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Apple Pear Compote - A Family Feast

Apple Pear Compote

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A delicious Apple Pear Compote made with apples, pears, golden raisins, lemon, sugar, spices and Calvados liquor.

This recipe for Apple Pear Compote is a delicious way to add some fresh fruit flavors to any meal.

Our compote uses Red Delicious apples, Bartlett pears and golden raisins that have been cooked in a mixture of lemon juice, sugar, vanilla and a blend of spices.  We’ve also added Calvados, a French apple brandy, which adds an extra level of delicious flavors to this apple pear compote.

A delicious Apple Pear Compote made with apples, pears, golden raisins, lemon, sugar, spices and Calvados liquor.

A compote (which means “mixture” in French) originated in 17th century France as a dessert made with whole or pieces of fruit that have been cooked in a sugar syrup.  According to Wikkipedia, the French invented compote believing that fruit cooked in sugar syrup balanced the effects of humidity on the body.

While originally served as a dessert (this is fabulous served warm over vanilla ice cream!), we think this apple pear compote is equally good as a side dish to pork or chicken.

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Apple Pear Compote - A Family Feast
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Apple Pear Compote

Yield: 6–8 servings 1x
Prep: 15 minsCook: 15 minsTotal: 30 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup golden raisins
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • Juice of half a lemon
  • Zest of one lemon
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • Pinch of cayenne pepper
  • Pinch of nutmeg
  • Pinch of powdered ginger
  • Pinch of allspice
  • 1 tablespoon Calvados or apple jack (optional – but highly recommended for its flavor)
  • 6 Red Delicious apples, peeled, cored and cut into bite sized pieces
  • 2 Bartlett pears, peeled, cored and cut into bite sized pieces

Instructions

  1. Combine raisins, butter, lemon juice, lemon zest, sugar, vanilla, salt, spices and brandy in a large pan and heat and stir to blend ingredients.
  2. Add apples and pears and simmer 15 minutes or until sauce is thick and fruit is tender.

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Notes

If rhubarb is in season, you can replace the pears with rhubarb and increase sugar to ½ a cup.


© Author: A Family Feast
Cuisine: American Method: Stove top

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Martha is part of the husband-wife team that creates A Family Feast. She loves to cook and entertain for family and friends, and she believes that serving a great meal is one of the best ways to show someone that you care. Martha is a self-taught home cook, who loves to read cookbooks and try new recipes. After a decades-long career in business and online marketing, she now runs A Family Feast full-time. Her specialties are baking, desserts, vegetables and pasta dishes.

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  1. Barbara Jordan says

    Posted on 11/7/19 at 11:56 pm

    Overall, a great simple and easy recipe to get some fruit in your diet. My husband loves baked apples and apple compote. I have to plead guilty to messing with the recipe. Some things I didn’t have in my pantry on short notice; no apple brandy so I used Marsala cooking wine instead. Nice depth of flavor. I didn’t have any ginger (shame on me!) so I used ground cardamom instead. Slightly different flavor I guess but it was still yummy and not too much prep time . Thanks!

    ★★★★

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    • Martha says

      Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:17 am

      You’re welcome Barbara – I like your adaptations! 🙂

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