Many housewives will agree that with the advent of the multicooker, cooking has become easier and faster. This device can fry, steam, cook for you and under your strict guidance. The principle of any recipe for a multicooker is simple - put in all the ingredients, press the button, and go about your business. The housewife's dream is already close: robots wash, cook and even vacuum cleaner. But let’s not sing the praises of all technical innovations for too long, but let’s prepare compote in a slow cooker.

"Red Sun"

The first recipe has a citrus connotation: we will make something delicious from oranges. You will need 2 large citrus fruits and 150 grams of sugar per 2 liters of water. First, remove the zest from the fruit and place it in a bowl. Add sugar and water to this. Select the “Steam” program. After 10 minutes we turn it off; no heating is needed. The resulting compote cools a little, peeled and chopped oranges are poured into it. This way you save everything beneficial features fruits, and also easily and quickly prepare delicious compote in a slow cooker. This great option for children's afternoon snack.

Long lasting dried fruits

If you have time, you can cook it in a slow cooker. The ingredients are very simple: you only need to add sugar and water. The compote mixture usually consists of dried apricots, prunes, apricots, but you can add pears, raisins, and cherries. All this needs to be washed and placed in your assistant’s bowl. Fill the contents to the maximum mark and add sugar to taste. Close the lid and leave to simmer for a couple of hours. After this, the multicooker itself will switch to heating mode, do not rush to turn it off. If you really want rich taste, let the compote steep for up to eight hours. Of course, it is better to brew such a drink in the evening; in the morning you will have a fragrant compote waiting for you.

"Fresh Summer"

This name for the drink was not chosen by chance: summer is the best reason to prepare a delicious and light compote from berries in a slow cooker. You need to take 300 grams of strawberries, 1 large apple, several fresh mint leaves, half a glass of sugar per 1 or 1.5 liters of water. First you need to prepare the apples: cut into cubes, remove the seeds. Wash strawberries and mint and add to apples. Then sugar and water are added to the bowl. All this is prepared for 1 hour on the “stew” or “soup” program. After this, it is better to cool the drink, pour into glasses and add a couple of ice cubes to each. A pleasant and refreshing compote in a slow cooker will delight you and your guests.

Winter option

Thinking ahead for winter, prepare and freeze bags of already ready-made mixture fruits and berries. In winter, all you have to do is take the product out, put it in a slow cooker and cook for about 1.5 hours, then leave for the same amount of time in the heating mode. It is very convenient and economical - you don’t need to constantly buy store-bought juices, if you can make something useful and useful with your own hands vitamin drink. Prepare compote in a slow cooker and delight your loved ones delicious drinks. They are pleasantly refreshing in the heat and warm in the cold season. Try and experiment with new flavors: you can make lemonade or exotic mango compote. You will be surprised at how simple, healthy and delicious it is.

Recently, more and more housewives have begun to use a multicooker for cooking. The dishes in it turn out to be very healthy and tasty. In a multicooker you can prepare not only first and second courses, but also drinks. Compote in a slow cooker turns out very tasty and preserves everything nutrients. To prepare the drink, you can use any berries and fruits: fresh, frozen or dried. In any case, the drink will turn out rich, aromatic and bright. You can prepare compote in a slow cooker at any time of the year, this is especially true in the summer, when you don’t want to spend a lot of time at the stove.

The technique for preparing compote in a multicooker is very simple: place the prepared ingredients in a multicooker bowl, add sugar (or fructose) or honey. If desired, you can also add any citrus fruits and seasonings (cloves, ginger, anise, cardamom, nutmeg, cinnamon, etc.). Then the entire contents are filled with water to the top mark.

Most often, the “quenching” mode is set for one hour. The compote in the slow cooker will not boil, but will simmer, which will preserve all the vitamins. Ready compote leave to infuse in the slow cooker for another half an hour - an hour (the longer, the better). The drink can be served warm or chilled. To make the compote in the multicooker brew even better, you can turn on the “heating” mode.

Compote in a slow cooker - preparing food and dishes

From kitchen utensils you will need the multicooker itself, a colander, gauze (for straining) and a knife with a board (if using fresh fruits). The finished chilled drink is poured into a decanter and then poured into glasses or wine glasses.

The preparation of ingredients is as follows: fresh berries and fruits are washed, stems and twigs are removed, cores and seeds are cut out, and the pulp itself is chopped. Dried fruits are washed, scalded with boiling water, fruits that are too dry are steamed for 10 minutes in a bowl of boiling water, then washed again. Frozen berries and fruits can simply be placed in a sieve and doused with warm water - they do not need to be thawed.

Recipes for compote in a slow cooker:

Recipe 1: Compote in a slow cooker

This compote is cooked in a slow cooker from dried fruits. The drink turns out to be very healthy and retains all the benefits of fruit. Sugar is used as a sweetener, which can also be replaced with fructose.

Required ingredients:

• Dried apricots – 1 glass;
• Cup dried apples;
• Half a glass of prunes and raisins;
• Sugar – 2 cups.

Cooking method:

We wash the dried fruits, scald them with boiling water and place them in the multicooker bowl. Then add required quantity sugar and pour cold water to the maximum level. We turn on the stewing mode and go about our business - the multicooker itself signals the completion of cooking.

Recipe 2: Compote in a slow cooker from frozen berries and fruits

This compote can be cooked in a slow cooker in the winter if it was made in the summer necessary preparations. The recipe uses frozen cherries and plums, and sugar adds extra sweetness to the drink.

Required ingredients:

• Two-thirds cup frozen cherries;
• A third of a glass of frozen plums;
• Half a glass of sugar;
• Water – 3 liters.

Cooking method:

Frozen berries and fruits should not be thawed. Just put them in the multicooker bowl. Add sugar and fill with cold water to the top mark. Cook the compote in the “steamer” mode for 25 minutes, then simmer for an hour in the “warm” mode.

Recipe 3: Compote from dried apricots in a slow cooker

A very simple but tasty compote in a slow cooker. A drink is prepared from dried apricots, water and sugar. Great for dietary nutrition and normalizes work gastrointestinal tract.

Required ingredients:

• 400 g dried apricots;
• 250 g sugar;
• Water – 2 liters.

Cooking method:

We wash the dried apricots, scald them with boiling water and place them in a multicooker bowl. Add sugar, add water to the top and mix thoroughly. Set to “soup” mode and cook for 1 hour. After the beep, leave the compote in the multicooker to steep for another hour. Serve the drink warm or chilled.

Recipe 4: Compote in a slow cooker with rose hips

This healthy drink Rose hips can be prepared in a slow cooker. All you need for this is rose hips, a few apples, sugar and water. And, of course, the multicooker itself.

Required ingredients:

• 1 cup rose hips;
• 4 apples;
• A glass of sugar;
• Water.

Cooking method:

We wash the apples and rose hips. Cut the apples into slices and remove the seeds. Place the chopped apples and rose hips in the multicooker bowl. Add the required amount of sugar. Fill with water to the maximum level. Turn on the “quenching” mode for 1 hour. After the signal, leave the compote in the multicooker for another 1 hour so that the drink infuses.

Recipe 5: Compote in a slow cooker from frozen raspberries with tangerines

A very tasty compote in a slow cooker made from frozen raspberries and cherries. Mandarin adds to the drink delicious aroma and fresh citrus taste. You can use honey or a little sugar as a sweetener.

Required ingredients:

• 200 g each of frozen raspberries and cherries;
• Sugar or honey - to taste;
• 1 tangerine;
• Water.

Cooking method:

Place the frozen berries and the tangerine cut into slices into the slow cooker. Add sugar or a little honey to taste. Fill with cold water to the top line and stir the contents with a spoon. Then turn on the “quenching” mode for 1 hour. The compote in this mode will simmer rather than boil, so all the beneficial substances will be preserved.

The ratio of the sweetener and the fruits and berries themselves is usually determined by empirically. For 2-3 liters of water it takes from half to two glasses of sugar - it all depends on the sweetness of the ingredients and personal taste preferences. In multicookers with a power of 700 W or more, cook for about an hour. In devices with a power of less than 700 W, the compote preparation time should not be less than one and a half hours.

Many people think that compote is wonderful drink, having cooling properties. But I want to say that compote can also have warming properties. Compote of dried fruits with rose hips in a slow cooker will warm you in any cold weather and enrich your body a huge amount vitamins, which we lack in the cold season. My “helper” multicooker has a pressure cooker function, it is very convenient, thanks to this function all dishes are cooked twice as fast. And we will cook the compote in a multicooker for a long time; it will simmer under pressure on the Slow Cooker program. Previously, I used it only for making jellied meat, but now I decided to cook compote.

I’ll say right away that everything turned out very tasty. A drink made from dried fruits in a slow cooker turned out dark rich color With amazing taste and aroma. For lovers of sweet drinks, you can increase the amount of sugar or simply add a little honey. I used ready set for compote, you can assemble it yourself from your favorite berries and fruits. So, let's get started!

Ingredients for preparing compote in a multicooker - pressure cooker:

• dried fruits (apricots, peaches, apples, prunes, etc.) - 250 - 300 grams,
• dried rose hips - 20 - 30 grams,
• granulated sugar - 100 grams,
• jam (any) - 3 tbsp. spoons,
• water - 4.5 liters.

Compote in a multicooker - pressure cooker made from dried fruits

First, rinse the dried fruits thoroughly. Fill them with cold water and leave for 20 - 30 minutes so that all debris, if any, floats to the surface. Then sort out the berries and fruits. Place them in the multicooker bowl.

The next step is to add sugar to the washed dried fruits.

Now pour in warm water, you can also add cold water, but then the pressure in the pressure cooker will take a little longer to build up. Therefore, I recommend using warm or even hot water.

Now add jam according to your taste and desire. I used leftover plum jam.

Close the multicooker lid, be sure to turn the steam release valve to the “Closed” position, select the Melen Cooker program and set the time to 250 - 30 minutes. That's it, for this time you are absolutely free.

You will need:

• strawberries – 0.5 cups
• red currants – 0.5 cups
• black currants – 1/3 cup
• cherry – 0.5 cups
• sugar – 5-6 tbsp.
• water – 2.5 l

Berry compote is a drink that is relevant at any time of the year. Its refreshing taste and unique aroma of fresh or frozen berries will not leave even the most demanding gourmets indifferent.

It's still season fresh berries has not arrived, I suggest that readers of the site cook a compote in a slow cooker from frozen strawberries, cherries, red and black currants.

Cooking method

1. 
   I get the berries from freezer and measure out the required amount one by one.
2. 
   Before freezing the berries, I washed them well in water, then dried them, and only then put them in the freezer. Therefore, I calmly put the berries in the multicooker bowl. If you purchase frozen compote mixture at the store, be sure to rinse it thoroughly under running water before using it.
3. 
   I add sugar. For 2.5 liters of compote I add 5-6 tbsp. Sahara. This is enough for my taste. I love it when the drink turns out sweet and sour. If you have a sweet tooth, you can increase the amount of sugar after you cook the compote and taste it. I pour water over the berries with sugar and close the lid of the multicooker. I select the steam function in the menu. I increase the cooking time to 20 minutes and press the start button.
4. 
   Since my berries were frozen and not fresh, they boiled very quickly during the cooking process. Therefore, it makes no sense to leave them. As soon as the multicooker beeps about the end of the program, the compote will be ready. I open the lid and strain it through a colander or cheesecloth.
5. 
   Compote from frozen berries in a slow cooker turns out aromatic, with a rich, bright color.

To make the drink cool faster, I add ice cubes to it or put it in a cold place. This berry compote, prepared in a slow cooker, can be served with cookies or fresh

Products:

• Any frozen berries - 400 gr.
• Citrus - 1-2 pcs.
• Sugar or honey - to taste. (about 0.5 multi-cup sugar)
• Water - 2.5 liters

Compote of berries and fruits is a tasty and healthy drink that we brew all year round. In summer, compote is refreshing, and in winter it helps children and adults avoid vitamin deficiency. No store-bought drink compares to homemade compote.

Of course, during cooking, most of the vitamins evaporate, but pectins, minerals, antioxidants, and carotenides remain, thanks to which compote has a beneficial effect on the body. The only “unhealthy” thing about it is sugar. Nutritionists recommend replacing it with honey or adding raisins and prunes to compote when cooking, because they contain a lot of natural sweetness.

Cooked compote turns out to be richer and more aromatic than boiled compote on the stove. We will prepare it from frozen berries.

Compote in the multicooker Polaris 0517 from frozen berries and tangerines:

1. Prepare berries and fruits in the required quantities.

Today I have a compote of dacha and strawberries. I also have a tangerine lying around and already a little dry. I’ll send it to compote too. The ratio of berries to water is: 400-500 grams per 2.5 liters of water. berries I don't add sugar when cooking. If necessary, for those who really need it, put sugar directly into the glass. I try to either not sweeten it at all, or sweeten it with honey.

2. Load frozen berries and tangerine slices into the slow cooker. At the same step, if desired, you can add sugar - about half a multi-cup.

3. Pour water over the berries. 2.5 liters. I pour it cold, but you can pour it hot from a kettle.

4. In the Polaris 0517 multicooker, set the “quenching” program. Time 1 hour. Other models also have such a program. In this program, the compote will not boil profusely, but will simmer. Thanks to this, it will retain large quantity useful substances and it will turn out rich.

5. After the end of the program, the compote in the Polaris multicooker will be ready.

The part of the compote that has not been drunk can be left for another couple of hours without pouring, so that it can fully infuse. After which it will need to be strained from the berries.

6. Bon appetit! The frozen berry compote in the slow cooker turned out really good.