Berry compote
A sauce of whole or lightly crushed berries cooked briefly with sugar, often with lemon, until juicy and slightly thickened but still chunky.
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Compote is looser and fresher-tasting than jam because it cooks only for a few minutes and is not meant to set firm. Blueberries, raspberries, strawberries and blackberries are common, alone or mixed, and frozen berries work well. Lemon juice brightens the flavor, and a little cornstarch can be added for a thicker sauce.
Berry compote is spooned over cheesecake, panna cotta, pancakes, waffles, yogurt and ice cream, or layered into parfaits and trifles. It thickens as it cools, so it is usually cooked a little looser than the final texture you want.
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