Apple and Sweet Geranium Compôte

Name: Apple and Sweet Geranium Compôte
Yield: serves 6
Ingredients: 2–3 strips of lemon rind; 170 g sugar; 8 medium-sized eating apples, e.g. Golden Delicious; 4 large, sweet geranium leaves; juice of 1½ lemons

Preparation info

serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Darina Allen's Simply Delicious Suppers

By Darina Allen

Published 2001

About

Use the scented lemon geranium, Pelargonium graveolens, to flavour this delicious apple compôte – just a few leaves give it a haunting lemon flavour.

Ingredients

8 medium-sized eating apples, e.g. Golden Delicious
170 g sugar
2–3 strips

Supper
Dessert
Breakfast
Brunch
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Peel, quarter, core and slice the apples into 7mm segments. Put them into a stainless steel or enamel saucepan. Add the sugar, lemon rind and juice and sweet geranium leaves. Cover with a greaseproof paper lid and the lid of the saucepan; cook on a gentle heat until the apples are soft but not broken. They may be cooked in a moderate oven, 180°C/350°F/Gas 4, if that is more convenient.