Hot Fruit Compote

Recipe Category: Desserts

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup melted butter
  • 1/2 cup almonds, slivered and toasted
  • 4 cups canned fruits, drained (peaches, pears, apricots, pineapple, and cherries)
  • 12 dried macaroons, crumbled
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sherry

Directions

  1. Cover bottom of butter dish with macaroon crumbs.
  2. Alternate fruit and macaroons in layers, ending with macaroons. Sprinkle with almonds, sugar, and sherry.
  3. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
  4. Add melted butter.

This is the fruit compote recipe as given to me. I couldn’t find macaroons, so I used instead, 6 Rippin Good macaroon cookies as found in the Giant. The finished product is not as juicy, because the cookie crumbs absorb the juice more than the regular macaroons would. I also put the casserole back in the oven for I to 10 minutes after I added the butter. I like my version better, but you can decide for yourself.