8 fruit compote for ice cream 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

all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, granulated sugar, unsalted butter, at room temperature, eggs, whole milk, grated lemon peel, fresh lemon juice, frozen raspberries in syrup, vanilla ice cream , optional

muscat wine, water, orange juice, lime juice, sugar, carambolas, sliced, fresh dates, seeded, halved, dried figs, halved, dried apricot, cinnamon sticks, vanilla bean, cardamom pods, bruised, grated lime juice, shelled pistachios, chopped, low-fat ricotta cheese, icing sugar, ground cinnamon, skim milk

all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, milk, vegetable oil, eggs, chopped pecans (optional) or 1/2 cup walnuts (optional) or 10 tbsp blueberries (fresh or frozen, if frozen, no need to thaw) (optional) or 5 tbsp mini chocolate chips (optional), maple syrup or fruit syrup or warm fruit, compote, fruit sauce , fresh berries or chopped fruit, chopped nuts or powdered sugar or whipped cream, ice cream or sorbet or chocolate syrup or fruited yogurt

pitted cherries, orange , zested and juiced, dried sweetened cranberries, vanilla ice cream, ginger snaps , vanilla wafers or cinnamon sugar cookies, to garnish

milk (reduced with thai basil to 2 cups yield), thai basil leaves, mint leaves, tahitian vanilla bean , split lengthwise and scraped, sugar, egg yolks, heavy cream, pineapple, peeled and 1/2-inch dice, mangoes, 1/2-inch dice, strawberry papaya, 1/2-inch dice, beaume de venise wine (sweet muscat from cotes du rhone)