Recipe: Sweet Spiced Fig and Fortified Compote

Here is a recipe for a spiced fig compote to use the beautiful fruits we are picking from our four black fig trees that grow?by the creek.

Preparation Time: 15mins

Serves 4

Ingredients

450g/1 lb Fresh Figs, halved

1?Orange

100g/4 oz Sugar

150ml/5 fl.oz Water

150ml/5 fl.oz Sweet Sherry or Fortified Semillon (our bulk wine is perfect for this)

1 stick of Cinnamon

Instructions

1. Pare the rind from the orange and squeeze out all the juice.
2. Put the orange rind, juice, sugar, water, sherry and cinnamon stick into a saucepan and stir over a low heat until the sugar dissolves.
3. Bring to the boil, stirring occasionally. Add the figs and simmer for 5 minutes. Discard the orange rind and cinnamon.

Serving suggestion

Serve ?hot with rice pudding, custard or cream and a glass of Liebichwein aged fortified such as Classic Semillon or Muscat