Red Berry Compote (Rote Gruetze)

Name: Red Berry Compote (Rote Gruetze)
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 600 g mixed berries: strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants, sour cherries; 0.5 l cherry or black currant juice; 1/2 vanilla pod (or few drops vanilla extract); 3 tbsp starch; 1-2 tbsp cassis liquor, optional; 3-4 tbsp sugar to taste

Kristina K @kristina_k

Munich, Germany

This used to be one of the most popular desserts in Northern Germany and Danmark. As a child I had it all the time with my grandparents in Northern Germany and I love it until today. It is a tasty family dessert that you can present in different was: just as it is, with cream, with vanilla ice cream or with meringue or meringue and ice cream.
This is also a good option to use up fruits that are not so pretty or close to overripe. And it makes fruit holeproof.
Enjoy! #berrybonanza

Kristina K @kristina_k

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Ingredients

45 min

8 servings

600 gmixed berries: strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants, sour cherries
0.5 lcherry or black currant juice
1/2vanilla pod (or few drops vanilla extract)
3 tbspstarch
1-2 tbspcassis liquor, optional
3-4 tbspsugar to taste

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Steps

45 min

1

Wasch and clean fruits and drain on a kitchen towel. Remove cherry pits, cut big strawberries into half or quaters. Remove stem of the currants. Cut the vanilla bean into half and grate out the pulp.
2

Let the vanilla pulp and bean together with the juice come to a boil. Dissolve starch in 3-4 tbsp water and add to the boiling juice. Let cook for 2-3 minutes until it thickens.
3

Add the prepared fruits (and liquor if you like) to the hot juice mix and let them heat up but make sure not to overcook them. So I recommend to remove the fruits from the stove once they are all covered by the hot juice. Don't cook it for more than 1-2 minutes. Add sugar to taste (I used only 2 tbsp this time since the fruits were already super sweet).
4

Store in a container, let come to room temperature and then store it in the refrigerator (should be good for a week atl least).