By Sophie Dahl
Compôte makes for a healthy dessert or breakfast and we have some delicious recipes. The fruit can be cooked whole or cut into pieces and almost anything can be used – apples, figs, apricots, rhubarb, berries. It’s good to use seasonal fruits to get the best flavour. A savoury compote made with tomatoes or shallots is a tasty accompaniment to barbecued meat or fish.
Plum compôte
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French apple tart with calvados and Chantilly cream
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