Cherry Compote
A luxurious fruit compote made with fresh cherries, orange juice, and aromatic spices like cinnamon and vanilla. Perfect as a topping for desserts or breakfast dishes.
Ingredients
- •2 cups fresh cherries
- •7 tablespoons orange juice
- •¼ cup sugar
- •1 piece cinnamon stick
- •1 piece vanilla bean
- •1 tablespoon cornstarch
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Combine cherries, 6 tablespoons orange juice, sugar and cinnamon stick in medium saucepan. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; add bean. Bring to boil over high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves; boil 1 minute. Strain into bowl. Reserve cherries. Return juices from bowl, cinnamon stick and vanilla bean to same pan. Mix 1 tablespoon orange juice and cornstarch in small bowl; stir into juices in pan. Stir over medium heat until juices boil and thicken, about 1 minute. Mix in reserved cherries. Chill compote 2 hours. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover; keep refrigerated.) Remove cinnamon stick and vanilla bean.
135 min
