[Sca-cooks] Special diet friendly sweets

[Amy Cooper]

This weekend is our Shire's quarterly feast night. One dish I'm going
to do is Torta Bolognese - to me, the dish almost screams spring. But,
we've got some shirefolk (and both dear friends of mine) with some
interesting dietary restrictions. One is vegan - her digestion
literally can't handle meat/dairy/eggs of any sort. Honey is ok with
her. The other one is on an anti-inflammatory diet, so she can't have
dairy, and is to avoid wheat as much as possible. She also is allergic
to peanuts, and therefore avoids nuts. These friends are not making
any sort of demands on me - I just enjoy the challenge of cooking
something they can have and might like.

I'm thinking of some sort of sweet for my second dish - which should
meet the above-mentioned friends' dietary requirements, since the
torta will not be edible by either of them. I had been thinking of
something like Breney or a similar fruit compote, served with probably
fried wonton skins (not period, I know, but I really really don't work
well with doughs of any sort). I don't think I can find or afford all
the ingredients, though (most of the recipes I've found have pine nuts
and/or quince). Are there some simpler fruit compote recipes out
there, with more modernly-common ingredients?

Many Thanks!

Ilsebet