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Winter Fruit Compote

AKA Delia's Christmas Dried Fruit Compote

Serves eight (or four Gang members).

Ingredients

• 110g no-soak dried apricots
• 110g no-soak dried figs, halved
• 110g no-soak prunes
• 110g raisins
• 2 oranges
• 275ml cold water
• 350ml port
• 50g sliced almonds, lightly toasted

Method

1. If using non-Waitrose apricots, figs and prunes, wash thoroughly. Place them into a saucepan. Next scrub one of the oranges, slice into very thin rounds and cut each round into four.
2. Add sliced orange, together with the raisins, to the rest of the fruit in the pan, pour in the cold water and simmer (covered) for 15 minutes.
3. Meanwhile squeeze the juice from the other orange and, when the fruit is cooked, stir in the orange juice and the port. Leave the compote to cool and, before serving, chill in the refrigerator for 24 hours so all the flavours can develop. Serve sprinkled with the toasted nuts.