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Dried Fruit Compote with Ginger Syrup

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Dried Fruit Compote with Ginger Syrup Jonny Valiant
  • Active Time

    10 minutes

  • Total Time

    45 minutes

Serve this simple compote with yogurt for breakfast, or spoon it over ice cream for dessert.

Ingredients

Makes 1 1/2 cups

1 12-ounce bottle strong ginger beer (such as Reed's)
1 cup mixed dried fruit (such as stemmed figs, apricots, cherries, prunes, raisins, and sliced candied ginger)
  1. Bring ginger beer, dried fruit, and 1 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan. Reduce heat to low and simmer until liquid becomes syrupy and mixture is reduced to 1 1/2 cups, 35-40 minutes. Let cool completely. DO AHEAD:Can be made 1 week ahead. Cover and chill.

Nutrition Per Serving

Per serving: 74 calories
0 g fat
18 g carbohydrate
#### Nutritional analysis provided by Bon Appétit
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  • Simple and versatile compote. Used Reed's Ginger Beer. Have had it on oatmeal, yogurt, cottage cheese, and ice cream. Will try it with some fried goat cheese salads next. Have used different dried fruit combos each time with great success. We make this every week and keep in the fridge for a sweet addition to any meal.

    • MileHighMunchies

    • 12/1/2013

  • I didn't find any good ginger beer at the store so I used 2.5 cups of water, 1/4 cup of sugar and about two tablespoons of peeled and thinly sliced ginger. I used dried apples, cherries, figs, and apricots for the fruit. It was really very good,

    • Anonymous

    • Portland, Or

    • 2/12/2012

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