Your pictures are so vibrant and warm! I would love to taste it. And bravo on using a much healthier sugar option. When you have access to such beautiful fresh fruit it hardly needs any extra sweetener. Very interesting about the history of compote, too. I think many cultures have very similar dishes, just with a few twists depending on where you are located. I think I would happily eat it either way, though I do like it warm on a stack of yummy vegan pancakes! :)