Hot Cherry Fruit Compote

Ingredients

16 bing cherries
16 royal ann cherries
16 oz peach
20 oz pineapple chunks
11 mandarin orange sections
3/8 c raisins
1/4 c crystallized ginger
1 lemon rind
1/4 c butter
1/2 c brown sugar
1 t curry powder
21 cherry pie filling
1/4 c rum

Instructions

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.