7 compote desserts Recipes

dried fruit compote with sambuca, this quick compote is a good choice for a winter dinner when you have little time to cook but want to make an impression. you can prepare it ahead (it s better made ahead), then spoon it over store-bought ice cream to create an original and memorable dessert. i also like it with blue cheese at the end of a meal, especially if there s a dessert wine on the table., dried peaches or nectarines, cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips, dried pears , cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips, dried apricots, cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips or quartered, golden raisins, dried cherries, water, sugar, cinnamon stick, lemon zest strips, fresh lemon juice, sambuca or other anise liqueur

tart apples, peeled, peaches, peeled and cubed, unsweetened pineapple chunks, unsweetened pineapple juice, honey, lemon slices (1/4 inch), cinnamon stick (3-1/2 inches), firm banana, thinly sliced, cream , sliced almonds and maraschino cherries, optional

mixed tropical fruit, jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped, sugar, chopped crystallized ginger, ground cinnamon, mandarin oranges, drained, maraschino cherries, drained, firm banana, sliced, sponge cakes, flaked coconut, toasted

cantaloupe, peeled, seeded, cut into large pieces, essencia or other sweet dessert wine, sugar, star anise pod* (optional), dice peeled seeded watermelon, dice peeled seeded cantaloupe, dice peeled seeded honeydew melon, fresh mint sprigs

young rhubarb, sliced 1/2 inch thick, strawberry (washed and hulled ), honey