Servings: 0.75 cups compote
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 lb pitted cherries ~450g
- 4 tablespoons sugar ~50g
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Prep Cherries: Wash and pit fresh cherries, drain canned cherries, or use frozen cherries directly.1 lb pitted cherries
- Cook: In a saucepan, mix cherries with sugar and a bit of water and cook over medium heat. Increase to medium-high as cherries begin to juice up, stirring frequently.4 tablespoons sugar
- Monitor: Continue cooking for 12-18 minutes until cherries soften. The syrup will thicken on cooling, so remove from heat when slightly thinner than desired.
- Add Lemon Juice: Stir in lemon juice after removing from heat.1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Taste and Adjust: Taste the compote and adjust sweetness or tartness by adding more sugar or lemon juice if necessary.
- Use or Store: Use the compote warm or let it cool and store in a jar for later use.
Notes
- If you're cooking a big batch of cherries, getting it to your desired consistency might take 30+ minutes.
- Depending on how long you cook the cherries, the recipe will yield between 2/3 and 1 cup of compote.
- This recipe uses a fairly low amount of sugar, resulting a cherry compote that's fairly tart. Add more if needed.
- Depending on how long you cook the cherries, the recipe will yield between 2/3 and 1 cup of compote.
- This recipe uses a fairly low amount of sugar, resulting a cherry compote that's fairly tart. Add more if needed.
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