Compote De Cerises

Name: Compote De Cerises (Cherry Compote)
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 1 lb. of ripe, sweet, but perfectly sound red cherries; 1 lb. of ripe, sweet, but perfectly sound red cherries; ¼ lb. of crystallized sugar, just under a gill of water; ¼ lb. of crystallized sugar, just under a gill of water; 1 lb. of ripe, sweet, but perfectly sound red cherries

Cherry Compote

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes of all Nations

By Countess Morphy

Published 1935

About

Fruit compotes are as popular in France as stewed fruit in England, and there are few French homes in which a compote of some kind of fruit is absent from the table.

Ingredients

1 lb. of ripe, sweet, but perfectly sound red cherries
¼ lb. of

Europe
France
Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Wash the cherries and drain thoroughly. Make a syrup with the sugar and water and, when it begins to boil, put in the cherries. Simmer gently for 10 minutes. The cherries should be slightly soft, but not lose their shape or become at all shrivelled. When done, put the cherries on a glass dish and simmer the syrup till it begins to thicken slightly, when it is poured over the fr