Title: Apple Plum Compote with Ginger
Categories: Fruit Dessert Sauce Side Blank
Yield: 8 Servings

1/2	c	Brown sugar; or less
3	tb	Flour; [optional]
1	ts	Ground cinnamon
1/2	ts	Ground ginger
1/4	ts	Ground cloves; [optional]
1/8	ts	Ground nutmeg [optional]
1/2	c	Apple juice
1/4	c	Lemon juice
1/2	ts	Vanilla extract
4		Apples; tart, cooking like Granny Smith, peeled, cored and s
4	lg	Red plums; pitted and sliced
1/2	c	Dried apricots
1/4	c	Golden raisins
1	ts	Vinegar; [opt'l, if served with meat]
2	tb	Butter; or marg

A wonderful old fashioned wintery dish:

Preheat oven to 350 F. Combine all the ingredients and dot the top with butter. Bake about 30-45 min until apples are tender.

Feel free to substitute other fruits, adjust the spices or change the sweetness.

The same ingredients can be stewed in a saucepan on top of the stove without the flour for a delicious stewed fruit dish.

Make an oatmeal crumb crust and turn this into a cobbler or crisp style dessert.

Serve over ice cream, pound cake, pancakes or waffles or with buttered toast points.

Makes a good side dish for pork, ham, wild birds and tongue with perhaps a little chutney stirred in.

A variation of an old classic by Jim Weller.

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