Mixed Melon Compote
1 hour 20 minutes
This tangy fruit mixture is equally good as a refreshing dessert after a rich main course, or as part of a luxurious breakfast or brunch.
Lynn Cole
1 person made this
Ingredients
Serves: 6
- 2 cups fresh strawberries, quartered
- 1/4 small rockmelon, seeded and scooped into balls
- 1/4 small honeydew melon, seeded and scooped into balls
- 2 small plums, stoned and sliced
- 2/3 cup apple juice
- 2 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 2-cm-wide strip of lemon rind, white pith removed, cut into fine strips
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions
Preparation:1hour20min ›
Ready in:1hour20min
- Combine the strawberries, rockmelon, honeydew melon and plums in a large bowl. Combine the apple juice, brown sugar, lemon juice, lemon rind and cinnamon in a small bowl. Pour the juice mixture over the fruit mixture and toss gently to coat. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, stirring once.
- To serve, divide the fruit mixture and juices evenly among six pretty bowls. As a dessert, serve with crisp biscuits of your choice and, if you wish, whipped cream or ice cream.
Variation
Mixed Citrus Compote: Prepare the citrus compote following the method described for the mixed melon compote, but substituting 4 medium oranges, peeled and segmented, and 2 medium grapefruit, peeled and segmented, for the mixed pieces of rockmelon, honeydew melon and plums.
