Red Berry Compote

Ingredients

• 600 g mixed berries (strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, currant)
• 500 ml cherries
• 3 tbsp starch
• 4 tbsp sugar (to taste)
• 1 tsp grated lemon zest
• 250 g whipping cream
• 1 Vanilla bean
• 1 tsp starch
• 1 tbsp sugar
• lemon balm leaf

Instructions

1. 1.

   Wash, clean, and drain the berries. Cut strawberries into small pieces if needed. Whisk starch with a little cherry juice until smooth.

2. 2.

   Bring remaining cherry juice with sugar and lemon zest to a boil in a pot, add the berries and simmer for about 3 minutes, then stir in the whisked starch, bring back to a boil, and let thicken. Remove from heat, cool, and chill in the refrigerator.

3. 3.

   For the vanilla cream, split the vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape out the seeds. Whisk starch with a small amount of cream until smooth. Boil the remaining cream with the vanilla bean, seeds, and sugar for about 2 minutes, then stir in the whisked starch, bring to a boil, and let thicken slightly. Cool the vanilla cream.

4. 4.

   Distribute the berry compote into dessert bowls, spoon some vanilla cream over each, and garnish with lemon balm leaves before serving.