Name: Apple-Date Compote with Apple-Cider Yogurt Cheese
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 2 cups plain nonfat yogurt; 5 cups apple cider or juice; 2 teaspoons unsalted butter; 1 1/2 pounds tart green apples, peeled, cored, sliced 1/4 inch thick; 5 tablespoons sugar; 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice; 2 cups water; 4 whole cloves; 2 1/2 teaspoons grated orange peel; 1 cinnamon stick, broken in half; 4 large pitted dates, quartered

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Apple-Date Compote with Apple-Cider Yogurt CheeseLara Hata

Pastry chef Valerie Hill offers this appealing treat at the Morrison-Clark Historic Inn & Restaurant in Washington, D.C. Allowing the yogurt to drain produces the thick and creamy yogurt cheese.

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