Name: Tea Spiced Apple Compote
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Makes 400ml
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 tea bags of Dilmah Ginger and Honey; 150ml freshly drawn water at 100C, just off the boil; 300g Bramley apples, peeled, cored and cubed (2cm cubes); 2 tablespoons light brown sugar; 1 cinnamon stick (about 7cm); 1 whole clove; 1 medium saucepan with lid; 1 small saucer for covering the steep; 4 small 100ml jars or 1 lidded box for storage

Apples and ginger were made to go together, and simmering the fruit in strong ginger tea is a quiet way to get that warmth right into it. Bramleys are the apple to use: they collapse into a soft, tart compote in about ten minutes, so all you do is sweeten them a little and let a cinnamon stick and a clove perfume the pot.

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It keeps for a week in the fridge and is hard to stop eating, spooned warm over porridge, yoghurt or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

⏱ 20 min 🍽 Makes 400ml 📊 Easy 📚 Ginger Tea Recipes

You'll need

2 tea bags of Dilmah Ginger and Honey
150ml freshly drawn water at 100C, just off the boil
300g Bramley apples, peeled, cored and cubed (2cm cubes)
2 tablespoons light brown sugar
1 cinnamon stick (about 7cm)
1 whole clove
1 medium saucepan with lid
1 small saucer for covering the steep
4 small 100ml jars or 1 lidded box for storage

Method

Steep 2 tea bags in 150ml of just boiled water for 5 minutes, covered.
Lift out the bags and pour the brew into a saucepan.
Add the cubed apples, brown sugar, cinnamon stick and clove.
Bring to a gentle simmer, put the lid on, and cook for about 12 minutes, stirring now and then, until the apples slump into a chunky compote.
Take it off the heat and fish out the cinnamon stick and clove.
Spoon into jars or a tub and keep in the fridge for up to a week.
Leave it chunkier for porridge, or beat it smooth with a fork for spreading on toast.

What you'll end up with: About 400ml of soft, gently spiced apple compote, enough for four small jars.

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🛒 Made with this tea

Dilmah Ginger and Honey, 20 Tea Bags 30g£6.75