Spring Fruit Compote
Posted by Ben | Under Breakfast, Lick The Plate Clean Recipes, Salads / Starters Sunday Jan 18, 2009
Spring Fruit Compote
½ cup Grand Marnier or orange juice
2 tablespoons orange marmalade
1/2 cup quartered dried apricots
Grated zest and sectioned fruit of 1 navel orange
1 fresh pineapple, peeled, cored and cubed
4 pints fresh berries: strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries
Combine Grand Marnier, marmalade, dried apricots, orange zest and sections, and pineapple up to 24 hours in advance.
Up to 1 hour before serving, rinse berries. Hull strawberries and slice. Halve blackberries if they are large. Leave blueberries and raspberries whole. Toss berries, as gently as possible, with marinated fruit.
Serves 8 to 10.
Recipe by Crescent Dragonwagon, “Relish the Holiday,” April 2007.
