Apple Compote – Sustainable Cooks

Apple compote is a candy condiment that provides cozy fall vibes to oatmeal, baked items, ice cream, and extra. It’s simple to make, spiced with cinnamon, and tender simmered apples make it delectable!

In contrast to its spreadable cousin apple butter, an apple compote retains its bigger apple chunks somewhat than pureeing or mashing them easy, providing you with tender apple items in each chunk.

And in distinction to its different cousin (it’s an enormous household and reunions get bizarre), applesauce, it’s sweeter and extra syrupy—the flavour is extra sassy than your common applesauce too. 

And when you’re pondering, “I ponder if this nerd has some other compote recipes”, try my peach compote!

Ingredient Notes

• Apples – The apples we often use for baking—Granny Smith, Fuji, Braeburn, Pink Girl—are additionally wonderful for making compote. Be happy to combine and match!
• Sugar – Use a mixture of white sugar and brown sugar. Brown sugar provides a comfy caramel observe.
• Water 
• Lemon juice – If potential, I like to recommend recent lemon juice, which has a brighter taste than bottled.
• Floor cinnamon – You possibly can use apple pie spice, cardamom, or a couple of pinches of cloves, however I additionally love the flavour of pure cinnamon.
• Vanilla extract

The right way to Make Apple Compote

*I’ll stroll you thru it right here with some images and suggestions, and also you’ll additionally discover a printable recipe card on the backside of the publish with actual measurements, and so on. You can too click on “leap to recipe” to skip down.

Prep the apples by peeling them when you’d like, then slice or dice them. (Cubes will add a little bit extra texture than slices, which prepare dinner up softer.)

Add all of the elements to a heavy saucepan. Carry the combination to a boil; boil for a minute, stirring usually.

Decrease the warmth to medium and simmer for 30 to 40 minutes, stirring usually. Add extra water as wanted to maintain the apple compote from burning.

Cool and retailer or serve.

Serving Ideas

Breakfast: Spoon heat apple compote over your morning oatmeal, croissant bread pudding, or complete wheat waffles. It’s additionally nice for layering right into a yogurt parfait with granola, or you should use it for toast.

Dessert: Prime vanilla ice cream, pound cake, or cheesecake with apple compote to take them to the subsequent degree.

Savory dishes: Serve it with roasted pork, rooster, and even as a topping for brie, cheddar, and different cheeses so as to add a candy distinction to savory meals. Strive it in lieu of the garlic in our baked brie with garlic.

If you happen to like applesauce along with your pork chops, simply wait till you strive them with this apple compote recipe!

Misc.: You can too use it in our apple pie egg rolls or apple pancakes.