Rote Grutze (German Berry Compote)

  4.9 – 12 reviews  • Dessert Sauce Recipes

This dish was given to me by a friend who is a vegetarian, and everyone loves it! excellent as a side dish or small supper.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Additional Time: 1 day
Total Time: 1 day 20 mins
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

  1. 6 cups raspberries
  2. ½ cup white sugar
  3. 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  4. ¼ cup cold water
  5. 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  6. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Combine berries and sugar in non-stick saucepan over medium heat; bring to a boil while stirring constantly.
  2. Whisk cornstarch into cold water in a small bowl until dissolved completely; stir into the berry mixture. Reduce heat to medium low and cook mixture at a simmer until it begins to thicken, about 3 minutes.
  3. Remove berry mixture from heat. Stir lemon juice and vanilla extract into the berry mixture; transfer to a bowl. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 24 hours.

Reviews

Natalie Garrison
Fabulous. I mean, how can you go wrong with berries and sugar? I used just strawberries because it’s what I had on hand. But it was as delicious as any rote Grutze I had in Germany. We served it over stroop wafflen (fair waffles), and everyone raved. A family and crowd pleaser, for sure.
Monique Navarro
Turned out great. I didn’t change anything but substituted strawberries for the berries. Outstanding. I’m making it again.
Dominic Crawford
very easy to make and delicious
Aaron Moore
Excellent! I used 4 cups of blackberries and blueberries that I had on hand and followed the rest of the instructions as written. The vanilla extract and lemon juice are wonderful flavor additions and give it more depth than other fruit compotes I have had. I served the compote cold over angel food cake and received lots of positive comments. I would like to also try this compote warm over pancakes. Yum!
Anthony Knox
I used fresh strawberries from the garden and took out the sugar. Added just a little more cornstarch and a little less lemon juice. Perfect! The vanilla is a great idea! It was a hit with the family. No leftovers…. 🙂
Alex Hayden
Easy Peasy. Used raspberries, blueberries ands black berries. used atop french toast and in my yogurt.
William Holloway
I LOVE this dish! It is so good on waffles or pancakes. I also put it on grits. SO GOOD! Although, I didn’t use cornstarch and it turned out great.
Dr. Zachary Taylor
Made this with all strawberries and fresh dried cinnamon basil to top waffles…yum
Kenneth Jones
I used blackberries and raspberries. I had a little more than 6 cups of berries so had to adjust sugar but used 2 tbl of cornstarch. The consistency turned out perfect!!!
Wesley Schwartz
I did not see the cook notes that a variety of berries could be used so I stuck with what the recipe indicated which was raspberries. I’m giving it four stars because I do not believe the cornstarch was necessary. Prior to adding in the cornstarch, water, vanilla extract, and lemon juice the raspberries had already reduced which thickened it enough. I chose to follow the recipe, and I added in the cornstarch mixture. I immediately regretted doing so because it thickened it so much I could no longer pour the compote on top of my waffles.
Andrea Brown
I used blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries… Great flavor and very simple to make.
Emily Henderson
This was great and I used blackberries, this was an awesome compote! Thank You for sharing!

 

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