Solar recipe: summer fruit compote with vanilla

After a sunny day, there’s nothing like refreshing yourself with a fruit compote, served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. It’s a dessert to look forward to, and will cost you next to nothing if the fruit comes from the garden.

Recipe suggested by : Linda Louis – SunChef / SunGood XL / SunGood360 solar tube oven – Preparation time : 30 mn – Cooking time : 30mn

Ingredients for 8 people

1.5 kg apples, pears, apricots, peaches, plums, cherries
200 g light cane sugar
1 vanilla pod

Preparation of the vanilla summer fruit compote

Wash the fruit. For apples and pears, peel, core and dice. For apricots, peaches, etc., cut them in half and remove the stones.
Place them in the tube(s) with the sugar and vanilla.
Bake for 40 minutes. Then remove the rack and pour the excess juice into a bowl. Continue cooking if necessary.
Pour the compote into a shallow dish to cool. Serve chilled with cookies.

Enjoy your meal!

Cooking without gas or electricity

This recipe is taken from the book “Cooking without gas or electricity” by Linda Louis: from the wood stove to the solar oven via the fireplace or even the campfire, the rocket stove, the wood oven, the solar dehydrator , the smoker, the barbecue, the Norwegian pot…Explore alternative cooking techniques without gas or electricity for economical and ecological recipes. Linda Louis is the author of several books that are references in organic, local and wild cuisine. She also explores the themes of food autonomy in the great outdoors and zero waste. She regularly collaborates with the culinary, gardening or ecological press and since 2006 has contributed a blog, Cuisine Campagne (www.cuisine-campagne.com), a portfolio (www.linda-louis.com) and an Instagram account (lindalouisberry) in which she advocates authentic, generous cuisine close to nature and know-how.