Hot Fruit Compote

This recipe for hot fruit compote has a delicious combination of pineapple, peaches, pears, cherries, and oranges. Served warm, this fruit recipe will complement your breakfast or brunch menu.

This quick and easy fruit compote is a tasty and innovative way to serve fruit at breakfast or brunch. Complement your quiche and breakfast casseroles with a blend of various fruits and orange sauce. All of the fruit flavors come together to make a beautiful sauce.

Get creative and serve the fruit compote in individual fruit bowls, ramekins, martini glasses, tulip glasses, or pudding cups. Garnish with a few mint leaves for added color.

Hot Fruit Compote

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Prep time: 20 minutes

Bake time: 30 minutes

Ingredient List: 1-20 oz. can pineapple chunks
1-16 oz. can peach halves
1-16 oz. can pear halves
1-16 oz. jar maraschino cherries
Orange Sauce

1/3 Cup sugar
2 Tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 Cup light corn syrup
1 Cup orange juice
1 Tablespoon orange zest

Instructions:

Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Step 2: Drain all fruits. Arrange in a 9" x 13" baking dish. Fill hollows with maraschino cherries. Set aside.

Step 3: To make the orange sauce, combine sugar, cornstarch, salt, corn syrup, orange juice and orange zest in a medium sauce pan.

Step 4: Heat the sauce to a boil, stirring occasionally.

Step 5: Remove and pour sauce over fruit.

Step 6: Bake compote at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Step 7: Serve warm for breakfast or brunch.

Serves 6-8.

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