3 Fruit Compote

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1 lemon
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar (splenda works great!)
• 4 plums (preferrably black)
• 2 cups cherries or 2 cups strawberries
• 1/2 cup dried apricot
• 2 mint-flavored herbal tea bags
• 1/2 cup water

Recipe

• 1 peel 3 long strips from the rind of the lemon and combine in a large saucepan with the cinnimon sticks, sugar and water.
• 2 place over medium-high heat. stir until sugar has dissolved. boil until reduced by half (approx. 10 mins)
• 3 while liquid is reducing, quarter the plums and pit the cherries (or quarter the strawberries depending on what you used).
• 4 when boiling mixture is reduced by half add in fresh fruit and apricots. simmer over medium heat uncovered and stirring occasionally until apricots are plumped and tender( approx 10 mins).
• 5 remove pan from heat and add tea bags and let sit for 5-7 minutes afterwards remove teabags, lemon peel, and cinnimon sticks. compote will thicken as it cools.