Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Mark Bittman

Warm Fruit Compote

Preparation info
  • Makes

    4

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Jean-Georges: Cooking at Home with a Four-Star Chef
Jean-Georges

By Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Mark Bittman

Published 1998

  • About

Like Apple Confit, this dessert is wonderful accompanied by a slice of Sableuse or pound cake.

You can make this last-minute dish with any fruit, even apples or pears, but berries are best.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup sugar, more or less, depending on the sweetness of the berries
  • 3 tablespoons butter

Method

  1. Combine ½ cup water with the sugar and butter in a thick-bottomed saucepan and cook over medium-high heat, shaking and stirring, until the mixture is thick and syrupy, but not browned.
  2. Toss in the fruit and cook over low heat until the fruit begins to break up and rele