Jack o'Lantern Compote
- Ready In:
- 1hr 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
-
1 pumpkin compote
ingredients
- 1 cup port wine
- 1 cup cider vinegar
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 3⁄4 cup dried tart cherry
- 3⁄4 cup dried apricot, snipped into pieces
- 3⁄4 cup chopped dates
- 1⁄3 cup honey
- 2 tart apples, cored,peeled,and chopped
- 1 small pumpkin, seeds removed and lid reserved
directions
- In a saucepan, boil the port and cider vinegar together until reduced by half.
- In a skillet melt the butter and saute the onion until translucent.
- Add the dried fruit, honey, and apples to the skillet and stir to blend.
- Pack the cavity of the pumpkin with this mixture, then pour the port-cider vinegar mixture over the filling.
- Put the lid back on the pumpkin and bake in a 350° oven for 45-60 minutes, or until the compote is bubbling and the pumpkin is tender.
- To serve, spoon out both pumpkin flesh and compote into glass dishes.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Charlotte J
United States