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Kompot Owocowy
Kompot Owocowy · ready in 30 min · 6 servings · 177 kcal per serving · easy · 10 ingredients
A homely Polish fruit compote, gently simmered until the fruit perfumes a lightly syrupy drink-dessert served warm or chilled.
- Prep
- 13 min
- Cook
- 16 min
- Total
- 30 min
- Serves
- 6
- kcal
- 177
- Difficulty
- easy
Ingredients · 6 servings
- 300 gCherry, washed and stoned
- 200 gPlum, washed, stoned, and halved
- 240 gApple, peeled, cored, and sliced
- 180 gPear, peeled, cored, and sliced
- 200 gStrawberry, washed and hulled
- 120 gSugar
- 1Cinnamon, stick
- 3Clove, whole
- 1Lemon, peeled in strips and juiced
- 1500 mlWater
Equipment
stovetop, large saucepan, knife, peeler, cutting board, bowl, spoon, citrus juicer, ladle, jug, serving bowl
Instructions
- Mise En Place
Gather and measure all ingredients; set out a large saucepan, knife, peeler, cutting board, bowl, spoon, citrus juicer, ladle, and jug. · 3 min
What to look for: All fruit, spices, sugar, water, and tools are ready on the work surface.
- Prepare Fruit
Wash all fruit; stone the cherry and plum, peel and core the apple and pear, hull the strawberry, and cut large fruit into wedges. · 10 min
What to look for: Fruit is clean, trimmed, and cut into pieces of similar eating size.
- Boil Syrup
Bring the water and sugar to a boil in the saucepan; add the cinnamon, cloves, and wide strips of lemon peel. · 5 min
What to look for: Sugar is dissolved and the liquid bubbles steadily around the spices.
- Simmer Firm Fruit
Add the apple and pear to the bubbling syrup, lower to a gentle simmer, and cook for 5 minutes without stirring hard. · 5 min
What to look for: Apple and pear look slightly translucent at the edges but still hold their shape.
- Simmer Soft Fruit
Add the cherry, plum, and strawberry, then simmer for 3-4 minutes until the fruit softens but still keeps its shape. · 4 min
What to look for: The liquid turns rosy and the soft fruit is tender, not collapsed.
- Finish Lemon
Remove the pan from the heat, squeeze in lemon juice, and taste for a lightly syrupy balance of sweet fruit and citrus. · 2 min
What to look for: The kompot smells bright and the syrup lightly coats the spoon.
- Serve Kompot
Serve warm in bowls or chill in a jug before pouring; include fruit pieces and lightly syrupy liquid in each portion. · 1 min
What to look for: Each serving has clear fruit-studded liquid with a gentle syrupy sheen.
Nutrition (per serving)
| kcal | 177 |
|---|---|
| Protein | 1 g |
| Carbohydrates | 42 g |
| of which sugars | 39 g |
| Fat | 1 g |
| of which saturated | 0 g |
| Fibre | 4 g |
| Sodium | 2 mg |
Nutri-ScoreB
Allergens
None of the 14 major allergens, per our data.
Ingredient substitutions
Cherry
- Plum: Use stoned plums for a deeper, more tart compote.
Plum
- Cherry: Use extra stoned cherries for a brighter red fruit flavor.
Apple
- Pear: Pear gives a softer texture and a rounder sweetness.
Pear
- Apple: Apple keeps its shape better and makes the compote slightly tarter.
Strawberry
- Cherry: Cherry gives a more traditional tart stone-fruit note.
Sugar
- Pear: Use extra ripe pear and accept a less syrupy, less sweet compote.
