Easy prune and apricot compote

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Try my easy dessert that can be made ahead to allow the flavours to mellow - it tastes better as it ages!

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Ingredients

16 dried apricots (about 125g/4oz)
16 prunes, pitted (about 125g/4oz)
1/3 cup brown sugar
4-6 cloves
1 cinnamon stick
curl of orange rind
1 cup strong warm black tea or water

Methods/steps

1. Place apricots, prunes, sugar, cloves, cinnamon and rind in a large glass or ceramic bowl. Add tea or water; stir to dissolve sugar. Cover and refrigerate overnight or for at least 4 hours.

2. Before serving, remove cloves, cinnamon and rind from compote. Serve with thick vanilla yoghurt and almond wafer biscuits.

Additional Tips

Variation:
Instead of wafer biscuits, top each serve with toasted almonds. Scatter 1/2 cup flaked almonds in a layer onto a non-stick frypan. Toast over moderate heat whilst stirring for 2-3 minutes until almonds are just golden. Take care not to burn.

Preparation time: 5 mins Cooking time: nil

Nutrition per serve:
1315 kJ (314 cal), 4g fat (including 2g saturated fat), 56g carbohydrate (including 53g sugars), 6g fibre and 77mg sodium. Read our nutrition rating system.

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Review by Julie , Saturday, 29 August 2009 vote image

A nice smooth taste, I used the tea option and was nicely suprised with the flavour. The calories shown also appear to be wrong. I arrived at a total of 193 per serve of 4. Could the calories of the recipes shown be checked and corrected if necessary. Julie

Review by catherine , Wednesday, 04 November 2009 vote image

Thanks for pointing that out Julie. Yes the wrong figures were accidentally inserted into the analysis. It's now updated & triple-checked! Have another look. Regards Catherine