Red Berry Compote (Rote Gruetze)

Name: How to cook Red Berry Compote (Rote Gruetze) - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Kristina K

Red Berry Compote (Rote Gruetze)

This used to be one of the most popular desserts in Northern Germany and Danmark. As a child I had it all the time with my grandparents in Northern Germany and I love it until today. It is a tasty family dessert that you can present in different was: just as it is, with cream, with vanilla ice cream or with meringue or meringue and ice cream. This is also a good option to use up fruits that are not so pretty or close to overripe. And it makes fruit holeproof. Enjoy! #berrybonanza

Ingredient

Food ration :

8 servings

Cooking time :

45 min

600 g

mixed berries: strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants, sour cherries

0.5 l

cherry or black currant juice

1/2

vanilla pod (or few drops vanilla extract)

3 tbsp

starch

1-2 tbsp

cassis liquor, optional

3-4 tbsp

sugar to taste

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Wasch and clean fruits and drain on a kitchen towel. Remove cherry pits, cut big strawberries into half or quaters. Remove stem of the currants. Cut the vanilla bean into half and grate out the pulp.

* Step 2

Let the vanilla pulp and bean together with the juice come to a boil. Dissolve starch in 3-4 tbsp water and add to the boiling juice. Let cook for 2-3 minutes until it thickens.

* Step 3

Add the prepared fruits (and liquor if you like) to the hot juice mix and let them heat up but make sure not to overcook them. So I recommend to remove the fruits from the stove once they are all covered by the hot juice. Don't cook it for more than 1-2 minutes. Add sugar to taste (I used only 2 tbsp this time since the fruits were already super sweet).