Plum and ginger compôte

Plum and ginger compote is a sweet and source fruit sauce and has many uses.  It can be used as a sauce with breakfast (for example, in yoghurt), as a sauce on desserts (such as rice pudding or semolina) or as an accompaniment to a terrine, pork or strongly flavoured fish.

Preparation Time: 15 Mins

Cooking Time: 15 Mins

Total Time: 30 Mins

Ingredients

30 gms            Butter       

2 tsp               Honey  - runny        

1 tbs               Ginger  - fresh - grated          

1 tsp               Ginger  - ground      

6                    Plums  - red, stoned and sliced 

To finish the sauce

1 knob            Butter       

Method

Over medium-high heat, melt the butter with the honey and gingers and stir until amalgamated.  Then add the plums, increase heat and, while mixing, cook until the fruit is soft.  Finally, stir is a knob of butter.

Serve warm or cold.

Variations

The plums can be replaced with damsons.

Adjust the cooking time to produce the consistency required – longer for an accompaniment sauce, less for fruit compôte.