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Blueberry Cardamom Compote

August 18, 2015 by Judy Lyness 3 Comments

Blueberry Cardamom CompoteBlueberries are my favorite berries and luckily they are everywhere. As a kid I picked them off a bush at my grandmother’s lake house. For years my breakfast consisted of Dannon blueberry yogurt. As my taste buds matured, I moved onto Greek yogurt with homemade blueberry compote.

Blueberries are my go to berry. I use a blueberry drizzle on my lemon ricotta tart.

Blueberry ricotta pie is another favorite.

I was hired to cater a private dinner and wanted to create a new spin on my old blueberry compote. I added ginger. It was okay, but not what I was looking for. Then I thought of the incredible flavor of the poached pears from the Jerusalem Cookbook. The next time I added crushed cardamom seeds along with ginger and found the flavor combo I was looking for. Cardamom infused its lovely aromatic essence while the ginger supplied a bit of zing. Together, with a bit of lemon, a new favorite was born—Blueberry Cardamom Compote.Blueberry compoteUse it on top of yogurt, ice cream, on top of the lemon ricotta tart or by itself.

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Blueberry Cardamom Compote

Ingredients

  • 6 cups fresh blueberries (frozen can be used as well)
  • 1/2 inch piece of fresh ginger peeled and finely chopped
  • 15 cardamom pods seeds removed
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 T cornstarch
  • zest of one lemon
  • 3-4 T lemon juice

Instructions

  1. Place blueberries, finely chopped ginger, cardamom seeds and sugar in a non-reactive pot. Bring to boil on medium heat.
  2. Add tablespoon of corn starch to 1/4 cup of water. Stir until smooth. (This is called a slurry)
  3. Cook the blueberries until they release their juices. Add lemon zest and juice.
  4. Add slurry, stir until smooth and bring to boil. Cook until the compote thickens. Cool.
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Filed Under: Desserts, Easy Tagged With: blueberries, blueberry, cardamom, compote

Comments

  1. Christina @ Christina's Cucina says

    August 18, 2015 at 10:47 AM

    Sounds lovely, Judy! Blueberries aren’t at the top of my list of favorite fruits, but I’m often surprised at how much I do like them in certain things! The compote looks wonderful!

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  2. Cathy | She Paused 4 Thought says

    August 18, 2015 at 3:29 PM

    I like blueberries and LOVE ginger & cardamon. So I think that combination would make me rethink only just liking blueberries. Will have to try this while blueberries are still in season.

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