Fruit Compote
A dried fruit compote recipe makes a delicious all-year round healthy recipe dessert that will make a wonderful contribution to some of your other 4th of July recipes.
Dried fruit recipes are especially tasty when served with a honey-sweetened custard.
You can use literally any dried fruit in the following fruit dessert recipe, including dried figs, dried apricots or even sultanas and raisins.
4th Of July Recipe - Compote Recipe
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Serves 4:
1 x 250g (9 oz) pkt mixed fruit
450 ml (3 qtr pint) water
Grated rind of small lemon
2 tbsp lemon juice
1-2 tbsp honey to taste
2 Bananas
Honey Custard
3 eggs
2-3 tbsp honey to taste
250 ml (8 fl oz) milk
1 tbsp toasted slivered almonds
Preparation
Place dried fruit and water into a pan. Bring to boil then lower heat and simmer fruit very gently, covered for 20 mins
until just tender
Stir in the lemon rind and juice and honey. Transfer to a serving bowl, cover and chill
Make the custard - beat eggs with honey. Heat milk until almost boiling then pour over eggs. Stir over gentle heat
until custard just coats back of spoon. Do not let mixture
boil. Pour into a bowl, cool, stirring occasionally then
cover and chill
When ready to serve, peel and slice bananas and add to fruit compote. Whisk custard sauce, pour into a bowl and sprinkle
with the almonds
nutritional information for Dried Fruit - 4th Of July Recipe
This dried fruit recipe is packed with vitamin C and is
a good source of fibre
You can also add some fresh berries such as blueberries, which are anti-oxidant-rich foods
Serving Suggestion Tips:
You may use sugar instead of honey to sweeten your dried fruit dessert recipe should you prefer
You could serve the fruit compote with chilled cream rather
than honey custard
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The information on this site is purely of educational value and is not intended to replace your seeking medical advice. You must consult your doctor over all your health concerns.
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