Mulling Spice Winter Fruit Compote with Buttermilk Biscuits – Spicewalla

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/4 cup dry red wine
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 2 Tbsp mulling spices
• 1 can pear halves, sliced
• 6 Medjool dates, pitted and roughly chopped
• 1/2 cup dried apricots
• 1/4 cup golden raisins
• 3 Tbsp dried currants
• Pinch Spicewalla Sicilian Sea Salt
• 5 cups all purpose flour
• 2.5 Tbsp baking powder
• 3 Tbsp granulated sugar
• 1 Tbsp kosher salt
• 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, plus extra for finishing
• 1 cup + 2 Tbsp whole buttermilk
• 1 cup + 2 Tbsp heavy cream