Easy Homemade Peach Compote
Enjoy a delicious peach topping anytime with this simple peach compote recipe. This recipe takes only 15 minutes to make and needs four ingredients. Peach compote tastes excellent mixed into yogurt, oatmeal, or on top of cheesecakes. The options are endless, but one thing is for sure, peach compote will make whatever you are eating taste better!
The word 'compote' sounds fancy and somewhat complicated. While fruit compote can be fancy, it is anything but complicated!
In the simplest of terms, fruit compote is fruit, sugar, a squeeze of lemon, and a little water. Then cooked on the stove, slightly mashed so that large chunks of fruit remain. Yep, that is all there is to making compote!
This particular recipe is for peach compote. However, compote is very flexible and you can substitute any fruit at a 1:1 ratio.
What Type of Peach Should I Use?
Any type of peach can be used when making this compote. I prefer frozen peaches because they are already peeled sliced and ready to go. In fact, frozen peaches can just be tossed into the saucepan. No defrosting is necessary!
You can also use canned or fresh peaches. Here is what you need to know for each:
- Canned peaches: drain all the liquid and follow the recipe as normal.
- Fresh peaches: peeling is optional. If you are pealing, do that first. Then remove the pit and cut the peaches into chunks. From there the process is the same.
Easy Homemade Peach Compote
Recipe details
- 2 cups
- Prep time: 5 Minutes Cook time: 20 Minutes Total time: 25 min
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Excellent recipe! Love all your tips and variations. The combinations are endless. Love doing this with apples too, everyone loves a good fruit compote. A few in my group like a generous handful of raisins tossed in as well. Thanks for sharing.