Ewa Michalik

Pear and Raspberry Compote

Gruszkowo malinowy kompot

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4-6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Food and Cooking of Poland: Traditions, Ingredients, Tastes and Techniques in Over 60 Classic Recipe
The Food and Cooking of Poland

By Ewa Michalik

Published 2008

  • About

This simple dessert combines seasonal fruit with typical Polish flavourings, cinnamon and cloves, to make a nutritious dish that can be eaten on its own or served with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream. Omit the raspberry liqueur if you are making this for children.

Ingredients

  • 900 ml/1½ pint/3¾ cups water
  • 350 g

Method

  1. Place the water and sugar in a heavy pan and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved.

  2. Add the cinnamon stick and cloves to the mixture, increase the heat and boil for 4 minutes, stirring, until the mixture becomes syrupy.
  3. Add the pears