Recently, in the circle of gardeners and summer residents, irga has been gaining more and more popularity and interest. This is due to a whole range of useful substances contained in this berry. In terms of their benefits for the human body, irgi berries are similar to the properties that currants, chokeberries and a number of other useful berries have.

Peculiarities

Outwardly, the irga is similar to blackcurrant, but with the color of blueberries. These unusual berries are distinguished by a high content of vitamin A, which is one of the key ones for skin health, vitamins B2 and C. Interestingly, irga surpassed even apples in the content of ascorbic acid. In addition, berries abounding in benefits and unusual taste are saturated with cobalt and copper - one of the key trace elements for the proper functioning of the human body.

It is recommended to use irgi berries for general immunity strengthening., with a weakened state of the body, colds and viral diseases. The useful components contained in irga help to improve well-being and strengthen health. For example, since time immemorial, the juice of this berry has been used as an antioxidant. Also, due to the content of astringents, irga is indicated for those who suffer from intestinal problems.

In addition, due to the combination of microelements contained in the fruits of the shadberry, this berry is recommended to be consumed in order to prevent diseases of the cardiovascular system.

You can make compote from frozen or fresh irgi for drinking at least every day. You will not feel harm from it, but only benefit. The berry also goes well with ranetki, cherries, sea buckthorn, lingonberries, sour, raspberries, etc.

Due to the peculiarities of the composition, it is important to take into account some of the nuances when rolling irg compote.

Irga contains a certain amount of tannins and a small percentage of organic acids. Therefore, these berries are distinguished by a pronounced sweetish, and sometimes cloying taste. The lack of sourness gives the irga a slightly fresh aftertaste. Therefore, to improve the taste, it is better to add products with a sour taste. Sour berries, orange or lemon will serve as an excellent addition. Even the use of citric acid or vinegar is allowed.

With the right proportions, you will get a delicious compote with a delicate and light refreshing taste. reminiscent of bygone summertime. It is allowed to prepare a drink both with sterilization of the contents before seaming, and without this step. At the same time, it should be noted that the compote concentrate closes without sterilization. This means that you need to use a larger volume of shadberry fruits and a smaller amount of liquid. Use such a compote, after diluting it with water. When using the sterilization of ingredients, you will spend less effort, and it is not necessary to dilute such a drink before drinking.

The preparation of compote from irgi should be taken with full responsibility. The quality of a closed drink depends on how accurately you followed the technologies and the recipe, how carefully and scrupulously you selected and washed the berries, sterilized the jars and lids.

Recipes

Without sterilization

With added citric acid

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of fresh, selected and washed irgi berries;
• 3 liters of clean (possibly filtered) drinking water;
• 0.4 kg of granulated sugar;
• a small sachet of citric acid.

Pour the prepared berries into a pre-sterilized 3-liter jar or into smaller containers. Pour the freshly boiled clean water into the pan with the fruits of the shadberry.

Make an infusion. To do this, leave the water in the jar for 5-7 minutes. Next, pour the liquid into a saucepan.

Take the amount of sand-sugar provided by the recipe and a bag of citric acid (weighing 4 grams). Add these products to a container with drained water and let simmer over medium heat for about 5 minutes. Make sure the sugar dissolves and you get a syrup.

Remove the boiling syrup from the stove and immediately pour into a jar of prepared berries.

Roll it up using the key required for conservation. If the jar just twists, screw on the lid tightly.

Wrap the rolled up jars in warm blankets and leave to cool. When the jars reach complete cooling, the prepared compote can be stored even at room temperature.

With proper observance of the technology of this recipe, you will receive a compote concentrate, which must be diluted with drinking water immediately before use. Please note that the readiness of such a compote occurs only three months after the berries are rolled into a jar. During this time, the drink should brew well, acquire a rich dark shade and a bright flavor bouquet.

With orange and lemon

Ingredients:

• 0.75 kg of pure selected berries of shadberry;
• 100 grams of lemon and orange;
• 0.35 kg of granulated sugar;
• 3 liters of clean drinking water.

Put the washed and selected berries on the bottom of a pre-prepared and sterilized jar.

Rinse oranges and lemons, cut them into thin semicircular slices. Make sure that citrus seeds do not get into the compote.

Put prepared citrus fruits on the laid out berries of the irgi. Boil the liquid and pour boiling water into the jar. Leave the future drink to infuse for 10 minutes.

After this interval, return the already infused water back to the container and, having previously measured the amount of the resulting liquid, while stirring, pour the indicated volume of granulated sugar. Bring the resulting syrup to a boil, let the sugar dissolve completely.

Pour the boiling liquid into the jar, roll up or twist it with a sterile lid.

The resulting drink can be stored for a long time even in the room. The addition of fruits like lemons and oranges will give the irg drink a delicate aftertaste. Such a drink will be completely infused in two to three months.

Simple compote

Required Ingredients:

• washed selected berries of irgi - 1000 grams;
• one and a half glasses of sugar;
• 2 liters of clean drinking water;
• a sachet of citric acid weighing 6 grams.

Put the prepared irgu in a container, pour the indicated amount of sugar and citric acid concentrate.

Pour the water filtered in the kitchen filter into the contents of the pan. Wait until the resulting mixture comes to a boil, and continue to boil the contents for about half an hour.

Sterilize jars and metal lids prepared for compote.

Distribute the cooked compote into sterilized jars, roll up or screw them with lids.

This drink is ready to drink in seven days. It is allowed to store closed jars in the pantry and even at room temperature.

With sterilization

Classic variant

Ingredients:

• half a kilogram of pure selected berries of irgi;
• 2-2.5 liters of clean filtered water;
• about 1 cup of granulated sugar;
• a bag of citric acid (about 8 grams).

Pre-sterilize prepared jars and metal seaming lids, distribute washed and selected berries.

Prepare the syrup. To do this, pour 2.5 liters of clean water into the pan, pour a little more than 0.5 kg of sugar into it. Bring the liquid until the sugar is completely dissolved, then add 8 grams of citric acid to the syrup. Stir the contents of the pot and turn off the heat.

Pour the resulting syrup into jars with irga. Cover jars with lids.

Prepare a large pot in advance by lining the bottom with a piece of cloth. Then put jars of berries and syrup there. Fill the container with water, leaving 3-5 centimeters of the neck of the jars unfilled. Bring the pot of jars to a boil, reduce heat and time for about 3 minutes to sterilize small 0.5 l jars. Liter jars with berries need to be sterilized for about five minutes, and large 3-liter jars - up to 10 minutes.

Remove the jars from the pan, roll up or screw them with sterile lids.

This drink will acquire the fullness of its taste in a few months. Do not worry about the safety of storing irg compote if you clearly followed the cooking technologies and instructions.

With blackcurrant

Ingredients:

• 0.7 kg of washed selected berries of irgi;
• 300 grams of washed and selected currants;
• 3 liters of clean drinking water;
• one and a half glasses of sugar;
• three grams of citric acid for taste.

In advance, select and wash the irg fruits and currants. Also prepare the required number of jars and lids for preserving the future compote, sterilize them in one of the ways convenient for you.

Line the bottom of the jar with pure blackcurrant, then sprinkle with shadberry. Pour the cooled filtered drinking water, let it brew for a couple of minutes and pour the resulting infusion back into the container.

Prepare the syrup. To do this, put the liquid drained from the cans on a small fire, let it boil. Pour the required amount of sand sugar and packaged citric acid. Let it simmer for a few minutes.

Pour the resulting syrup into jars with blackcurrant and shadberry fruits. Submit the cans with the resulting shadberry-currant drink to sterilization in the same way as in the recipe above, observing exactly the same approximate time for cans of different sizes.

Roll up the resulting compote.

If you strictly followed the technology, the compote will acquire a sweet and sour taste without cloying. This drink is sure to please both adults and small family members. If he is a little cloudy, then this is within the normal range.

See the video recipe for making compote from irgi below.

Canadian loquat or irga is a sweet fragrant berry that looks like blackcurrant. This wild shrub has long taken root in our country and pleases gardeners with an annual harvest, from which jelly, jam, compotes and even wine are prepared. People rightly call irgu one of the most useful garden berries.

Irga is recommended for poor health and various diseases. The berry helps to improve health by saturating it with useful substances. The juice has long been used as an antioxidant and astringent for bowel problems.

The berry is useful for people with insomnia, nervous overexcitation and heart disease. It is taken for colds and sore throats. Read more about the benefits of irgi in.

Compote of shadberry and currant

Currant is combined with irga and adds a pleasant sourness to the drink. Berries must be thoroughly washed in a colander several times.

Compote takes 25 minutes to prepare.

Ingredients:

• 150 gr. irgi;
• 200 gr. red and black currants;
• 2.5 l. water;
• 150 gr. Sahara.

Cooking:

1. Fill the berries with water and put on fire. After boiling, add sugar.
2. Stir the compote from the shadberry when cooking, so that sugar does not stick to the day of the pan.
3. When all the sugar has dissolved, reduce the heat and simmer the compote for 15 minutes. So the beneficial substances will remain in the drink.

Compote from irgi without sterilization

When preparing compotes and jams, it is important not to overdo it with sugar, since the fruits of irgi are very sweet. Assorted shadberry, raspberries and currants are a good combination of sweet and healthy berries in a drink.

The recipe for compote from shadberry without sterilization is designed for one 3-liter jar.

Assorted compote is prepared in 15 minutes.

Ingredients:

• 450 gr. Sahara;
• 2.5 l. water;
• 120 gr. currants;
• 50 gr. raspberries;
• 100 gr. irgi.

Cooking:

1. Put the berries in a clean jar.
2. Make syrup by dissolving sugar in boiling water. Stir until all sand is dissolved. Wait for it to boil.
3. Fill the berries with boiling syrup up to the neck of the jar. Roll up compote and store in the cellar.

Ingredients:

• 0.5 kg. cherries;
• 300 gr. irgi;
• 0.7 kg. Sahara.

Cooking:

1. Prepare jars and pour into each berry in the same proportions.
2. Pour the fruits with boiling water and leave for ten minutes.
3. Drain the liquid from the jars into the pan, dissolve the sugar in it over a fire.
4. Let the liquid boil for 2 minutes.
5. Pour berries with sweet syrup and roll compote from shadberry for the winter.

Irgu can be frozen - so the berries retain all the benefits. In dried form, this is a good substitute for raisins, and in winter, compotes can be prepared from dried and frozen shadberry.

Ranetki belong to the sour variety of apples and go well with sweet shadberry. Compote from such ingredients turns out to be fragrant and cooks in just 20 minutes.

Ingredients:

• 350 gr. ranetok;
• 300 gr. Sahara;
• 300 gr. irgi;
• 2.5 l. water.

Cooking:

1. Peel apples from seeds. Remove cuttings from berries.
2. Heat the water and dissolve the sugar. After boiling, boil the syrup for another three minutes.
3. Arrange apples with berries in jars and fill with boiling liquid.
4. Close the compote of shadberry and apples with lids, and then roll up.

The berries must be ripe so that the drink does not turn sour. If necessary, add more sugar than indicated in the recipe.

Irga grows as a shrub in the forest latitudes of the middle zone. You can collect this berry during the period of mushroom picking, at the moment when it gained color, turning from reddish-green to blue-black, somewhat reminiscent of blueberries in shade. For those who hear the name for the first time, we publish a photo.

Wild and cultivated irga is recommended for the elderly. Its benefit lies in the ability to strengthen blood vessels and bone tissue. It is tasty both fresh and as compotes, with the recipes of which we invite you to get acquainted.

The classic cooking

Irgi compote can be prepared in many ways. But if you are doing this for the first time, then it is best to use the standard version of creating a blank.

Ingredients

Servings: - + 25

• irga 1 kg
• granulated sugar 300 g

per serving

Calories: 63 kcal

Proteins: 0 g

Fats: 0 g

Carbohydrates: 15.7 g

55 min. Video recipe Print

Put on fire in a fairly large saucepan 4 liters of clean water (it is best to use filtered or borehole).

While it boils, take care of the berries. They need to be selected from twigs and leaves, and, as necessary, from overripe and slightly dried berries. Rinse under running water and allow excess liquid to drain.

When bubbles characteristic of boiling appear in the pan, pour in the prepared berries. Be careful, during cooking, the irga tends to burst under the influence of high temperatures.

Five minutes later, when the water has turned into a rather dark shade, pour in the granulated sugar. Due to the fact that the berry itself has a slightly sugary taste, without a share of sourness, compote will seem too sweet to someone. For balance, you can add 3 grams of lemon.

Continue boiling for 30 minutes and turn off the burner.

After complete cooling, it's time to treat your home with a mega-vitamin drink.

How to cook with orange and lemon for the winter - a recipe without sterilization

Another recipe for compote from shadberry, only with the calculation of the reserve for the future. The preparation has a balanced sweet taste with hints of citrus.




Servings: 15

Cooking time: 35 minutes

Energy value

• caloric content - 98.2 kcal;
• proteins - 0.1 g;
• fats - 0 g;
• carbohydrates - 24.5 g.

Ingredients

• irga - 750 g;
• orange - 100 g;
• lemon - 100 g;
• granulated sugar - 350 g.

Step by step cooking

1. Before preparing food, sterilize a 3-liter jar. This can be done both in the grandmother's way for a couple, and by subjecting it to high temperatures in the oven.
2. Sort and rinse wild berries thoroughly.
3. Cut clean citruses into thin semicircles.
4. Pour berries and fruits on the bottom of the jar, fill it with freshly boiled water. The main thing is not to pour liquid along the walls of the container, so as not to provoke cracking.
5. Leave for a short infusion for about five minutes and drain the liquid back into the saucepan using a strainer. These simple manipulations will allow you to accurately calculate the volume.
6. Dissolve sugar in the required amount of water and boil a little.
7. Pour the berries in the jar again with the resulting syrup and seal tightly with lids without sterilization.

Irgi compote for the winter without sterilization

Servings: 10

Cooking time: 40 minutes




Energy value

• calorie content - 103.2 kcal;
• proteins - 0 g;
• fats - 0 g;
• carbohydrates - 25.8 g.

Ingredients

• irga - 500 g;
• granulated sugar - 200 g;
• citric acid - 3 g;
• water - 1.5 l.

Step by step cooking

1. First of all, it is necessary to wash and sort out the irga very carefully, utilizing unsuitable berries, and then dry it on sterile waffle towels.
2. Then we pour the prepared fruits into sterile jars, fill them with boiling water and, having covered the containers with a lid and wrapped in a terry towel, insist for 6-8 minutes.
3. Carefully pour the hot berry infusion into a saucepan, pour the amount of granulated sugar and lemons required according to the recipe into it and boil the solution over low heat for about five minutes.
4. With the resulting syrup, we fill the glass containers with irga to the very top, roll them up with boiled lids and put them under the cover with the neck down to cool.

It is worth taking the first sample from this drink no earlier than three months later - this is the period of time that compote needs to infuse and absorb all the taste and aroma.

Advice: since the drink turns out to be quite concentrated, we advise you to dilute the compote with a sufficient amount of boiled water before drinking it.

The fastest and easiest recipe

Servings: 25

Cooking time: 55 minutes




Energy value

• caloric content - 117.5 kcal;
• proteins - 0 g;
• fats - 0 g;
• carbohydrates - 29.4 g.

Ingredients

• irga - 1.5 kg;
• granulated sugar - 560 g;
• citric acid - 9 g;
• water - 3 l;

Step by step cooking

1. Carefully reviewing the irga, rejecting all unsuitable fruits and rinsing the whole ripe berries, we shift it into a large bowl for cooking compote.
2. Pour citric acid and sugar to the berries, pour everything with three liters of clean filtered, and preferably spring, water and send it to boil on a weak flame. We simmer the drink for about half an hour after the first signs of boiling appear.
3. In the meantime, sterilize the jars and metal lids with which you will roll them up in any way convenient for you.
4. Distribute the finished hot compote in a dried container, seal it with twists and cool it in the usual way. You can try this drink after 7 days.

How to cook with cherries

Servings: 15

Cooking time: 55 minutes




Energy value

• caloric content - 155 kcal;
• proteins - 0.2 g;
• fats - 0.1 g;
• carbohydrates - 38.5 g.

Ingredients

• irga - 0.5 kg;
• cherry - 0.3 kg;
• granulated sugar - 500 g;
• water - 2 l.

Step by step cooking

1. We carefully look through the cherries and irgu, getting rid of spoiled and green berries, washing them under a tap with running water and, throwing them on a culinary sieve, let the excess liquid drain.
2. Following this, we pour the clean fruits into prepared sterile containers and pour them with boiling water. Let it sit like this for about 10-15 minutes.
3. The resulting berry infusion is carefully poured into a voluminous ladle, pour 500 grams of granulated sugar into it and, stirring thoroughly, cook the solution until the latter is completely dissolved.
4. Carefully fill jars with irga and cherries with hot sugar syrup and immediately roll them tightly with metal screw caps.

Blackcurrant drink

Servings: 25

Cooking time: 50 minutes




Energy value

• caloric content - 125.6 kcal;
• proteins - 0.2 g;
• fats - 0.1 g;
• carbohydrates - 30.8 g.

Ingredients

• irga - 0.4 kg;
• black currant - 0.4 kg;
• granulated sugar - 0.7 kg;
• water - 3.6 l.

Step by step cooking

1. Rinse blackcurrant and irga thoroughly in cool water, remove from the branches, sort out and scatter in one layer on a cotton towel so that they dry a little.
2. While there is time, we start cooking the syrup - we introduce the entire volume of granulated sugar into boiling water and, stirring occasionally, wait for it to dissolve completely.
3. Pour the prepared berries into a sterile dry glass container, pour in the syrup, cover with a lid and let it brew for 13-15 minutes so that the fruits absorb the sugar solution.
4. After the specified time, if necessary, add more syrup and immediately roll up the jars using the conservation key. Store such a drink after cooling in a cool, dry place.




If you come across a bush with incredibly tasty and healthy berries in the forest, do not pass by. Collecting these fruits will not require much effort, but you can enjoy an incredibly aromatic drink. Add red seasonal berries for a richer color and flavor.

Any housewife every day has to cook something tasty and healthy for her family and, by the way, not only food, but also drinks. An excellent solution to this issue will be compote from irgi. It has an original taste and is also very useful. You can find out how to cook it by reading this article.

In general, this plant has found wide application in medical and dietary nutrition. Irgu can be consumed both fresh and dried or frozen. Compotes and jams are also made from it. The powder made from the dried fruits of this plant is often added to sauces, to which they give a unique piquant taste.

The composition of the irgi

This plant contains many biologically active and useful substances. Its fruits are rich in vitamins such as B, C and P. They also include carotenes, fiber, sugars, trace elements, and pectin.

How to make compote from irgi

Of course, there are several recipes for its preparation, and everyone decides for himself which one to choose. The simplest option can be considered the following: we take blackcurrant and shadberry berries, wash them and let them dry. Next, it will be better to move them to a jar, as this will preserve the fruits. Sugar syrup must be boiled in a saucepan. To do this, add sugar to the water and wait until it is completely dissolved in it. After it is cooked, you need to fill them with berries. The jar must be closed with a lid and warmed up in boiling water for about 5 minutes. After that, you can wait until the compote from the irgi cools down and drink it right away or put it in the cellar and get it when you need it. By the way, if you are going to store this drink, then it is better to sterilize the jars first.

The second cooking method

If you want to make compote from shadberry according to the second recipe, then it is important to select good berries, excluding crumpled, dry and damaged by diseases or pests. After that, they must be washed and placed in jars, which must be sterilized in advance. It is also necessary to prepare a syrup of 20 percent concentration by adding citric acid in a proportion of 3 grams. for 1 liter of water. As soon as it is ready, fill them with fruits. Now you can consider the drink ready.

The third cooking method

Those who decide to use this option to make compote from irgi will need a lemon, 700-1000 gr. berry berries, 2 liters of water and 200 gr. Sahara. The fruits must be washed and placed together with water in a saucepan. On a low heat, they will need to be cooked for about 40 minutes. Toward the end of this time, add lemon juice and sugar and cook a little more. The lemon in this drink improves the taste with its acid, since the irga itself is insipidly sweet. The finished drink has a beautiful color due to the intense color of these fruits.

Since it is quite easy to prepare compote from irgi, anyone can do it, and it is worth considering that it takes quite a bit of time. With some effort, you will not only get a delicious drink, but also enrich your body and the bodies of your loved ones with many useful substances. By the way, irga not only improves health, but also normalizes sleep.

Compotes for the winter can be cooked from almost any fruit and berry. But if you have such a wonderful berry as irga, then for the winter you will be provided with not only a tasty, but also a very healthy drink.

Healing berries of irgi strengthen the body's immunity and help it fight pathogenic bacteria, improve eyesight, and calm the nervous system. In the short harvest season of this berry, you need not only to eat enough of it, but also to make preparations for the winter.

Irgi compote for the winter

Kitchen appliances and accessories: pot; cutting board; Bowl; colander; 3-liter jars with lids; knife.

• Irgi berries have a fresh-sweet taste, so it is better to add some sour fruits or berries to them. For example, lemon, apple, cherry, red or black currant.
• For compote, choose ripe, but not overripe, strong berries.
• Before use, be sure to sort them out and rinse, changing the water several times.

Step by step cooking

1. We sort out the berries of the irgi, wash them and put them in a colander so that the water is completely glass.
2. Banks are thoroughly washed and sterilized in any way convenient for you. I prefer to sterilize them in the oven at 120 degrees for 20 minutes. At the same time, we put the jars in a cold oven, and only after that we turn on the heat. In the same way, you can sterilize the lids, or you can boil them.
   
   
   
3. We fill the jars with berries by about a third. It takes from 700 grams to a kilogram of irgi. Place a quarter of a lemon in each jar.
   
   
4. Pour boiling water (about 2 liters). We do this very carefully, pour water into the middle of the jar, where the berries are, so that the glass does not burst. Cover the jar with a lid and leave it to cool and infuse for at least 30 minutes.
   

   Did you know? Thanks to the double filling method, compotes do not need to be sterilized and they are perfectly stored even for more than a year.

   
   
   
5. Drain all the liquid from the jars into a saucepan. It is convenient to do this by putting a plastic lid with a hole on the jar. Or you can throw the berries in a colander.
   
   
6. Add 250 grams of sugar to the berry infusion.
   
   
7. Bring the compote to a boil and fill it with berries in a jar up to the very neck.
   
   
8. Immediately cover the jars with lids and twist.
   
   
9. Turn them upside down and wrap until completely cool.
   
   
10. We sign the cooled cans with compote and send them for long-term storage.
    
    

Recipe video

Watching this video will help you easily prepare a delicious, aromatic and vitamin drink for the winter. It explains in great detail how to cook compote, and shows all the stages of preparation.

• If you have little space to store blanks for the winter, cook concentrated compote. To do this, take 2 times more irgi and sugar. Such a drink will need to be diluted with water before use, and you will get as much as 5 liters of it.
• The taste of compote is fully revealed after 2-3 months of its storage.
• Instead of lemon, you can add a teaspoon of vinegar or half a teaspoon of citric acid.

Other cooking options

Significantly facilitate the process of preparing spins - compote recipes for the winter - without sterilization. I often cook in this way - strawberry compote -. I also really like the sweet and sour taste of cherry compote.

Every summer I prepare — raspberry compote —. This is the best remedy for the treatment and prevention of colds for adults and children. You can also make jams, jams, jelly, and even homemade wine from the delicious miracle berries of irgi.

Compote is a universal drink that both adults and children will drink with pleasure. And what do you add to the berries when cooking compote? Write your options in the comments. Drink a healing drink from the magical shadberry all year round and be healthy!