RECIPE

Cranberry-and-Dried-Fruit Compote

  • ACTIVE:
  • TOTAL TIME: 10 MIN Plus 3 hr chilling
  • SERVINGS: 12

Cranberries only need to be cooked for a few minutes before they burst and form a sauce. Melissa Rubel Jacobson has a number of recipes for them, including Jellied Cranberry Sauce with Fuji Apple and Cranberry, Clementine and Pumpkin Seed Conserve.

  • ACTIVE:
  • TOTAL TIME: 10 MIN
  • OTHER TIME:
  • SERVINGS: 12
  • FAST
  • HEALTHY
  • MAKE-AHEAD
  • VEGETARIAN

Ingredients

  • Ingredients
    1. One 12-ounce bag fresh cranberries
    2. 3/4 cup golden raisins
    3. 1/2 cup dried cherries
    4. 1/2 cup dried black mission figs, quartered
    5. 2/3 cup sugar
    6. 1 1/4 cups water

Directions

  1. In a medium saucepan, combine the cranberries with the raisins, cherries, figs, sugar and water. Bring to a boil and cook over moderately high heat until the cranberries burst, about 6 minutes. Scrape into a bowl and refrigerate until chilled, about 3 hours.

Make Ahead

The compote can be refrigerated for up to 2 weeks. Serve chilled or warmed.