Compotes are very tasty drinks, which provide us with a lot of vitamins and they are very refreshing during the summer and have therapy effects during the winter.
Compotes are made of fresh fruit, of dried or frozen ones, over which you pour sugar syrup or honey.
Compotes are also called stewed fruit.
The time you need to prepare compotes depends on the kind of fruit you want to use.
For instance, pears and apples need to be boiled for about thirty-five or forty minutes, while a lot of the other fruit only need to be boiled for fifteen up to twenty minutes.
The syrup which is properly prepared should be transparent and should also have a reddish shade.
In order to obtain some flavoured syrup, you can add lemon peels or orange ones, apart from the vanilla sugar, cinnamon, figs or almonds.
This way, you can transform any compote in a real rainbow of aromas.
Compotes are usually served after approximately ten or twelve hours after they are prepared, this way having enough time for the aroma to become uniform and for the fruit to get soaked in syrup.
The compotes made of frozen fruit are even tastier if they contain some fresh fruit, too, as well as vanilla, cinnamon and so on.
You can even add some white wine to compotes, orange or lemon peels, which you have to add when the compote is boiling and remove after is has boiled.
This way, you can obtain very tasty compotes and enjoy your preserved fruit any time you want.
Enjoy your meal!