Easy Cherry Compote
From gourmetana 14 years ago
- 35 minutes to make
- Serves 3
This is an easy compote, delicious for breakfast or a quick snack over some crackers.
Ingredients
- 2 lb cherries, stoned weight shopping list
- 1 lb 2 oz jam sugar (the one that has pectin added) shopping list
- juice of 1/2 lemon shopping list
- 4 tsp brandy shopping list
- 1 cinnammon stick shopping list
How to make it
- Put the cherries into a wide, deep frying pan, add 1/2 cup of water, then bring to a boil. Cook for 15 min, stirring every now and then until the fruit is starting to soften.
- Add sugar and stir until it dissolves, add the lemon juice, brandy and cinnammon stick, then bring to a boil again.
- Cook for 15 min until the fruit has collapsed a little and the sauce is syrupy, smooth and dark purple. Spoon a little of the juice onto a plate and leave to cool for 30 sec. Push it with your finger, it is ready if the syrup wrinkles.
- Ladle into sterilised jars and seal.
The Rating
Reviewed by 4 people-
Vou fazer isso em breve. Vou lá no mercado ver se tem cereja e fazer isso. Posso substituir brandy por rum? 5 garfos
heartbrazil
in Bahia loved it
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I imagine that this would be wonderful with either Brandy or Rum.
Yum. You have so absolutely fabulous recipes. Thank you so much for sharing them.
Jo & Lee
jolielives
in The Catskill Plateau loved it
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