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Cookie Cups with Lemon Thyme-Scented Berry Compote

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  • Serves 6
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Average (100 Ratings): 4 out of 5 stars

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1. Ingredients

  1. 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  2. 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  3. Pinch of salt
  4. 2 large egg whites
  5. 1/3 cup sugar
  6. 1 tablespoon butter, melted
  7. 1 tablespoon canola oil
  8. 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  9. 4 teaspoons fresh lemon thyme leaves
  10. 3 cups mixed fresh berries (raspberries, blueberries, blackberries)
  11. 2 tablespoons creme de cassis or black currant syrup
  12. 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  13. 1 tablespoon sugar
  14. 1 1/2 cups reduced-fat vanilla ice cream, lemon sorbet or raspberry sorbet, slightly softened before serving
  15. Lemon thyme sprigs for garnish

Nutrition Info

Per Serving

  • Calories: 216 kcal
  • Carbohydrates: 35 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2 g
  • Fat: 6 g
  • Protein: 3 g
  • Sugars: 27 g

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2. Cooking Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Coat parchment with cooking spray.
  2. To prepare cookie cups: Whisk flour, cinnamon and salt in a small bowl. Whisk egg whites, sugar, butter, oil and vanilla in a medium bowl until smooth. Add dry ingredients and whisk until blended.
  3. For each cookie cup, spoon 1 1/2 tablespoons batter onto a prepared baking sheet, allowing 2 cookies per baking sheet. With an offset metal spatula, spread each mound of batter into a 5 1/2- to 6-inch circle.
  4. Bake cookies, one sheet at a time, until golden brown around the edges, 8 to 12 minutes. Have ready two 12-ounce custard cups (or similar bowls with a 3-inch base). As soon as the cookies are done, loosen from parchment with a wide metal spatula, then set inside the cups. Gently press each cookie into the bottom of the cup and pleat the sides to form a tulip shape. (If cookies become too brittle to shape, return them to the oven for a minute or two to soften.)
  5. To prepare compote: Place lemon thyme in a mortar or small bowl; bruise with a pestle or wooden spoon to release its fragrance. Transfer to a medium bowl. Add 1/4 cup berries and mash with a fork. Add creme de cassis (or black currant syrup), lemon juice and sugar, stirring until sugar has dissolved. Add remaining berries and stir gently to coat with sauce.
  6. To assemble desserts: Place cookie cups on individual plates. Fill each with a scoop of ice cream (or sorbet), spoon on compote and garnish with lemon thyme sprigs.

Yield: 6 servings

3. Still Hungry?

Crisp wafers filled with just-picked berries and ice cream make an elegant dessert. Lemon thyme leaves give the compote a unique fragrance; whole sprigs make a lovely garnish. This is a special-occasion dessert, but you can simplify it by omitting the cookie cups: the compote is delicious over ice cream or sorbet.

Notes:

Tip

The cookies are pliable only while hot, so work quickly. Have a wide metal spatula and two 12-ounce custard cups (or similar bowls) ready before baking.

Make Ahead Tip

The cookies will keep in an airtight container for up to 4 days. If cookies soften, crisp in a 325 degrees F oven for about 5 minutes.

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    Jason - July 31, 2008 02:00:14 PM PST
    yashkadnepr - doesnt know what he\'s talking about... Capote can be a drink.... or A compote is made of whole or pieces of fruit simmered in a sugar syrup. As whole fruit, the fruit is simmered in the syrup over gentle heat. The syrup may be seasoned with vanilla, lemon or orange peel, cinnamon sticks or powder, cloves, ground almonds, grated coconut, candied fruit, or raisins. The whole fruit is then served either warm or chilled arranged in a large fruit bowl or single-serve bowl for individual presentation. The dish is then potentially topped with whipped cream, cinnamon, or vanilla sugar. Other preparations consist of using dried fruits which have been soaked in water in which alcohol can be added, for example kirsch, rum, or Frontignan.[1] Dried fruit compote is a common passover food.

    Besides the recipe says cookie cups with copote... it doesn\'t say copote is a cookie.

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  • there is no cookies in kompot

    yashkadnepr - July 31, 2008 05:24:45 PM PST
    LOL
    Compote it is drink ,not this b/s that you wrote

    Kompot (компот)—sweet beverage made of dried or fresh fruits and/or berries boiled in water.
    So who does not know what taliking about
    Or you can put even Salmon there ,i am not going to be suprised at all

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  • Can someone make these for me, just as beautiful?

    Enn - July 22, 2008 06:59:22 PM PST
    I know, right now, that I would screw this recipe up and it would look terrible, nothing at all like this picture. I really wish someone else could make these for me instead. Where do I place my order?
    Why yes, thank you. I\'ll take 3. Do you deliver in 30 minutes or less?

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  • Could be Yummy!?!

    cici sox - July 23, 2008 11:36:41 AM PST
    Who would put such a heavy oil like canola in a recipe like this? Besides the fact that canola goes rancid quicker than any other oil, which to me takes away from any benefits it may have, a light sunflower oil would be much better, even just your basic vegetable oil. Oh well to each their own, but I bet mine taste better than yours! (Five stars with sunflower oil, one star with canola.)

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