Swedish Fruit Compote Recipe
Recipe Ingredients
1 pt blueberries
1 pt blackberries
1 pt strawberries
1 small container raspberries (about
1/2 cup frozen apple-juice concentra
1 cup water
1/4 cup maple syrup
1 tbsp potato or cornstarch
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1 mint leaves (for garnish)
Recipe Preparation
Clean all berries separately. Pick over and discard inferior
berries. Hull strawberries, cutting the larger ones in half. Set all
berries aside in separate bowls.
Combine apple-juice concentrate, water and maple syrup in a medium
saucep Place potato or cornstarch in a small bowl and stir in 1/4 cup
of the apple-juice mixture. Then add starch back to pan. Add
blueberries and cinn and bring to a simmer (mixture will be cloudy at
first) until mixture turn clear and transparent.
Carefully stir in blackberries and strawberries and remove from heat.
Refrigerate and let cool completely. Gently stir in raspberries.
Serve in goblets or large wine glasses and garnish each portion with
a sp of mint.
Servings: 6
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