Compote
Compote recipes have been around for centuries and are a favorite among both home cooks and professional chefs. There are many different ways to make compote, but the basic ingredients are typically fruit, sugar, and water.
The earliest known recipe for compote comes from an anonymous 13th century cookbook. This recipe calls for stewing quinces in water and sugar. The compote was then served with cream and spices.
While the quince is no longer a popular fruit for making compote, other fruits such as apples, berries, and cherries are often used. The cooking method has also changed over the years. Now, compote is typically made by simmering fruit in a sugar syrup until it is soft and tender.
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Recipes
Slow-Cooker Tomato Compote
- lemon juice
- salt
- honey
- olive oil
- red pepper flake
- grape tomato
- balsamic vinegar
- bushy herb
- garlic
Apple Compote
- sweet spice
- lemon
- turbinado sugar
- water
- apple
Blueberry or Blackberry Compote with Yogurt or Ricotta
- cornstarch
- lemon
- rose water
- cinnamon
- greek
- agave nectar
- blueberry
Blueberry Compote
- sugar
- blueberry
- lemon juice
- water
Quick Strawberry Compote
- strawberry
- cornstarch
- sugar
- orange juice
Apple Compote
- butter
- vanilla pod
- sugar
- brandy
- granny smith
Dried Fruit Compote
- apricot
- prune
- raisin
- lemon peel
- sugar
- ground
- walnut
- clove
Peach Compote With Rose Water
- sugar
- salt
- rose water
- peach
Squash, Date, and Lemon Compote
- raisin
- meyer
- salt
- cinnamon
- butternut squash
- lemon juice
- clove
- medjool date
Apple and Peach Compote
- lemon juice
- apple cider
- cardamom
- cinnamon
- ginger
- salt
- sugar
- granny smith apple
- peach
- butter
Strawberry Rhubarb Compote Recipe
- rhubarb
- strawberry
- sugar
Dried Fruit Compote With Fresh Apple and Pear
- whipped cream
- vanilla extract
- apple
- cinnamon
- pear
- lemon zest
- fruit
- orange zest
- water
- honey
Blueberry Compote
- lemon juice
- vanilla extract
- maple syrup
- blueberry
- water
Easy Rhubarb Compote
- sugar
- rhubarb
Blood Orange, Grapefruit and Pomegranate Compote
- agave nectar
- vanilla
- pomegranate seed
- blood orange
- port wine
- water
- ruby red grapefruit
- sugar
Slow Cooker Fruit Compote With Cinnamon
- apricot
- dark red cherry
- peach
- pear
- cinnamon
- orange juice concentrate
- brown sugar
Apple Compote
- lemon juice
- orange juice
- dark brown sugar
- mcintosh apple
- nutmeg scrape
- salt
Blood Orange Compote
- agave nectar
- cinnamon
- vanilla
- water
- triple sec
- sugar
- blood orange
Black Grape Compote
- butter
- sugar
- lemon juice
- salt
- star anise pod
- black grape
Blueberry Compote for Crepes
- crepe
- sugar
- water
- blueberry
Gingery Rhubarb Compote
- red pepper flake
- black pepper
- light brown sugar
- rhubarb
- caper
- raisin
- red wine vinegar
- crystallized ginger
Roasted Strawberry Rhubarb Compote
- powdered confectioners sugar
- rhubarb
- strawberry
- orange
Dried Fruit Compote With Fresh Apple and Pear
- whipped cream
- vanilla extract
- apple
- cinnamon
- pear
- lemon zest
- orange zest
- water
- honey
Spiced Dried Fruit Compote
- apple
- pear
- honey
- cinnamon
- lemon
- prune
- raisin
- apple cider
- clove
Banana Compote
- blueberry buttermilk pancake
- whipped cream
- blueberry
- orange juice
- baking soda
- salt
- lemon juice
- maple syrup
- butter
- sugar
- butter
- all purpose flour
- buttermilk
- brown sugar
- egg
- banana
- baking powder
Gooseberry Compote
- gooseberry
- sugar
Blueberry Compote
- water
- sugar
- blueberry
- lemon juice
Cherry Bourbon Compote
- dark cherry
- honey
- bourbon
- sugar
- water
- ginger
Festive Red Fruit Compote
- vanilla bean
- raspberry
- salt
- arrowroot powder
- cranberry
- cardamom
- cinnamon
- orange juice
- pomegranate juice
- pomegranate aril
- cherry
- maple syrup
- water
- ginger
Strawberry-Rhubarb Compote With Fennel Recipe
- sugar
- strawberry
- fennel seed
- salt
- rhubarb
Apple Compote Recipe
- ginger
- lemon peel
- nutmeg seed
- apple cider vinegar
- apple cider
- salt
- apple
- cinnamon
- belgian candi sugar
Rhubarb Compote
- salt
- sugar
- rhubarb
- white wine vinegar
Cherry Compote with Honey Yogurt
- cherry
- greek yogurt
- red currant
- salt
- sugar
- thyme honey
Apple-Fig Compote
- sugar
- lemon
- calimyrna fig
- cinnamon
- tart cherry
- apple cider
- rome beauty
Apple Compote
- apple
- ginger
- vanilla extract
- cinnamon
- dark brown sugar
- ground
- butter
Easy Raspberry Compote
- chia seed
- honey
- raspberry
- orange juice
Blueberry Compote with Mint
- mint
- lime juice
- sugar
- water
- blueberry
Red Fruit Compote
- mint
- black currant syrup
- white wine
- sour cream
- bing cherry
- blueberry
- red plum
- red grape
- strawberry
- orange zest
- basil
- orange juice
- strawberry jam
- sugar
Tomato-Ginger Compote
- garlic
- water
- light brown sugar
- red wine vinegar
- plum tomato
- ginger
- salt
Rhubarb Compote
- zest
- sugar
- rhubarb
Blueberry Compote
- lemon juice
- lemon zest
- water
- sugar
- blueberry
Plum Compote with Star Anise
- white wine
- water
- sugar
- lemon juice
- black plum
- star anise
Roasted Tomato-and-Basil Compote
- water
- pepper
- olive oil
- basil
- plum tomato
- salt
Sweet-Brown-Rice-Pudding-Rhubarb-Ginger-Compote
- brown rice syrup
- palm sugar
- nutmeg
- cardamom
- vanilla extract
- cinnamon
- vanilla bean
- rhubarb
- demerara sugar
- lime zest
- coconut milk
- lime juice
- short grain brown rice
- candied ginger
Roasted Onion and Chestnut Compote
- salt
- brandy
- olive oil
- chestnut
- heavy cream
- white
- bacon
Easy Fruit Compote
- fruit
- honey
- salt
- flavoring given above
Strawberry-and-Wild-Fennel Compote with Pound Cake
- Pound Cake
- all purpose flour
- oranges zest
- sugar
- salt
- bean
- butter
- egg
- egg yolk
- Compote
- fennel pollen
- strawberry
- bean
- sugar
- lemon juice
- fennel bulb
- salt
Ingredient Breakdown
Insights
Correlated with Higher Ratings
- cinnamon
Staple Ingredients
- sugar 26%
- salt 18%
Common Ingredients
- cinnamon 15%
- water 15%
- lemon juice 12%
Usual Ingredients
- apple 8%
- blueberry 8%
- honey 8%
- rhubarb 8%
- butter 7%
- ginger 7%