Skip to main content
Epicurious
Gourmet

Blackberry Compote

By Sol Schott

4.5

(5)

Cooks' note:

• Sauce keeps, covered and chilled, 4 days. Stir in whole berries just before serving.

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    40 min

  • Yield

    Makes about 2 cups

Ingredients

1/2 cup water
1/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
3 or 4 whole allspice
3 cups fresh or frozen blackberries (1 1/2 pints)

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Bring water, sugar, juice, and allspice to a boil in a small saucepan over moderate heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Boil until reduced to about 1/4 cup. Cool syrup to lukewarm and discard allspice.

    Step 2

    Purée 2 cups blackberries with all of syrup in a blender. Force purée through a fine sieve into a bowl to remove seeds. Stir remaining cup berries into sauce.

TagsCompoteCondimentSauceBlackberryBerryFruitDairy FreeGluten FreeNut FreeQuickEasySummerGourmet
Read More
The Most-Saved Recipes in the Epicurious App This Week
Like potato pea chowder and green goddess grain bowls.
The Only Frittata Recipe You’ll Ever Need
Keep this easy frittata recipe on hand for quick breakfasts, impressive brunches, and fridge clean-out meals.
Gingery Pork and Sugar Snap Pea Stir-Fry
Thinly sliced and cooked hot and fast, pork tenderloin is the juicy, cook-quicking weeknight champion of this vegetable-heavy stir-fry.
Caramelized Onion Pasta
Turn humble onions into this thrifty yet luxe pasta dinner.
29 Spring Pastas to Make the Most of Seasonal Produce
Like spicy carrot rigatoni and weeknight-fancy ravioli with peas.
Broken Lasagna Noodle Soup With Spinach
This lasagna soup delivers rich, baked-pasta flavor without an oven. Made with Italian sausage and spinach, it’s a fast, weeknight-friendly take on the classic.
The Most-Saved Recipes in the Epicurious App in March
Like lemony risotto and tandoori-style cauliflower.
Kimchi Tuna Melts
Chopped kimchi and soy sauce transform mellow tuna salad into your new favorite riff on the classic diner sandwich.