How to cook stewed prunes

Delicious and flavorful compote of prunes is useful not only for adults but also for children. It has choleretic and diuretic properties and is very effective in gastro-intestinal diseases. In berriesAh prunes contain sweeteners and fiber that improve the activity of your bowel and are a good natural laxative.

You will need

• • For recipe No. 1:
  • 300 g of prunes;
  • 700 ml of water;
  • 150 g of sugar.
  • For recipe No. 2:
  • 300 g of prunes;
  • 200 g of apples;
  • 3 g of cinnamon;
  • 200 g of sugar;
  • 1 liter of water.
  • For recipe number 3:
  • 200 g of prunes;
  • 100 g of dried apricots;
  • 100 g raisins;
  • 200 g of sugar;
  • 1 liter of water.

Instruction

1. Recipe No. 1. Try the prunes: remove the dry debris separate from the main mass of spoiled, unripe berries and remove the stalk. Pour the fruit with warm water and leave for 15-20 minutes. Then rinse thoroughly under running water. In an enamel pot (with a volume of 1.5-2 litres), pour 700 ml of water and bring to a boil. Pour in the boiling liquid sugar and simmer 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the sugar syrup prunes and keep on heat for another 17-20 minutes. Ready compote unplug it, let it infuse for an hour and serve chilled. Add in a glass compoteOhm slice of fresh lemon or a few mint leaves.
2. Recipe №2. Pour into an enamel pan of water and heat to the boiling point. Enumerated and washed prunes put in a colander and lower it into the boiling liquid for a few minutes (3-5) until it begins to burst the skin. Remove the colander with the berries from boiling water and immerse in a pot of cold water for 5-7 minutes. Then remove the plum skin and cutting it into two halves, remove pits. In an enamel saucepan bring to boil a liter of water. Pour in the boiling water and sugar, stirring occasionally, cook for 5-7 minutes subtract the heat to low. Add the sugar syrup prepared halves prunes and leave on heat for another 10-15 minutes. Wash under running water apples. Cut them into two halves and remove the core, peel a thin layer of the skin. Then divide each half into 4-5 even pieces. Add the prepared apples to prunes and cook for another 7-10 minutes. For a few minutes until cooked add to the pan the cinnamon. Ready compote disconnect, and before you serve, let it infuse for 40-50 minutes.
3. Recipe No. 3. Prunes, apricots and raisins several times rinse well in warm water, remove the stalk and soak in warm water for 5-7 minutes (separately from each other). Boil in an enamelled saucepan with the sugar syrup and add the prunes, leave to simmer for another 12-15 minutes. Pour in a saucepan the raisins and cook for another 5-7 minutes. Next, add the apricots and keep on heat for another 2-3 minutes. Disable ready the compote and set aside at least an hour.