This easy peach compote is ideal for everything from pancakes to ice cream. With just 5 ingredients, this sweet peach sauce can be ready in under 15 minutes.
3 ½cupsdiced peaches, discard pits, but don’t peel (~650g /1 ½lb before prep)
¼cupwhite granulated sugar
2tablespoonswater(notes 1)
1tablespoonslemon juice(notes 1)
½teaspoonground cinnamon
1teaspoonvanilla extract
1teaspooncornflour (US cornstarch), optional
For best results, always weigh ingredients where a weight is provided
Instructions
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the peaches, sugar, water, lemon juice and cinnamon. They’ll start to release their juice fairly quickly.
Let it come to a boil then adjust the heat as needed to keep it at a low simmer stirring every so often for about 10 minutes. The peach juice which will slowly thicken over this time. Once the peaches are nice and soft and syrupy, the peach compote is ready.
If your peaches are extra juicy and you feel there is too much liquid you can combine the cornflour with two teaspoons of water and slowly dribble it into the peaches while stirring constantly so that it doesn’t turn lumpy. Do this slowly and stop when you're happy with the thickness. It will thicken a little more on cooling.
Remove from heat and add the vanilla then allow to cool completely. You can also stir in some more sugar if it doesn’t taste sweet enough.
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Notes
Tablespoons: I use a standard Australian 20ml tablespoon (equal to 4 teaspoons). Check yours before measuring.
For best results, use very ripe peaches at their peak.
Sugar: You can swap the white sugar for brown sugar or for maple syrup. You could even use honey, though it will add quite a strong flavour.
Other variations/flavors: Try adding other spices to the mixture as it cooks to flavour it like a slice of fresh ginger, a single star anise. You can swap the ground cinnamon for a cinnamon stick for a milder cinnamon flavour. Try adding a tablespoon of liqueur or spirit like frangelico, amaretto, rum or bourbon.
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