5 spiced dried fruit compote Recipes

vin du glacier wine or essencia (orange muscat wine), sugar, water, cinnamon stick, broken in half, firm but ripe pears, peeled, halved, cored, each half cut into 4 wedges, dried calimyrna figs, quartered, dried apricots, halved, dried pear halves, each cut into 3 wedges

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

assorted dried fruit , such as apricots, pears, prunes and apples, cut into roughly uniform pieces, unsweetened apple juice, brown sugar, cinnamon stick, grated fresh ginger

spiced bouquet garni (leaves from 1 fresh rosemary branch; two 5-inch-long strips orange peel; 1 tsp whole black peppercorns), orange juice, dried apricots (preferably whole mediterranean; about 12 oz), dried tart cherries, golden raisins, dry white wine, sugar