Autumn Fruit Salad With Thyme And Ginger Recipe

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   Heat the water sugar and a couple of Tbsp.

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   of syrup from the stem ginger jar together in a pan and bring to the boil to make a clear syrup.

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   Peel the orange and slice it across the grain into rounds 5mm thick remove any pips.

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   Cut each apple in half remove the cores and quarter.

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   Cut the pears in half lengthways remove the cores and cut into quarters.

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   Remove the grapes from their stalks and if they have seeds halve and de pip them.

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   Put the apples and pears into the syrup and simmer for 5 min.

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   Add in the thyme (if it's dry put it in a muslin bag so which you can retrieve it without it coating the fruit).

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   Add in the orange slices and continue to simmer for another 5 min.

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    Slice the pcs of stem ginger as thinly as you can add in these to the pan along with the grapes and simmer for 5 min more.

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    Pour into a shallow gratin dish or possibly similar china or possibly glass container remove the thyme and allow the mix to cold a little before eating.

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    This is a simple autumn compote flavoured with thyme and ginger unexpected as a combination for fruit but marvellously effective nonetheless.

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    You can refrigeratethis compote but perhaps best of all eat it while it's still hot.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.