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     Title: Hot Cherry Fruit Compote
Categories: Fruits, Desserts
     Yield: 8 servings

    16 oz Bing cherries, well drained         1 ea Grated lemon rind
    16 oz Royal Ann cherries, drained       1/4 c  Butter, melted
    16 oz Peach slices, well drained        1/2 c  Brown sugar
    20 oz Pineapple chunks, drained           1 ts Curry powder (optional)
    11 oz Mandarin orange sections           21 oz Cherry pie filling
   1/3 c  Light raisins                     1/4 c  Rum (brandy, sherry, GM)
   1/4 c  Crystallized ginger, minced

 In a buttered, large glass baking dish (9 X 13 or larger), arrange Bing
 cherries, Royal Ann cherries, peach sliced, pineapple chunks, orange
 sections, raisins and ginger.  Sprinkle grated lemon rind over all.  Make
 a paste of the melted butter, brown sugar and curry powder and distribute
 over the fruit.  Cover with pie filling and pour rum over all.  Bake in
 350F oven 45 minutes, or until hot and bubbly.  Serve hot as an
 accompaniment to meat or poultry, or chilled as a dessert.

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