Hot Berry Compotes

Name: Hot Berry Compotes
Yield: Makes 6 Compotes
Ingredients: Crème fraîche or whipped cream for serving (optional); 1½ pints (3 cups) assorted whole raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, sliced strawberries, or halved and pitted cherries, in any combination; 3 tablespoons butter, cut into 6 equal slices; 2 tablespoons sugar; 1 pound Puff Pastry dough or Basic Pie or Tart Dough; One 12-ounce package frozen fruit to complement fruit filling, thawed and pressed through a fine-mesh strainer to yield ¾ cup puree; Egg wash

Preparation info

Makes
6
Compotes

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooking

By James Peterson

Published 2007

About

A compote is a small ramekin of cooked fruit covered with a sheet of pastry and baked. You can make compotes with regular pie dough, but puff pastry is more dramatic.

Ingredients

One 12-ounce package frozen fruit to complement fruit filling, thawed and pressed through a fine-mesh strainer to yield ¾ cup puree

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Put 2 tablespoons fruit puree in each of six ¾-cup ramekins. Divide the berries evenly among the ramekins. Don’t fill the ramekins to the rim, as you don’t want the fruit to touch the pastry. Lay a slice of