Easy Plum Compote
A quick and easy plum compote with a hint of cinnamon. This easy plum compote is incredibly simple and easy to make with only few ingredients. It is the perfect topping for.your desserts, pancakes, waffles, cakes, ice cream and more.
Equipment
- sauce pan
Ingredients
- 300 Grams Plum
- 60 ml Water (¼ cup)
- 50 Grams Sugar (¼ cup)
- ¼ Teaspoon Cinnamon powder Or 1 medium stick
- 1 Tablespoon Lemon juice (15 ml)
Instructions
- Wash the plum and pat them dry with clean kitchen towel.
- Now roughly chop the plum into medium pieces.
- Add in the plum pieces, water, sugar and cinnamon powder in a sauce pan. Bring it to a boil over high heat.
- Reduce the heat to medium and cover the pan. Cook for about 8-10 minutes or until the plum is tender and mixture is syrupy. We prefer the compote with some chunks.
- Note: If you prefer a mashed texture, use a potato masher or the back of the ladle to mash the plum as it cooks.
- Add in the lenon juice and give a quick stir.
- Remove pan from heat and allow to cool down completely.
- Transfer the plum compote onto a sterilized jar. Store in a refrigerator for longer shelf life and use a clean spoon on every serving.
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Notes
- You can also use frozen plums.
- Lemon juice is optional.
- Use beautifully ripe plums as you’ll get the best flavour that way.
- Use sugar as per the sweetness of your plums. You can add more if your plums are not very sweet.
- A pinch of salt can he added to enhance the flavor of the compote.
- Cinnamon is optional
- You can also use maple syrup or honey for the sweetner.
- You can also add some lemon zest for the extra punch of flavor.
- Refrigerate the compote for longer shelf life.
- You can follow the same recipe and make other fruit compote – blueberry, cranberry, raspberry, black currant, mulberry etc.
- Store in clean jars and refrigerate for longer shelf life.