7 dessert compote with 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

dried apricots, dried tart cherries, sauternes or other dessert wine (see notes), whipping cream, creme fraiche (see notes ), sugar

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

butter, brown sugar, ground nutmeg, crisp apples, cored and cut into 8 wedges each (granny smith, braeburn etc), sultanas or 1 tbsp raisins (optional), scoops low-fat vanilla ice cream

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