Hot Polenta Breakfast With Dried Fruit Compote - Non-dairy

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 1/2 cups fresh orange juice
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon finely minced lemon zest
• 1/4 cup honey
• 3/4 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
• 15 pitted prunes
• 10 dried apricots, cut in half
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup polenta
• 4 cups lightly salt water

Recipe

• 1 combine the orange juice, lemon juice, zest, cinnamon and honey in a medium sized saucepan and stir.
• 2 bring to a simmer on high heat and add prunes, and apricots.
• 3 turn the heat to lowest level.
• 4 simmer gently for about 10 minutes. don't let prunes get too soggy.
• 5 while prunes are simmering start cooking polenta by bringing lightly salted water to a boil in a medium saucepan.
• 6 add polenta to boiling water slowly stirring constantly.
• 7 reduce heat to low and cook for about 15 minutes stirring to make sure it doesn't get lumpy.
• 8 if it starts to get too thick add a little more hot water. you want it soft.
• 9 remove fruit from sauce with a slotted spoon to a shallow bowl and turn the heat to high.
• 10 reduce the liquid to about half.
• 11 return fruit and add walnuts to sauce and serve over bowl of polenta.