French

Compote (Stewed Fruit Dessert)

Name: Compote (Stewed Fruit Dessert)
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 4 apples, peeled, cored, and diced; 1/4 cup water; 2 tbsp sugar; 1 tsp lemon juice; 1 cinnamon stick

Colette @colette_lyon

Compote (Stewed Fruit Dessert) is French home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the fresh side. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

15 min Easy Heart healthy Low sodium High fiber Vegetarian Vegan Halal Gluten free Dairy free Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

4 apples, peeled, cored, and diced
1/4 cup water
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp lemon juice
1 cinnamon stick

How to cook it

Peel, core, and dice the apples into small even pieces so they cook quickly.
Put the apples in a saucepan with the water, sugar, lemon juice, and the cinnamon stick if using.
Cover and cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the fruit is completely soft.
Remove the cinnamon stick and mash the fruit lightly with a fork, leaving it a little chunky, or blend it smooth if you prefer.
Let it cool slightly and serve warm or chilled, one of the most common everyday desserts on a French table.

Watch how to cook Compote (Stewed Fruit Dessert)

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Serve it with

A French dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Compote (Stewed Fruit Dessert), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The dish at the centre
- Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans)
  
  25 min
The cooked vegetable
- Aubergines au Four (Roasted Aubergine with Thyme and Garlic)
  
  40 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Compote (Stewed Fruit Dessert) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.

Every tracked allergen in Compote (Stewed Fruit Dessert)
Allergen	In this dish
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 130 kcal
Protein: 1 g
Carbs: 31 g
Fat: 0 g
Fiber: 4 g
Sugar: 25 g
Sodium: 10 mg
Saturated fat: 0 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Compote (Stewed Fruit Dessert) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.