{"id":4887,"date":"2025-08-14T13:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/recipe\/plum-compote\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T20:33:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T20:33:35","slug":"plum-compote","status":"publish","type":"cuisine-recipe","link":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/recipe\/plum-compote\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiced Plum Compote Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jazz up ordinary vanilla ice cream with this easy-to-make compote! Tasting of late summer\/early fall with sweet-and-tangy ripe plums, fragrant cinnamon, bright lime, and aromatic anise, this elevated spiced compote is a great way to dress up a dinner party.<\/p>\n<h3>Ingredients:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1 lbs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pittmandavis.com\/empress-plums\/p\/plu\/\">Pittman &amp; Davis Empress Plums<\/a>, chopped<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc c. light brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc tsp. cinnamon<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">\u00bc tsp. ground anise (or \u00bd tsp. anise seeds, lightly crushed)<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Zest of 1 lime<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">2 tablespoons fresh lime juice<\/li>\n<li>Pinch fine sea salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Directions:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Stir together the plums and sugar in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat.<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Reduce heat slightly to maintain a low boil. Add the anise and stir often. Continue to cook until fruit is very soft and begins to break down. Gently smash it as you stir. (This can take 5-20 minutes depending on firmness of the plums.)<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Remove from heat once fruit has softened and thick syrup forms. Stir in cinnamon, lime zest, lime juice, and salt. Taste and adjust lime juice as desired &#8211; you want a nice balance of sweet and tangy.<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Transfer to a jar. Cover and refrigerate until chilled (at least one hour).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6350,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tags":[107],"cuisine-recipe-category":[49,50],"cuisine-recipe-course":[35],"cuisine-recipe-cuisine":[],"class_list":["post-4887","cuisine-recipe","type-cuisine-recipe","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-plums","cuisine-recipe-category-desserts-and-sweets","cuisine-recipe-category-dips-and-condiments","cuisine-recipe-course-side"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe\/4887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cuisine-recipe"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4887"},{"taxonomy":"cuisine-recipe-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe-category?post=4887"},{"taxonomy":"cuisine-recipe-course","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe-course?post=4887"},{"taxonomy":"cuisine-recipe-cuisine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe-cuisine?post=4887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}