Tangerine compote

Tangerines in our latitudes are associated with the New Year holidays. The taste and aroma of mandarin has been familiar to almost everyone since childhood. The mandarin or Citrus reticulata plant is an evergreen shrub assigned to the root family and the genus Citrus. As a rule, the tangerine bush does not exceed in height and 4 meters.

Depending on the variety of tangerines, the appearance, taste, as well as the vitamin-mineral composition of the plant fruits differ. As a rule, the fruits of tangerines reach 6 cm in diameter and have a slightly flattened spherical sphere. China is considered the birthplace of mandarin, where the fruits of the plant are used as food, as well as as a means of traditional medicine for thousands of years.

In Europe, for the first time, the general public managed to taste tangerines only in the 19th century. Currently, many species of tangerine plant are cultivated in Morocco, Georgia, France, Azerbaijan, as well as in the countries of Indochina. Tangerines are considered not only tasty, but also useful fruit, the composition of which is enriched with many useful compounds of natural origin.

The chemical composition of mandarin contains a significant amount of organic acids, as well as vitamins such as ascorbic acid, thiamine, rutin, as well as riboflavin. It is worth noting that not only the pulp of the mandarin fruits, but also the peel of the citrus plant has useful properties. The zest of tangerines contains a large amount of essential oil, which is used as a drug.

In cooking, mandarin fruits are used like other citrus fruits. Tangerines are preserved and also eaten fresh. Tangerine zest is added to pastries, as well as pastry creams, sweets and desserts. Drinks are made from tangerines, and fruit zest is also added to tea as a natural flavor.

Tasty and vitamin compote is made from mandarin fruits, which will bring especially many benefits in the winter, when the human body is most susceptible to various kinds of colds. Tangerine compote is made using a standard process for preserving citrus fruits in sugar syrup. Natural honey or molasses can be used to make tangerine compote.

In order to prepare a tangerine compote, you need to peel the ripened and intact fruits of the plant, and then put them tightly in rows in pre-sterilized glass jars. The tangerines are then poured with sugar syrup and covered with tin lids.

As mentioned earlier, the tangerine compote contains a natural anti-vascular complex of vitamins and mineral compounds. Tangerine compote can be a useful and tasty therapeutic and preventive remedy for all members of your family.