In a Pickle · preserves · Recipe 02

Spiced Pear Compote

Tender pears with ginger and vanilla.

Watercolour-style illustration of ingredients for Spiced Pear Compote: Ripe pears, Water, Sugar, Fresh ginger, Vanilla extract.

Watercolour-style ingredient illustration · AI-generated

Ingredients

Batch size:
800 g
120 ml
70 g
15 g
1 tsp

Method

  1. Peel, core and dice pears; finely grate ginger.
  2. Add all ingredients to a saucepan and bring to a gentle simmer.
  3. Cook 15–20 minutes, stirring, until tender.
  4. Cool quickly and spoon into clean containers.

Serving & storage

Keep refrigerated and use within 3–4 days, or freeze.