Marie’s Fall Fruit Compote

Name: Marie’s Fall Fruit Compote
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice; 2 Golden Delicious apples; 2 firm-ripe Comice or Anjou pears (about 8 ounces each); 2 firm-ripe Comice or Anjou pears (about 8 ounces each); 1 ¼-inch-thick slice peeled fresh ginger; 3 cups unsweetened apple juice or cider; 3 cups unsweetened apple juice or cider; Julienne strips of lemon zest; 2 tablespoons sliced unblanched almonds; 1 tablespoon molasses, preferably dark, or honey; 1 tablespoon molasses, preferably dark, or honey; ½ cup Low-Fat plain yogurt; 6 pitted prunes; ⅓ cup (about 2 ounces) dried apricots

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Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

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Classic Home Desserts

By Richard Sax

Published 1994

About

In this compote, fresh and dried fruits are combined in a way that lets you taste the layers of fruit flavor. The compote can also serve as the filling for a fall shortcake (see for the recipe for Buttermilk-Almond Biscuits). The recipe is from Marie Simmons, my former collaborator on Bon Appétit's “Cooking for Health” column, and

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Gluten-free
Vegetarian

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