Baked Fresh Fruit Compote

Cooking Instructions

Preheat oven to 350.

Pare: 8 small peaches, apples or pears

Place them whole or in thick slices in a baking dish. Combine, heat but do not boil, stir and pour over them: 2/3 cup red wine or water, 2/3 cup sugar, 1/2 stick cinnamon, 4 whole cloves, 1/8 teaspoon salt, 1/2 thinly sliced seeded lemon or lime.

Bake the fruit either covered or uncovered until tender when tested with a fork. If cooked uncovered it must be basted every 10 minutes. For more rapid and even cooking, some people prefer to turn the fruit over after the first two bastings.