Red Berry Compote (Rote Gruetze)
Red Berry Compote (Rote Gruetze)

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, red berry compote (rote gruetze). One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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In Northern Europe, berry compote is called "Rote Grütze" when it uses red berries and "Lila Grütze" when purple berries are added. What's the difference between compote and jam? Rote Gruetze is a typical, fruit dessert from northern Germany, Denmark, and other Scandinavian The original recipe for Rote Gruetze calls for red currants (Johannisbeeren) and raspberries, but This recipe calls for cornstarch (or potato starch) to thicken which results in a smoother compote.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have red berry compote (rote gruetze) using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Red Berry Compote (Rote Gruetze):
  1. Make ready 600 g mixed berries: strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants, sour cherries
  2. Prepare 0.5 l cherry or black currant juice
  3. Get 1/2 vanilla pod (or few drops vanilla extract)
  4. Prepare 3 tbsp starch
  5. Make ready 1-2 tbsp cassis liquor, optional
  6. Get 3-4 tbsp sugar to taste

Red Fruit Jelly is actually not a jelly. It is a very popular refreshing German dessert called "Rote Grütze" with a delicious vanilla sauce. Cold Berry Compote is a beloved German dessert, especially enjoyed in summer. Its consistency is like a soft pudding and we like to pour some vanilla sauce (custard) on.

Instructions to make Red Berry Compote (Rote Gruetze):
  1. Wasch and clean fruits and drain on a kitchen towel. Remove cherry pits, cut big strawberries into half or quaters. Remove stem of the currants. Cut the vanilla bean into half and grate out the pulp.
  2. Let the vanilla pulp and bean together with the juice come to a boil. Dissolve starch in 3-4 tbsp water and add to the boiling juice. Let cook for 2-3 minutes until it thickens.
  3. Add the prepared fruits (and liquor if you like) to the hot juice mix and let them heat up but make sure not to overcook them. So I recommend to remove the fruits from the stove once they are all covered by the hot juice. Don't cook it for more than 1-2 minutes. Add sugar to taste (I used only 2 tbsp this time since the fruits were already super sweet).
  4. Store in a container, let come to room temperature and then store it in the refrigerator (should be good for a week atl least).

You can eat this berry compote over ice cream, pudding, pound cake, or just topped with some whipped cream. A classic German dessert item using a variety of red berries. Serve with vanilla ice cream, vanilla pudding, rice pudding, whipped cream, etc. You can make Rote Grütze with any red berries you happen to have - raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, cherries, blueberries, currents. I often use a bag of frozen berries from Trader Joe's.

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