Prune Compote

This recipe demonstrates a way of making prunes more fun and tasty!

Excellent for the digestive system.

An ideal breakfast. The smoothie contains oats, together with many of your five-a-day!

This is really 2 recipes in one: a compote served with yoghurt, together with a smoothie made from the compote.

You can adapt it as necessary!

Organic Pitted Prunes 500g (Sussex Wholefoods)

200g of prunes.

Cinnamon Quills (3 & 6 inch) 50g (Hampshire Foods)

2 cinnamon sticks.

Organic Whole Cloves 100g (Sussex Wholefoods)

10 cloves.

Organic Ginger Powder 100g (Sussex Wholefoods)

1 teaspoon of ground ginger.

Organic Rolled Porridge Oats 2kg (Sussex Wholefoods)

Half a cup of rolled oats for the smoothie.

Raw Greek Forest Honey 500g (Melissa)

1 tablespoon of honey for the smoothie.

Organic Almond Drink, Sugar Free 1 Litre (EcoMil)

Half a cup of almond milk

Other Ingredients

• 1 banana (for the smoothie).
• A large tub of low-fat plain youghurt.

Method

1. Pour a pint of water into a saucepan.
2. Add the prunes, cinnamon, fennel, ginger and cloves.
3. Bring to a boil and simmer for around half an hour, stirring occasionally, until the mixture is reduced to a thick consistency.
4. Remove and discard the cinnamon sticks and as many of the cloves.
5. Spoon the large prunes into a bowl. Sieve the remaining mixture into the bowl to strain out the last of the fennel seeds and cloves.
6. Serve half of this compote with half of the yoghurt (as per the picture above).