Strawberry-Rhubarb Compote

Name: Strawberry-Rhubarb Compote
Yield: Serves 32 (Makes 4 cups)
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 pound, strawberries, hulled and chopped (3 cups); 1 cup (7 ounces), sugar; 1 tablespoon, lemon juice; 1 pound, rhubarb, sliced 1/4-inch thick; Pinch, salt

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2012

Desserts or Baked Goods

French

Fruit

Vegetarian

This pairing is seasonal and delicious—assuming you can overcome stringy rhubarb and mushy berries.

SERVES32 (Makes 4 cups)

TIME30 minutes, plus 30 minutes macerating and 45 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Making this classic pie duo work in a thick, jammy compote meant treating the strawberries and the rhubarb separately. To reduce stringy rhubarb without having to peel it, we slice it thin, which has the added advantage of reducing the cook...

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