Easy fruit compote

Turn a pancake breakfast into an event with this simple recipe! Or serve on top of oatmeal, yogurt, ice cream or french toast for a pop of flavour.

• 2 cups fruit, fresh or frozen. Chop into bite-sized pieces if neccessary
  
  
• 2 tablespoons water
  
  
• 3 tablespoons sweetener like sugar, honey, or maple syrup

1. Combine 1 cup of fruit, along with all of the water and sweetener in a medium pot on the stove. Bring to boil on high heat.
   
   
2. Reduce heat to medium, and add the rest of the fruit. Simmer for 5-10 minutes, until fruit has broken down to desired consistency. Stir frequently.
   
   
3. Remove from heat and allow to cool before serving.

• Increase sugar to taste if your fruit is very tart
  
  
• Fresh, frozen, or canned fruit all work fine. Frozen fruit will just need to be cooked a little longer

• Just about any fruit works great: strawberries, peaches, blueberries, blackberries, pears, apples, cranberries. Use up anything you have on the counter or in the freezer.
  
  
• You can add extra flavour with lemon or orange juice, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, mint, ginger or vanilla too.

• Cool completely and transfer to a jar. Keep in fridge for up to a week. Compote might thicken up in jar; add a little water and warm up before serving.

Recipe adapted from Capital Area Food Bank

Food is Too Expensive! was funded by the City of Saskatoon through our Healthy Yards partnership, the Cyril Capling Trust Fund of the College of Agriculture and Bioresources, and the Department of Plant Sciences. Focus group research to inform this work was collected by CHEP. Thank you all for helping us make healthy food more accessible!