Sweet aromatic peaches are loved for their incomparable taste and beneficial properties. These fruits are seasonal, and besides, they are little stored fresh. The best way to preserve the benefits of fruits before frost is to prepare them for winter. Further in the article - proven ways of how to preserve peaches, with step-by-step recipes and photos.
How to choose and prepare peaches
For preservation for the winter, fresh whole fruits are selected without damage. Before cooking, they should be thoroughly washed. Additionally, it is advisable to peel the fruit. To make it easily removed from the pulp, the product is poured with boiling water.
Important! If you are preparing fruit with a peel, carefully wipe the fruit with a cloth or sponge to remove the upper rough layer.
Canned Peach Recipes for the Winter
In culinary practice, there are many delicious and simple recipes for peaches for the winter. Fruits can be prepared in various ways - pickle, cook stewed fruit, make preparations in sugar syrup. Below are proven methods for preparing peach fruits. These include: canning in syrup without sterilization, boiling whole fruit compote and making jam from fruit slices. All meals can be easily made at home.
In syrup without sterilization
1 can for 0.7 L40 minutes
lemon acid
0.25 tsp
Nutritional value per 100 g:
Cut the fruit into halves or slices, remove the seeds. Place the fruit in a sterilized jar.
Pour boiling water over the contents of the jar, cover and leave for 15 minutes.
In a separate pan, boil 0.5 liters of water, add sugar, citric acid and keep on fire until the loose ingredients dissolve.
Drain the can.
Pour the fruit with sugar syrup.
Cork the jar with an iron lid.
Cut the fruit into halves or slices, remove the seeds. Place the fruit in a sterilized jar.
Pour boiling water over the contents of the jar, cover and leave for 15 minutes.
In a separate pan, boil 0.5 liters of water, add sugar, citric acid and keep on fire until the loose ingredients dissolve.
Drain the can.
Pour the fruit with sugar syrup.
Cork the jar with an iron lid.Video recipe
Did you know? The name “peach” comes from the Latin name Prunus persica, which means “Persian apple”.
Compote with pits
1 can of 3 l30 minutes
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Put the fruits in the pan.
- Pour fruit with 2 liters of water.
- Bring water to a boil.
- Boil the fruit in water for 5 minutes.
- Carefully move the fruit into a jar.
- Fill the peaches with the water in which they were boiled.
- Fill a larger pan with water and place on the stove.
- Place the jar of compote in the pan so that the water reaches the neck of the container.
- Sterilize the drink for 15 minutes.
- Remove the container and dry thoroughly from moisture.
- Preserve the jar with a sterilized lid.
Did you know? The largest number of peaches in the world are produced by China, the USA and Italy.
Jam with slices
1 can for 2 liters 4.5 hours
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Slice the fruit into slices and place in a bowl.
- Sprinkle the fruit with half the indicated amount of sugar and squeeze out the lemon juice.
- Leave the fruit covered in sugar for 2 hours.
- After the specified time has elapsed, drain the juice that the peach slices will put into a separate container.
- Add the remaining sugar to the juice and place on the stove.
- Bring the syrup to a boil and pour peach wedges.
- Put the mixture on the fire, boil and keep on the stove for 5 minutes.
- Cover the container with jam with a towel and leave for 1 hour.
- After 1 hour, put the jam on the fire, bring to a boil and cook on low heat for another hour.
- While the product is boiling, do sterilization of the can.
- Move the prepared jam into the container for preservation and close the lid.
Features of storage at home
Corked cans with peaches are turned upside down, wrapped in something warm and allowed to cool. Store products in a cool dark place - pantry, cellar, refrigerator.
Canned peach preparations for the winter are the best way to preserve vitamins and other useful elements for the winter season. Having prepared fruits according to the above recipes, you will get delicious, aromatic and sweet preservation.Important! Keep track of the state of conservation throughout the shelf life. Products from cans with swollen caps are unsuitable for use.
