Fruit is the perfect ingredient to complete any dessert. It’s sweet, it’s tart and it’s also very pretty. It’s just so bright and vibrant. A glossy, sweet and shiny strawberry compote is the best way to incorporate this.

A compote is an almost jam like fruit sauce. It is made up of fruit (usually berries), sugar, a squeeze of lemon and a corn starch slurry to thicken. The sugar, berries and lemon juice are put together in a pot and cooked until the boiling. Then the slurry is added to thicken.

I love recipes like this because the are so adaptable to your taste. You want it to be more sweet? Add sugar. More tart? Add lemon. You can use different types of fruit. Just note, there might be a consistency difference depending on which you use. You can also use different citrus’s to brighten the compote. For instance a strawberry lime compote would be delicious. Play around with combinations, have fun, and I’ll see you next time.

Strawberry Compote

Name: Strawberry Compote
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 12 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 6 Large Strawberries; 1/2 Cup of Granulates Sugar; Squeeze of Lemon; 1 Tbsp of Corn Starch; 1 Tbsp of Water

Yield: 1 Cup

Prep Time: 2 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 12 minutes

A sweet and tangy sauce to top off any desert you could imagine. Also greate as a filling for desserts.

Ingredients

6 Large Strawberries
1/2 Cup of Granulates Sugar
Squeeze of Lemon
1 Tbsp of Corn Starch
1 Tbsp of Water

Instructions

Add the strawberries,sugar and lemon to a medium saucepot under low heat.
Cook until sugar dissolves, the mixture boils and berries are cooked down but still chunky. This will take about 4-7 minutes.
Meanwhile, add the cornstarch to the water and mix to create a slurry. This will thicken the compote.
Add in the slurry and cook for about 2 minutes or until the slurry is no longer visable.
Turn off the heat and let the compote cool.