Dried Fruit Compote

Submitted by katew

"Sounds wonderful - I want to try it soon ! From Australian Taste magazine."

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 41

ingredients

• 75 g dried apricots
• 85 g pitted prunes
• 75 g dried peaches
• 75 g dried pears
• 45 g dried apples, slices
• 6 dried figs
• 6 cloves
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 4 pieces orange rind
• 4 earl grey tea bags
• 55 g caster sugar
• 3 cups boiling water

directions

1. Combine dried fruit in bowl with cloves, cinnamon sticks and rind.
2. Place tea bags and sugar in a jug.
3. Cover with boiling water, stir till sugar is dissolved.
4. Stand for 5 minutes.
5. Discard tea bags, pour over fruit.
6. Chill, covered overnight.
7. Serve with yoghurt.

Reviews

[Sydney Mike]

Absolutely great combo of dried fruits (though I did use dried Fuji apple chunks rather than the usual dried apple slices)! I also was very generous with the orange & used just the zest rather than the whole rind, all for a cirtusy-dried-fruit wonderful treat! Thanks for sharing this great recipe! [Made & reviewed while on ZWT6]

 

[justcallmetoni]

Oh my but the spice combination on this one is sublime. I used Lady Grey tea which has a bit more citrus and also replaced the pears with sour cherries. At twelve hours i noticed the compote was a little dry so I added an additional 1/2 cup of hot tea to my half batch. At the end of 24 hours -- a full day -- the results were perfect, fully plumped fruit and a thick, aromatic and seasoned syrup. A lovely breakfast indulgence served over plain Greek yogurt.