This year we had a roast duck on the 25th, and this very fruity, spiced sauce was a lovely accompaniment – best made a few days in advance to let the flavours develop.
Ingredients
About 6 apricots, quartered
About 4 plums, quartered
1 bramley apple, peeled and chopped
Juice and zest of 2 oranges
1 star anise
1 cinnamon stick
4 cloves
4 cardamom pods
Method
Simple – throw everything in a non-stick pan and simmer, until it goes from looking like this…
To this…
Or, if you’d like your fruit softer, then this…
CHEESY BISCUIT 
[…] unsweetened fruity goodness from the plum, apricot and orange sauce I made to go with our roast (https://cheesybiscuit.wordpress.com/2013/12/31/plum-orange-apricot-sauce/.) A thinly sliced (peel and all) braeburn apple over the top made this crumble extra fruity. B […]