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August 02, 2007
Poached apricots
Mmmmmmmmm.......
If you ever have some apricots which maybe aren't as fresh or appetising as when you first bought them, this is a great way to reinvigorate them and make them even more delicious than when you first broke into the punnet.
My recipe is adapted from a Nigella Lawson version, via Nadine Abensur, with my own adaptations.
Nadine and Nigella call for ready to eat semi-dried apricots, but I use fresh ones that have been in the fridge a bit too long.
This recipe serves two, so multiply for more people.
6 apricots
1 tablespoon lemon juice
5 cardamom pods (seeds only)
zest of 1 clementine
juice of half a clementine
1 tablespoon organic castor sugar
Almond slivers to garnish
Greek yoghurt or creme fraiche to serve
Cut the apricots in half and de-seed. Place skin side down in a small saucepan. Add the other ingredients and add water to just cover the fruit.
Bring to the boil and simmer gently for 20 minutes.
Cool until just tepid, then serve with creme fraiche or thick greek yoghurt, and sprinkle with slivers of almond.
Truly scrumptious!
NB If you aren't keen on the perfumed taste of cardamom, you can strain the syrup to get them out before serving. Personally I love to get little bursts of perfumed yumminess in my mouth as I munch the soft fruit and slurp the yoghurt and syrup mixture.
Posted by glittrgirl at August 2, 2007 07:59 PM
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