Grilled Summer Fruit Compote
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 6 small ripe peaches, quartered and pitted
- 6 small ripe plums, quartered and pitted
- 236.59 ml water
- 177.44 ml orange liqueur
- 177.44 ml sugar
- 1 lemon, zest of
- 9.85 ml pure vanilla extract
directions
- Thread the fruit on bamboo skewers (soaked in water for at least 20 minutes to prevent burning).
- Using a grill plate (electric or otherwise) lightly grill over a medium heat for 4 to 6 minutes, until they are just warmed through and grill marks have begun to appear.
- Remove from grill and set aside.
- Combine the water, liqueur and sugar in a saucepan and bring to a simmer.
- Stir in the lemon zest and the vanilla extract.
- Remove from the heat and stir to dissolve sugar completely.
- Transfer syrup to a serving bowl and add the grilled fruit.
- Chill the compote at least two hours so that the fruits will absorb the flavor of the syrup.
- Compote may be prepared a day in advance and kept in the refrigerator overnight.
- Serve with ice-cream, over cake, pavlova etc, you are only limited by your imagination with how you serve this.
- Also lovely with a drop of rosewater added, if you like the flavour.
- Can be made a day ahead and stored in refridgerator.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
dale7793
Australia
I have a passion for healthy and simple dishes with lots of vegetables, although I love a treat every now and again also, especially ice cream!