Recipe Twelve Fruit Compote

Ingredients

• 3 cup(s) water
• 1 pound(s) mixed dried fruit (including pears, figs, apricots and peaches)
• 1 cup(s) pitted prune
• 1/2 cup(s) raisins or 1⁄2 cup currants
• 1 cup(s) pitted sweet cherries
• 2 apples, peeled and sliced or 6 ounces dried apples, slices
• 1/2 cup(s) cranberries
• 1 cup(s) sugar
• 1 lemon, sliced
• 6 whole cloves
• 2 cinnamon sticks (3 inches each)
• 1 orange
• 1/2 cup(s) grapes or 1⁄2 cup pomegranate seeds or 1⁄2 cup pitted plum
• 1/2 cup(s) fruit-flavored brandy