Pear Compote
This spiced pear compote is a delicious fruit sauce for your favorite waffles, pancakes, oatmeal, desserts, yogurt, crepes, savory dishes and more! Made with sweet pears, warm spices, and no processed sugar, this easy to make fruit compote is going to become your new favorite topping!
Servings: 8
Calories: 82kcal
Ingredients
- 6 pears
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 star anise
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- ½ tbsp maple syrup optional
- ¼ - ½ cup water
Instructions
- Peel and core the pears. Dice into ½ inch cubes.
- Add all ingredients to a saucepan and heat over a medium heat.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 40-45 minutes, stirring often until the pears have softened and the liquid has thickened.
- Remove from the heat.
- Remove the cinnamon stick and star anise.
- Add ½ of the cooked pears to a high speed food processor and blitz until smooth.
- Stir the puree through the remaining cooked pears.
- Allow to cool completely before transferring to a glass jar to store in the fridge for up to 1 week.
Notes
- Cooking time may vary from 20 minutes - 45 minutes based on the size of the cubes and how ripe the pears are. If you find that the pears aren’t soft but the liquid has reduced add additional water to continue the cooking process.
- Make sure the cubes are an even size, this will help with even cooking.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week.
- Choose pears that are ripe as they will produce a sweeter compote and will cook much quicker.
- If you’d prefer the compote to be smooth, use an immersion blender once cooked, to remove all of the lumps.
- Compote can be frozen and kept for 3-4 months.
- If freezing it’s best to store in smaller containers, making it easier to defrost when serving.
- How ripe the pears are will effect the sweetness of the compote. If using less ripe pears you may want to increase the maple syrup to 1 tbsp to add additional sweetness. Alternatively if the pears are very ripe you may not need to add the maple syrup at all. It’s best to make your own judgements on how sweet you’d like the compote to be.
- Nutrition information calculated including maple syrup.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.25cup | Calories: 82kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 0.3g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 2mg | Potassium: 166mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 36IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 0.4mg