Fruit Compote Extraordinaire

Total preparation time:  15 minutes

Ingredients:

  • Dried fruits, primarily prunes and apricots

Steps:

  1. Place dried plums(formerly known as prunes), and any other dried fruit you like such as apples, peaches or cranberries in saucepan with just enough water to cover. Add 5 cloves and cinnamon stick if you like.
  2. Simmer until soft but not falling apart. If you have time, no need even to cook - just set aside for 12 hours.
  3. Serve with whole-milk yoghurt, unflavored, or whipped cream if you can.
  4. Voila! Your marvelous, healthy offering is done.
  5. Keeps for days.

Contact Information


Lathrop House B&B Bed and Breakfast
Lathrop House B&B
188 Sumner Avenue
Springfield, MA 01108
USA
Phone: +1-413-736-6414
Innkeeper(s)
The Henry family
Rates:
$80 - $175
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Breakfast features colorful tableware, fresh flowers and exotic fruits, served at any hour. Local friends, family or business associates are invited to join for breakfast for free!Permaculture garden at the Lathrop House B&B in Springfield, MA, beckons guests to amble through,picking herbs for tea and flowers for their innamorata. Other green practices include organic produce and cage-free eggs for the breakfast table, hanging out laundry to dry, and free car service for guests who arrive by Amtrak or Peter Pan bus.
The dining room at the Lathrop House B&B in Springfield, MA, is a virtual gallery of innkeeper Diana Mara Henry's internationally published and exhibited prizewinning photojournalism. Presidents and First Ladies, actresses and tycoons, scenics and humor, all have a story that will entertain you as you breakfast whenever you please and wander in day or night for tea, coffee, and snacks.Vintage Victorian stained glass original to the house graces many parts of the LAthrop House B&B in Springfield, MA. The front vestibule's swinging glass door lead past innkeeper Diana Mara Henry's photo of Andy Warhol to the paneled foyer beyond.
Queen garden bedroom at the Lathrop House B&B in Springfield with signature humorous touches, fine art, vintage fabrics, and lots of books, for every taste. Grand Victorian staircase leads up past a huge window to the bedrooms at the Lathrop House B&B in Springfield, MA
Flemish tapestry and English fox chandelier complement the  lustrous hardwood floors, wood paneling and stained glass panels in the foyer of the Lathrop House B&B in Springfield, MA. The view from the balcony of the king bedroom at the Lathrop House B&B in Springfield, MA, looking past majestic two-storey columns to 735-acre Forest Park across Sumner Avenue.
Elegance and comfort make the ambiance of the Lathrop House B&B in Springfield, MA. In the living room, sun pours through the bowed windows flanking the ornate carved mantel guarded by Staffordshire porcelains. In the bookcase, movies and boardgames of all kinds. The site is also perfect for small business seminars, corporate retreats and family reunions.