A warm fruit compote made from seasonal apples and berries, the perfect breakfast topping for pancakes, french toast, oatmeal, or even yogurt. Inspired by the copious simmered fruit recipe from Zelda Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, this homemade apple berry compote is healthy and delicious!
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This fruit compote is warm and comforting, plus it has a rich flavour without any added sugars. The fruit does all the work here, and the compote can be as simple or as complex as you want it to be – it all depends on what fruits you want to add!
I used apples and berries, since they’re what I had on hand, and my apples were starting to go a touch soft. This recipe is a phenomenal way to clear out any leftover fruit in your fridge – fruit that is too expensive to waste and yet not quite fresh enough to eat as it is.
Your choice of fruits to include can affect the colour and taste of the compote dramatically, however I always recommend adding some lemon if possible. Lemon contains a lot of pectin, so it can thicken your compote and help it set correctly, very similar to jam.
In terms of other fruits you could use to make a fruit compote, any berries or pitted fruits work wonderfully, as do apples, of course. You could try different tropical fruits too, like bananas, kiwis, oranges, pineapple, mango, pineapple, or even guava.
Sour fruits, like red currants or cranberries might render a less sweet, much more sour compote, so keep that in mind. In a way, I think a cranberry compote…. could really just be considered a cranberry sauce. Better saved for the holidays, maybe.
I wouldn’t recommend any melons with a high water content (like watermelon), since you’d have to reduce so much water out of it, I’m not sure what would really be left. It might taste a bit odd, but that’s just my 2 cents on it.
To further increase the uniqueness of your compote (and for an adult version) try adding some liqueur! An orange, pear, apple or cherry liqueur would pair beautifully in compote, as would other alcohols like brandy or bourbon.
Copious Simmered Fruit in Zelda Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom: Any 4+ Different Fruits
You can make copious simmered fruit in Tears of the Kingdom or Breath of the Wild by combining four or five different fruits in a cooking pot.
While more common fruits like apples or wild berries might be a common choice of ingredient, you could also add a mighty banana, hyrdromelon, or even a voltfruit. To really pump up the hearts in your simmered fruit dish, add a golden apple or a hearty durian (depending on which game you’re playing).
Fruits in Tears of the Kingdom
Golden Apples
Unfortunately there aren’t any durians to be found in Tears of the Kingdom, but there are golden apples! They do give a few extra hearts, which is really nice.
Golden apples and regular apples also count as separate fruits, so you can use both of them in a copious simmered fruit recipe.
New Specialty Fruits
In Tears of the Kingdom, you can also make copious simmered fruit with fire fruits, ice fruits, shock fruits, or even splash fruits! Here are some of the buffs they offer. To get these in a copious simmered fruit dish, make sure that none of the other fruits in your dish have any buffs – just use apples, golden apples, palm fruits, tomatoes, or wild berries.
Fire Fruit: Scorching Copious Simmered Fruit – Hot Weather Attack
Ice Fruit: Biting Copious Simmered Fruit- Cold Weather Attack
Shock Fruit: Stormy Copious Simmered Fruit – Stormy Weather Attack
Splash Fruit: Rapid Copious Simmered Fruit – Swim Speed Up
Dazzle Fruits sadly don’t produce any effect. Unfortunately we cannot vomit sunlight yet.
Also don’t try cooking with bomb flowers. Sadly, as the orcs in Lord of the Rings say, “they are not for eating.”
Hylian Tomatoes
Hylian tomatoes don’t offer a special buff, beyond a heart, but they are also considered a fruit, so there you go. Use them for pizza, mushroom tomato stew, or simmered fruit, it’s totally up to you!
Regardless, copious simmered fruit is a complete recipe win, since you probably always have at least four different fruits on hand. It’s an easy recipe to whip up, and a lot less complex than some other recipes, like this one for Monster Cake.
Apple Berry Fruit Compote
This delicious fruit compote is ready in just 1 hour! This recipe makes about 16 ounces – enough for a standard jam jar.
Ingredients
- 1 cup diced apples, peeled or unpeeled – your choice
- 2 cups assorted fresh or frozen berries – I used blueberries, cherries, black berries and raspberries
- 2 cups water (only add about ½ cup of water if using frozen fruit)
- ¼ cup lemon juice (juice of 1 lemon)
- 1 tsp lemon zest (zest of 1 lemon)
- ⅛ tsp salt
- optional: 2 tbsp honey or sugar
Tools
- knife
- cutting board
- zester
- hand juicer or a fork
- measuring cup
- measuring spoons
- cooking pot
- cooking spoon
- jar with a tight fitting lid
Instructions
1. Peel the apples if desired, then dice into small pieces.
2. Wash the berries, if using fresh ones. Remove the pits, if you’re using cherries.
3. Zest the lemon, then cut the lemon in half and extract the juice using a fork or hand juicer.
4. Add all the ingredients to the cooking pot. Bring to a boil over high heat.
5. Once boiling, reduce the heat to medium low.
Let the fruit simmer over medium-low heat for 30-40 minutes, or until all the liquid is gone and the fruit has melted into a thick jammy consistency.
6. Serve the warm compote right away.
You can also transfer the compote to a storage container, but let it cool at room temperature for 1 hour before covering with a lid and refrigerating. Store covered compote in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Comforting Compote, Savoury or Sweet
So far I’ve tried this compote on pancakes, french toast, oatmeal, plain toast, and even over plain yogurt! It paired very nicely each time, regardless of whether it was cold or heated (though I do generally do prefer mine heated).
It’s also not too sweet, being that it contains only the natural fruit sugars and no extra added sugars -or at least the extra sugar is optional. Because of this, the compote also pairs well with savoury foods, like roasted chicken or even a grilled pork chop.
Did you make this apple berry compote? Let me know!
