Seriously good spiced fruit compote
Serve as it is, or with a dollop of mind-that-waistline mascarpone
Difficulty and servings
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 15 - 25 mins
Cook 15 mins
Plus 2 hours chilling
- Put all the ingredients, except the fruits, into a large saucepan and slowly bring to the boil, uncovered. Boil the syrup for 5 minutes then remove the pan from the heat.
- Top and tail the oranges, then slice off the skin and every scrap of pith, using a small, sharp kitchen knife. Cradle each orange in the palm of your hand, hold it over the saucepan and cut out the segments, letting them drop into the syrup. Squeeze any juice from the debris into the syrup, too, then discard.
- Add the apricots and plums to the syrup and return the saucepan to a medium heat. Bring to the boil, then simmer the fruits for 10 minutes. Leave to cool, then chill for at least 2 hours.
- Serve the poached fruits just as they are or as a brûlée: whisk the milk into the fromage frais to loosen it a little, then divide the fruits and enough juice to cover them, among six ovenproof ramekins and spoon on the fromage frais, thickly. Dust with caster sugar and then 'burn' the sugar with a blow-torch. (Or put the ramekins on a heavy baking sheet, place it under a very hot grill and leave for 1-2 minutes until the sugar has caramelised.)
Per serving
380 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 73g, fat 1 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 8g, sugar 25g, salt 0.11 g
Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2002.
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Ingredients
- 1 bottle (75cl) light, fruity red wine
- 140g golden caster sugar
- 2 vanilla pods , split lengthways
- 1 bay leaf (fresh or dried)
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 12-16 black peppercorns
- 3 large oranges
- 250g organic dried apricots (or, at least unsulphured)
- 2 x 200g pkts Merchant Gourmet mi-cuit plums or 400g/14oz Agen prunes
OPTIONAL BRULEE TOPPING
- 4 tbsp semi-skimmed milk
- 500g tub low-fat fromage frais
- 6 tsp golden caster sugar
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Difficulty and servings
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 15 - 25 mins
Cook 15 mins
Plus 2 hours chillingIngredients
- 1 bottle (75cl) light, fruity red wine
- 140g golden caster sugar
- 2 vanilla pods , split lengthways
- 1 bay leaf (fresh or dried)
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 12-16 black peppercorns
- 3 large oranges
- 250g organic dried apricots (or, at least unsulphured)
- 2 x 200g pkts Merchant Gourmet mi-cuit plums or 400g/14oz Agen prunes
OPTIONAL BRULEE TOPPING
- 4 tbsp semi-skimmed milk
- 500g tub low-fat fromage frais
- 6 tsp golden caster sugar
Per serving
380 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 73g, fat 1 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 8g, sugar 25g, salt 0.11 g
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