Name: Spiced fruit compote
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 cup (250ml) water; 1 cup (250ml) dry white wine; 1/2 cup (110g) caster sugar; 4 x 2.5cm strips orange rind; 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste; 2 cinnamon sticks; 3 cardamom pods, bruised; 1 cup (150g) dried apricot halves; 8 dried figs (120g), halved; 2/3 cup (100g) dried mango; 4 fresh dates (60g), halved, seeded; 1/2 cup (70g) dried cranberries; 1/2 cup (125ml) cream; 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Spiced fruit compote

You can use any combination of dried fruit for this compote and, if you prefer, you can serve it warm with porridge for a healthy and hearty breakfast, or with ice-cream, as a sweet.

Ingredients

1 cup (250ml) water

1 cup (250ml) dry white wine

1/2 cup (110g) caster sugar

4 x 2.5cm strips orange rind

1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste

2 cinnamon sticks

3 cardamom pods, bruised

1 cup (150g) dried apricot halves

8 dried figs (120g), halved

2/3 cup (100g) dried mango

4 fresh dates (60g), halved, seeded

1/2 cup (70g) dried cranberries

1/2 cup (125ml) cream

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Method

1.Combine the water, wine, sugar, rind, paste, cinnamon and cardamom in medium saucepan. Stir, over low heat, until sugar dissolves; bring to the boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, without stirring, 15 minutes.

2.Add fruit; simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes or until fruit softens. Cool fruit in syrup.

3.Serve compote topped with cream and sprinkled with ground cinnamon.

Recipe is not suitable to freeze.
Note

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