In the summer, you want something refreshing. At this time, when various berries and fruits grow in the garden, almost every housewife prepares light drinks, tonic on a sultry day. This can be, for example, cooked stewed fruit in a slow cooker made from apples. Of course, you can cook it on the stove, but in the heat, not everyone wants to stand in the kitchen. Such a drink is refreshing. In addition, everyone knows that apples have many vitamins and beneficial elements. They have a lot of iron, which is so necessary for the body, as well as B vitamins, carotene, calcium, sugar and other things. The peel of this fruit contains flavonoids, and the seeds are fatty oils. Apples contribute to the restoration of the normal activity of the digestive tract and the entire digestive system. They are recommended for those who have poor appetite. It is interesting that in dried form, they do not lose their properties, so you can cook compote in a slow cooker from apples in the winter season. On how to do this, we will consider today.
Dried fruits compote
Ingredients : one glass of dried apples, half a glass of raisins, one glass of dried apricots, half a glass of prunes, two glasses of sugar.
Cooking
All of the above dried fruits are washed and poured with boiling water. Then they are placed in a multicooker bowl and sugar and cold water are added. Then select the "Extinguishing" mode and prepare the compote. After the drink is brewed, it is poured into another dish and served hot or chilled.
Fresh apple compote
Ingredients : six apples, spices, sugar or honey to taste.
Cooking
Before you cook compote from fresh apples, you need to cut the fruit into slices, having previously removed the box with seeds. Apples are placed in a multicooker bowl, poured with boiling water, sugar or honey is added, optionally cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, cloves or peas. Next, select the "Extinguishing" mode and set the time eight minutes after boiling. Then the drink is left for some time to insist. It takes about twenty minutes. After that, the compote is poured into a decanter and cooled, but you can use it in hot form.
Apple compote with currant in a slow cooker
Ingredients : four hundred grams of apples, one handful of currants, one glass of sugar, two and a half liters of water, one sprig of mint.
Cooking
Before you cook the compote from fresh apples and currants, it is necessary to cut the washed fruit into eight parts and cut the core. They are laid out in a multicooker bowl, washed currants, sugar and mint are added, water is poured and the “Stew” or “Soup” mode is selected for ten minutes. After cooking, the compote is left in the slow cooker for several hours. It is best to prepare a drink in the evening so that it brews longer and cools. Then it is poured into a decanter and put in the refrigerator.
Apple and plum compote
Ingredients : three apples of the sort "White filling", two handfuls of any plums, two hundred grams of sugar.
Cooking
Fresh apple compote, the recipe of which we are considering, is prepared as follows: fruits are peeled and cut into strips. A half liter of water is poured into the multicooker bowl, prepared fruits and sugar are put. Next, select the "Soup" mode and set the time to thirty minutes. Over time, turn off the automatic heating function and allow the compote to cool.
Stewed apples and rose hips in a slow cooker
Ingredients : one glass of rosehip, four apples, one glass of sugar.
Cooking
Before you cook the compote in a slow cooker from apples and rose hips, you need to wash them well. Then the fruit is cut into small slices, after removing the seeds. Rosehip and apples are put in the bowl of the multicooker, sugar and water are added, put on the "Stew" mode. Our stewed fruit will boil for one hour. Over time, the multicooker is turned off, and the drink is infused under a closed lid for about one hour. After that, it can be served.
Compote in a slow cooker made from apples and lemon
Ingredients : two hundred grams of fresh apples, one hundred and fifty grams of dried apples, half a lemon, one glass of sugar, water, spices.
Cooking
Fresh fruits are peeled and cut into slices, lemon - in thin circles, without removing the peel. Dried fruits wash well. All these components are put in a multicooker bowl with sugar, add water and cook for one hour, turning on the "Extinguishing" mode. Ready apple compote, the photo of which is attached, is filtered, cooled and served.
Stewed apples and frozen raspberries
Ingredients : five hundred grams of frozen raspberries, three hundred grams of fresh apples, half a glass of sugar, one liter seven hundred grams of water.
Cooking
Fruits and berries are prepared: thawed, peeled and washed. Apples are cut into slices. All prepared components are put in a multicooker bowl along with sugar, poured with water and cooked for one hour, turning on the "Extinguishing" mode. Over time, the compote is insisted under the lid for half an hour. To do this, in the multicooker, select the “Heating” mode or leave the drink in the turned off machine. Ready compote is very useful for children in the winter, because it contains a huge amount of vitamins necessary for the body at this time.
Thus, it is not difficult to cook in a slow cooker. You can add various spices to your compote as you wish. It can be cardamom, cloves or cinnamon, rosemary and so on.