices: cinnamon, cloves - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Prepare the vegetable for cooking: wash, peel and peel the insides. Rinse and dry the orange.
2. Cut the pumpkin into medium-sized cubes. Grate the orange peel, preparing the peel for use. Divide the pulp into wedges, remove the seeds, make a fillet.
3. Boil water in a saucepan, then add pumpkin cubes, orange fillet and sugar to it. Boil for 10-15 minutes.
4. Add orange zest, citric acid and vanilla sugar to the compote, cook for another 10 minutes.
5. If desired, the flavor can be made even richer with spices such as cloves and cinnamon.

Ingredients:

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

Cooking process:

1. Prepare the main ingredients, after washing and cleaning them from excess.
2. Cut the vegetable into small cubes.
3. Put the pumpkin cubes and sea buckthorn berries in a twist jar (3 liter).
4. Boil water. Pour boiling water over the contents of the jar and let it brew for 10 minutes.
5. Drain the water from the jar into a saucepan and add sugar to it. Boil it again, making sure that the sugar is completely dissolved. To do this, stir the water well.
6. Pour the pumpkin-sea buckthorn mixture with syrup.
7. Swirl, turn the jar over and let cool naturally.

Ingredients:

• pumpkin - 500 g;
• apples - 500 g;
• sugar - 200 g;
• water - 4 l;
• citric acid - 10 g.

Cooking process:

1. Prepare the main ingredients by removing the rind, core and seeds.
2. Grate the pumpkin. Cover with water, bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes.
3. Remove from heat and grind the cooked mass through a sieve to obtain a homogeneous mass. Add citric acid and sugar.
4. Grate the apples and squeeze the juice out of them through cheesecloth. You can grind the apples with a blender and strain the juice.
5. Mix pumpkin pulp, apple juice and all other ingredients and cook for 5 minutes.

Did you know? The orange vegetable is 90% water and contains a record amount of beta-carotene.

With lemon

Ingredients:

• pumpkin - 3 kg;
• lemon - 3 pcs. medium size;
• sugar - 500-600 g;
• water - 3-4 liters.

Cooking process:

1. Cut the prepared pumpkin, from which the seeds and peel were removed, into cubes. Peel the lemons and cut into medium-thick slices.
2. Fill 3 liter jars 1/3 full with chopped vegetable. Add lemon.
3. Boil the sugar syrup, making sure there are no grains.
4. Pour boiled syrup over pumpkin and lemon in jars.
5. Put the jars in a container and sterilize each for 10 minutes.
6. Roll up the jars, let the compote cool naturally and enjoy the compote for a long winter.

How to cook pumpkin compote in a multicooker

Ingredients:

• pumpkin - 500 g;
• sugar - 100-120 g;
• water - 2.5 l;
• citric acid - 2 pinches;
• orange (tangerine) - to taste.

Pumpkin is a very common product in our region. Many people use it in their diet simply as an addition to porridge or, at most, bake vertuta with pumpkin filling. I decided to expand your boundaries of recipe knowledge using pumpkin and prepare a compote. I will tell you step by step how to make such a miraculous and delicious compote!

"Live" pumpkin compote

Kitchen tools: a liter jar (I took it with a thread), a screw cap for a jar, a knife, a cutting board, a citrus juicer, a container for juice.

Ingredients

It is worth noting that both its taste and the benefits that it will bring depend on the correct choice of pumpkin. We need a fruit with a dry stalk, with a hard skin and a clearly readable pattern on it - this indicates that the fruit is ripe. It is better to choose a medium size fruit, because a large pumpkin can be too fibrous, and its taste is bitter. The optimal weight of the pumpkin should be 3-5 kg, while its weight should be heavy for its size.

Preparation

1. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze out the juice.
2. Add honey to lemon juice, stir and set aside for now.
   
   
3. Cut the pumpkin, peel and remove seeds. Cut its peeled pulp into cubes.
   
   
4. We take a jar and fill it tightly to the top with chopped pumpkin, tamp it well. She will then sit down in volume.
   
   
5. Pour the pumpkin with lemon juice and honey.
   
   
6. Fill the remaining volume of the jar with water to the brim and tighten the lid.
   
   
7. Shake the jar of compote well and turn the lid down so that the juice and honey are evenly distributed.
   
   
8. We send the compote to the refrigerator. After a day, the compote is ready for use.
   
   

In such a recipe, all the vitamins and useful substances of pumpkin are preserved, since we do not subject the product to heat treatment.

Video recipe for "live" pumpkin compote

This short video shows you every step of making a pumpkin compote. After viewing it, you shouldn't have any questions.

Did you know? If you decide to get rid of excess weight - pumpkin will help you. It helps to accelerate metabolism, and its energy value is only 25 kcal per 100 g of product.

Boiled pumpkin compote

Cooking time: 30 minutes.
Servings: 5-6.
Kitchen appliances and inventory: blender, stove, bowl, cutting board, citrus juicer, saucepan, knife.

Ingredients

Preparation

Such a pumpkin compote can be twisted for the winter. It turns out a compote with a sweet and sour taste, lime gives a hint of freshness to this broth.

Video recipe for boiled pumpkin compote

This video demonstrates the stages of making a pumpkin and lime compote. This recipe will surely be appreciated by lovers of citrus notes in drinks.

Innings

Pumpkin compote is served chilled or at room temperature. You can decorate a glass with compote with a beautiful straw and a slice of lemon or lime.

Pumpkin goes well with citrus fruits, I gave you a recipe with lemon and lime, but it will also be delicious to make pumpkin compote with orange. Pumpkin goes well in compote with various berries, for example, raspberries or strawberries. And the vitamin "explosion" will be pumpkin compote combined with sea buckthorn. If you have a juicer, then cook it with a green apple for breakfast, it will charge you with good mood and vivacity for the whole day.

Pumpkin is a very healthy product, it simply must be in your diet. It is rich in beta-carotene, which, when it enters the human body, is able to convert into vitamin A, which we need so much. It contains substances that strengthen nails, hair and give our skin firmness and elasticity.

Be sure to stock up on pumpkin in the fall and cook compote from it. Pumpkin in compote will support the body with micro- and macroelements throughout the winter and spring, when our body especially needs it. The process of preparing a drink is elementary, which does not require time and budget expenditures, and there are a lot of benefits from such a compote.

You can endlessly sing the praises of the usefulness of pumpkin, since, in my opinion, it is a very necessary product in the diet, especially for children. My mother advised me to make a pumpkin compote when I, once again dancing, unsuccessfully tried to feed my little daughter with such a healthy pumpkin porridge. And a miracle happened, she liked the compote. Now I have two children of school age, and I continue to cook pumpkin compote for children, because pumpkin helps in the fight against fatigue, improves mood and helps prevent the development of caries.

Foreword

Pumpkin is not only a very tasty vegetable, but also a real storehouse of vitamins. That is why a variety of dishes are cooked on its basis, they make casseroles, bake pies. But pumpkin compote for the winter, unknowingly, is cooked by few. It's time to learn!

Required tools and materials

This vegetable contains minerals and vitamins that have a beneficial effect on the functioning of the gallbladder and liver, and contribute to the normalization of the water balance in the human body. It has been noticed that people who regularly consume pumpkin dishes have a better complexion. With a short processing, most of the nutrients are retained, so preserving pumpkin for the winter is the best option for a long time in your diet.

You can make a drink from just pumpkin, but not every family member will enjoy its slightly sugary taste. The addition of various berries and fruits allows you to give the drink a variety of flavors. Housewives have very popular recipes for compotes from pumpkin cubes with the addition of apples or citrus fruits. In addition, to emphasize the taste of the drink, you can add different spices: cinnamon, cloves, cardamom.

Dessert varieties are best suited for making compote, which are characterized by a bright orange pulp. After preparation, the drink turns out to be very tasty and beautiful in appearance.

To prepare a drink, you will need the following ingredients:

• water - 1 l;
• pumpkin pulp - 500 g;
• lemon - 1 pc.;
• sugar - 1 cup (200 g);
• cloves - 6 pcs.;
• vanillin - added to taste.

First, the pumpkin slices need to be washed well, removed from the seeds and separated from the peel. The peeled pulp is cut into small cubes. The prepared pumpkin cubes are placed in a saucepan (or basin), covered with sugar and filled with water. In this case, the water level should only slightly cover the pumpkin, therefore, you should be prudent in choosing a container for brewing a drink.

Next, the container with the future compote is placed on the stove and brought to a boil, while the fire should be slow enough, after which freshly squeezed lemon juice or its pieces are added. Cook in boiling water for at least 20 minutes, stirring constantly. The pumpkin cubes should soften, but watch out - don't overdo it.

In the end, we add spices in different variations - here every housewife must choose her own composition, which will distinguish her compote from the neighbor's one. Together with the spices, the drink should boil for a very short time, just a couple of minutes. After that, pumpkin compote for the winter is poured into pre-prepared jars and rolled up with boiled lids using a key.

Original recipe – together with a pumpkin in the form of a compote! To prepare a drink according to this recipe, you need to prepare the following ingredients:

• water - 1 l;
• pumpkin pulp - 200 g;
• apples - 3 pcs.;
• sugar - 1 cup (200 g);
• spices - added to taste.

Appearing in Russia in the 16th century, the pumpkin took root so well on the lands of the landowners that it began to be considered a primordially Russian vegetable. Culinary recipes using it are very diverse. All kinds of desserts and winter preparations, more than a hundred types of pumpkin jam and compotes have a specific exquisite taste and have useful properties.

The benefits of pumpkin

The popularity of pumpkin is due to its unique composition, rich in minerals and vitamins, low calorie content and dietary properties. Also, this vegetable has a long shelf life when cut, and with a short heat treatment it does not lose its beneficial qualities.

The pumpkin contains:

Variety of recipes

Compote with the addition of orange, ginger and peach is considered a truly refined refreshing drink. It contains a tablespoon of ginger, 100 grams of sugar, 3 oranges, 200 grams of pumpkin pulp, 50 grams of pistachios, a teaspoon of green tea and 2 peaches. First of all, you need to pour sugar in a glass of water and cook until the granulated sugar dissolves.

Next, add the peeled pumpkin cubes and cook for 10 minutes. Then catch the pieces of vegetable and put on a paper towel, drain and cool. At this time, separate the pulp of the oranges from the peel and film and finely chop. Grind the orange zest and ginger on a fine grater, put in a container with green tea, pour a glass of boiling water and let it brew for five minutes, covered with a lid. Then cut the peach into small slices, pour over them with the previously obtained tea infusion with ginger and zest and leave for another five minutes. Finally add the sliced ​​orange and stir.

Pumpkin Vinegar Drink... You need to prepare 1/3 cup 6% vinegar, one tsp. citric acid, 400 grams of granulated sugar and 400 grams of pumpkin pulp. It is required to cut the vegetable into cubes and put in a container. Then dissolve citric acid and vinegar in 0.5 liters of water, pour the pumpkin with the resulting solution and leave for a day. After that, drain the infusion into a separate pan, add granulated sugar to it, boil and cook for 5 minutes. Next, add pieces of vegetable to the boiling syrup and boil for another 5 minutes. Pour the finished drink into sterilized containers, roll them up and turn them over, covering with a blanket. After a day, remove the workpieces to a place for long-term storage.

Unusual drink

This is just a small part of the tips to help you understand how to cook pumpkin compote for the winter, recipes for quick use. They are so varied and sometimes contain such unusual set of products that any gourmet can find a drink with their favorite flavor, and every housewife can create a masterpiece that will delight and saturate the whole family with useful elements on cold winter evenings or refresh and give strength on a hot summer day.