Four Fruit Compote Side Dish

Submitted by Shoflypie

"This compote came from Taste of Home in 1994. I love the ease and taste of the crisp fruits within a light sauce. Plus it looks great on the table."

 

• Ready In: 17mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 12-16

ingredients

• 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1⁄3 cup orange juice
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
• 2 green apples
• 2 red apples
• 2 -3 bananas, sliced

directions

1. Drain pineapple, reserving 3/4 cup juice.
2. In a saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch. Add pineapple juice, orange juice (from Mandarin oranges) and lemon juice.
3. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly; cook and stir 1 minute longer.
4. Remove from the heat, set aside.
5. In a bowl, combine pineapple chunks, oranges, apples and bananas.
6. Pour warm sauce over the fruit; stir gently to coat.
7. Cover and refrigerate.

Reviews

[jan pan]

I love this fruit salad. I usually omit the banana because it tends to get mushy over time. I substitute halved grapes instead. I usually mix green or red grapes with a contrasting apple color. It's very colorful.

 

[DebS 2]

I love this recipe and have made it many times! I love the warm sauce - I put a little red food coloring in it to make it look festive. What I love about this recipe is that you can increase or decrease the amount of apples and bananas to allow for the number of servings. I serve the sauce on the side so that those who just want plain fruit salad are happy and those who want the sauce are happy, too!