Ginger Spiced Asia Pear And Cranberry Compote Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Butter a baking dish large enough to accommodate all of the fruit. Fill a bowl with water, and add 1 tablespoon of the lemon juice. As you prepare the fruit, put it into the water. When all of the fruit is peeled and sliced, drain and toss with the remaining lemon juice in the baking dish.
• Combine the apple juice, raisins, ginger, agave syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg and whisky in a small saucepan, and bring to a simmer. Remove from the heat, and pour over the fruit.
• Place in the oven, and bake 1 to 1 1/2 hours until the fruit is very soft. Stir gently every 10 to 15 minutes to keep all the fruit moist. Serve warm.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine pear nectar, pears, ginger and sugar. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 15-20 minutes or until pears are softened. Cool., Place mixture in a blender; cover and process until smooth. Press mixture through a fine-mesh strainer. Stir in vodka. Pour 1-1/2 ounces into each champagne flute or cocktail glass. Top with 4 ounces champagne. Serve with pear slices.

Steps:

• In a 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 10 ingredients. Stir in 2 tablespoons orange juice. Cook, covered, on low 3-4 hours or until fruit is tender., In a small bowl, mix cornstarch and remaining orange juice until smooth; gradually stir into fruit mixture. Cook, covered, on high 15-20 minutes longer or until sauce is thickened. If desired, top with whipped cream and pecans., Freeze option: Freeze cooled compote in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little orange juice if necessary.

Steps:

• Make a bouquet garni by enclosing the clovers, ginger, cinnamon stocks and allspice berries in a piece of cheesecloth tied together with a piece of string. Tie the string to the handle of a large saucepan.
• Combine the boueguet garni, sugar and water in the saucepan and bring the syrup to a boil. When the sugar is dissolved, lower the heat and add the Asian pear pices. Coer the pan and simmer the pears for about 40-45 minutes. They will still offer slight resistance when pierced with a knife.
• Stir in the cranberries and turn up the heat so that the cranberries will cook and begin to pop, stirring frequently; this should take about 8 - 10 minutes. When the cranberries have cooked, remove the pan from the heat and cool. Remove the bouquet garni from the compote. Add the vinegar and ginger and taste for seasoning. The suace will firm up as it cools. Refrigerate until serving time. Taste for seasoning just before serving.
• Can be made 5 days a head, covered and refrigerated. Taste before serving. You may need to add a bit more vinegar.