Dried Fruit Compote Recipe. Cooking with Mahia

Dried Fruit Compote:

made with the wonderful Mahia by Nahmias et Fils

Enjoy other recipes I developed using the Mahia

The dried fruit has so much natural sweetness you don’t need any other sweetener.

The Earl Grey tea is very easy to find and contributes its distinctive bergamot flavor; the tea combined with the peppercorns, star anise and Mahia forms a pretty unbeatable combo.

This dried fruit compote is as versatile as it is delicious:

Equally at home with savory dishes: Eat it as is for dessert; top it with a little yogurt and granola for a light lunch; stir in a bit of the cooking liquids from whatever meat or turkey roast you are cooking, and you’ve got yourself a fantastic fruit sauce; add about half a cup of sugar to the preparation at the beginning of cooking, and you’ve got yourself a fabulous jam (unless you would welcome, as I do, and all-fruit jam, in which case make the dish with just six cups water and no sugar).

You might decide to leave the compote broth-y and unblended; in this case, soak the dried fruit in the water a few minutes to soften it, so you can dice it easily, then proceed with the recipe exactly as instructed, using the soaking water as your cooking water, and skipping the final blending step.