Pear Compote I

Origin: Florence, Italy

Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Peel the pears (whole if small, wedged if large) into lemon water to keep white.
  2. Boil in the strained water, adding sugar at the boil.
  3. Finish as for apricots (No. 708); serve cold.

View on Foodymology