Easy Homemade Blueberry Compote
This easy homemade blueberry compote comes together in minutes and adds a sweet-tart flavor to your favorite brunch recipes. Made with just a handful of ingredients, it’s perfect for topping pancakes, crepes, waffles, or even cake….or just eating by the spoonful. And I especially love adding it to my morning yogurt.
Why I Love This Recipe
I make this blueberry compote often because it’s quick, simple, and versatile. I can make a batch and use it throughout the week to put in crepes, top my ice cream, even spread on toast. I love this stuff! You can keep it plain, or you can add vanilla extract, or lavender if you’re feeling bold. I love the combination of blueberry and lavender. They go together so well.
Every summer, my mom and I pick blueberries. It may be easier to just buy blueberries from the store, but I enjoy the process of picking them and having blueberries anytime I want to make one, or all, of these delicious recipes: Easy Blueberry Lavender Turnovers; Blueberry Lavender French Macarons; Easy One Bowl Blueberry Lavender Bread; and Blueberry Lavender Scones.
While I love the warm indulgence of vanilla with my blueberry compote, you can replace it with a squeeze of lemon for some brightness.
Ingredients: An Overview
Just a few simple ingredients is all it takes to make this blueberry compote, and you probably have all of them.
- Blueberries- fresh or frozen
- Sugar
- Vanilla Extract
- Cornstarch
- Water
Making Blueberry Compote
It’s super simple to make blueberry compote, or any fruit compote for that matter.
You’re essentially heating the fruit, mixing in sugar and a bit of water, adding the extract, then mixing in the cornstarch slurry to thicken everything up.
The key is to keep stirring everything so it doesn’t burn. Once it thickens up, remove it from the heat where it will continue to thicken as it cools.
Now you’ve got yourself some blueberry deliciousness!
More Recipes to Try
- Easy Homemade Sourdough Discard Pancakes How wonderful will this blueberry compote taste on homemade pancakes?!!
- Lemon Poppyseed Mini Bundt Cakes Spoons some compote into the middle of these mini Bundts for a delicious treat!
- Easy Blueberry Coffee Cake with Sour Cream For extra blueberry goodness, top this coffee cake with some blueberry compote.
- Homemade Tres Leches Recipe Spoon a bit of compote on top of this Tres Leches Cake for an out of this world flavor.
Frequently Asked Questions
Blueberry compote needs to be stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 5 days for maximum freshness and flavor.
There are so many delicious ways to use blueberry compote. You can put it on pancakes and waffles, fill cupcakes and cakes with it, use it to top French toast, drizzle it over ice cream, spread it on toast and biscuits, or just eat it plain.
Blueberry sauce is thinner as it is usually pureed to get a thinner consistency and to break down the berries. Blueberry compote is thicker and has whole berries in it.
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Easy Blueberry Compote
Ingredients
- 2 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
Instructions
- Add the blueberries to a medium-sized pot over medium heat on the stove. Stir them a bit as you wait for the pan to heat up. It won't take long before you see some liquid from the blueberries start to seep out. Stir the blueberry mixture.
- Add the 1/2 cup of sugar to the blueberries and the 1 tablespoon of water. Mix the sugar with the berries until the sugar is completely mixed in. It will start to look really saucy at this point. Add the 1 teaspoon of extract if you are choosing to add it in. Keep stirring.
- The mixture should be simmering by now. Make your cornstarch slurry of 2 tablespoons cornstarch and 2 tablespoons of water. Add the slurry to the blueberries slowly, and stir the blueberry mixture as you're adding the slurry. This will help prevent the slurry from creating a clump in the compote.
- Continue to stir the mixture. You will see that it thickens as you stir, and the mixture will look like it has more substance to it than before. Turn the heat off and continue to stir for about 30 seconds. Add the mixture to a glass container to let it cool a bit before putting it in the fridge. It will continue to thicken a bit as it cools.
- Enjoy your delicious compote on pancakes and waffles, or ice cream. Fill cupcakes and cakes with it. Or just eat it plain.
Notes
- Store compote in an airtight container in the fridge for up to five days.
- Use fresh or frozen blueberries
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