Recipe of Winter Fruit Compote Jam - Food Recipes

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Winter Fruit Compote Jam

Recipe By : Key Gourmet CD Rom
Serving Size : 6
Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Jams & Jellies

Ingredients - Preparation Method:

1/2 cup dried apricots -- pitted 1/2 cup dried prunes -- pitted 2 tart apples -- unpeeled, diced 1 large pear -- unpeeled, diced 2 plums -- unpeeled, diced 1 banana -- peeled & diced 1/4 cup white raisins 1/4 cup Jim Beam or other good bourbon 1/4 cup chopped dates 1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts 6 tablespoons brown sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon Grated zest of 1 lemon 1 lime -- Juice of 2 tablespoons butter or margarine Place apricots and prunes with water to cover in saucepan; simmer for 5 minutes and let cool in the liquid. Mix apples, pear, plums and banana. Dice cooled a pricots and prunes, reserving liquid. Mix dates, raisins and nuts with sugar a nd cinnamon, then stir into rest of fruit. Divide fruit in half and put in thr ee quart casserole. Dot with 1 tablespoon butter or margarine, sprinkle with l emon zest and 1/2 lime juice. Add remaining fruit, dot with remaining butter o r margarine; add last of lime juice and lemon zest. Pour over 1/4 cup reserved fruit liquid and 1/4 cup Jim Beam or other bourbon. Bake at 325 degrees for a pproximately 1 hour or until fruit is very soft. Stir one time during baking. Serve lukewarm with whipped cream or ice cream if you believe in gilding the l ily. Serves 6. rtening and eggs and add vanilla. Sift together the dry ingredients and hand mix with the creamed mixture. This will make a stiff dough. Roll on floured board to about 1/4" thick. Place cut out cookies on greased cookie sheet. Spr inkle with sugar. Bake at 375 degrees until lightly brown. Makes 6 dozen. busted by sooz - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -