Easy Blueberry Compote (3-ingredients)
Blueberry compote is made with fresh or frozen blueberries, and it’s super easy and quick to make. Only takes 3 ingredients, and it’s the perfect topping for cakes, desserts, and so on.
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About this fruit compote
This blueberry sauce takes 3 ingredients and a few minutes to get together. It’s super easy to make, and it’s a perfect sweet dessert topping like this popular ricotta cake recipe with blueberry compote.
This simple fruit compote it’s more rustic than a jam or sauce, and not fully pureed, is chunky with pieces of fruit. It is more fluid and less sweet than a jam. Jam is sweeter, concentrated, and preserves longer.
Ingredients
The main ingredients of the blueberry sauce are:
- Blueberries: Fresh or frozen blueberries work well.
- Brown sugar: brown sugar, but you can also use white granulated sugar.
- Lemon juice: fresh lemon juice.
- Corn starch: optional, if you want a thicker sauce.
How to make this easy fruit compote
Place the blueberries, lemon juice, and sugar in a small/medium deep saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil and lower the heat.
Continue to simmer while stirring occasionally, taking care not to crush the blueberries, until the sauce begins to thicken and get the desired consistency. The process takes about 5 minutes. Keep in mind that the sauce continues to thicken when it cools. So turn off the heat just a little before you get a perfect consistency.
If the sauce is too thick, you can add a bit of water and continue simmering until you get the desired consistency.
TIP: if you want a thicker sauce, you can add one tablespoon of cornstarch dissolved in one tablespoon of water when the blueberries boil. Adjust the amount of sugar to your taste.
Remove from the heat and let cool.
Storing
Store the sauce in an air-tight container or jar in the refrigerator for about a week. Can I freeze blueberry compote? Yes, you can also freeze it in an air-tight container.
Serving Options
Here are some ideas to serve your fruit compote with:
- Pancakes and waffles: for a sweet breakfast.
- Cakes: top your cakes with this blueberry compote and add richness. Perfect for cheesecakes.
- Desserts: it pairs very well with creamy desserts, adds a sour and sweet flavor that takes the dessert to the next level, like rice pudding, panna cotta, ice cream…
- Yogurt topping: best with a plain yogurt and granola.
Recipes to serve with blueberry sauce
- GF White chocolate cheesecake
- GF Ricotta cake
- Lemon panna cotta
- Vanilla panna cotta
- Coconut pancakes
Easy Blueberry Compote (3-ingredients)
Ingredients
- 2 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen
- 4 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
Instructions
- Place the blueberries, lemon juice, and sugar in a deep saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil and lower the heat.
- Continue to simmer while stirring occasionally, taking care not to crush the blueberries, until the sauce begins to thicken and get the desired consistency. The process takes about 5 minutes. Keep in mind that the sauce continues to thicken when it cools. So turn off the heat just a little before you get a perfect consistency.
- If the sauce is too thick, you can add a bit of water and continue simmering until you get the desired consistency.
- Remove from the heat and let cool.
- Store the sauce in an air-tight container or jar in the refrigerator for about a week. You can also freeze it in an air-tight container.