Stewed Fruit

Name: Stewed Fruit
Yield: Serves Six
Ingredients: 900 g/2 lb prepared fruit, such as cored, peeled and sliced apples, pears, quince; stoned (pitted) plums, peaches, apricots; trimmed gooseberries; cranberries, blueberries, strawberries; caster (superfine) sugar and cream (optional), to serve; 115–175 g/4–6 oz/½–¾ cup sugar, depending on the tartness of the fruit; 250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup cold water; 1 cinnamon stick, broken into two; juice and strip of rind from ½ lemon; 30 ml/2 tbsp arrowroot

Preparation info

Serves
Six

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking

By Marlena Spieler

Published 2016

About

A delicious and simple dessert that makes wonderful use of a windfall of fruit whether from your garden or from the market. Use an interesting combination of sweet and tart flavours to make the medley even tastier. Serve chilled.

Ingredients

115–175 g/4–6 oz/½–¾ cup sugar, depending on the tartness of the fruit
250

Dessert
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Put the sugar and water into a stainless steel pan and bring to the boil. Add the lemon juice and rind and the two pieces of cinnamon stick. Cook for 1 minute.
Add the prepared fruit to the pan and cook for 2–3 minutes only. Remove the fruit and cinnamon stick with a slotted spoon.