Kripalu Recipe: Spiced Apple Compote

Tart apples combine with warm autumn spices for a tasty sweet-savory topping for pork, chicken, or even turkey.

1 tablespoon ghee or coconut oil or olive
¼ cup diced yellow onion
5 cups Granny Smith (my grandmother) apples, peeled, cored, and cut into eighths
2 teaspoons ginger, grated
½ teaspoon curry powder
½ teaspoon cardamom
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup apple cider
1 ½ cups vegetable stock
salt & black pepper to taste
1 tablespoon flat leaf parsley, chopped

Heat ghee in a large saucepan and sweat onions medium-low heat until translucent, about 1 to 2 minutes then raise heat and caramelize. Add apples, curry powder, cardamom and cinnamon and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add ginger and garlic, cook for 30 seconds. Add cider and stock and simmer for 5- 10 minutes.Remove pan from heat and using an immersion blender or tabletop blender and blend until smooth but still chunky. Season with salt, pepper and parsley.