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Dried Fruit Compote with Ginger Syrup

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Dried Fruit Compote with Ginger SyrupJonny Valiant

Serve this simple compote with yogurt for breakfast, or spoon it over ice cream for dessert.

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    45 minutes

  • Yield

    Makes 1 1/2 cups

Ingredients

1 12-ounce bottle strong ginger beer (such as Reed's)
1 cup mixed dried fruit (such as stemmed figs, apricots, cherries, prunes, raisins, and sliced candied ginger)

Preparation

  1. Bring ginger beer, dried fruit, and 1 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan. Reduce heat to low and simmer until liquid becomes syrupy and mixture is reduced to 1 1/2 cups, 35-40 minutes. Let cool completely. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 week ahead. Cover and chill.

Nutrition Per Serving

Per serving: 74 calories
0 g fat
18 g carbohydrate
#### Nutritional analysis provided by Bon Appétit
TagsCompoteCondimentDried ApricotDried FruitFruitDried CherryRaisinPruneBreakfastBrunchNut FreeVegetarianGluten FreeVeganDairy FreeEasyMake AheadSimmerBon Appétit

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