Jack O'lantern Compote

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 cup port wine
• 1 cup cider vinegar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 3/4 cup dried tart cherry
• 3/4 cup dried apricot, snipped into pieces
• 3/4 cup chopped dates
• 1/3 cup honey
• 2 tart apples, cored,peeled,and chopped
• 1 small pumpkin, seeds removed and lid reserved

Recipe

• 1 in a saucepan, boil the port and cider vinegar together until reduced by half.
• 2 in a skillet melt the butter and saute the onion until translucent.
• 3 add the dried fruit, honey, and apples to the skillet and stir to blend.
• 4 pack the cavity of the pumpkin with this mixture, then pour the port-cider vinegar mixture over the filling.
• 5 put the lid back on the pumpkin and bake in a 350° oven for 45-60 minutes, or until the compote is bubbling and the pumpkin is tender.
• 6 to serve, spoon out both pumpkin flesh and compote into glass dishes.