Vanilla Roasted Apricots
Roasting apricots caramelises the sugars and releases the perfumed juice. The addition of vanilla adds depth to the concentrated flavours produced from this and I've included a couple of ingredients that will complement and lift the apricots up a notch.
Ingredients
- 8 fresh apricots halved & stoned
- 1/4 cup vanilla sugar see note
- 2 - 3 Tbsp butter
- 6 gingernut biscuits crushed
- orange blossom water
- Thick cream or yoghurt to serve
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C.
- Place apricots, cut side up, in a greased baking dish.
- Sprinkle generously with the vanilla sugar then place a teaspoon of crushed gingernut biscuits in each half, following with a knob of butter on each one.
- Bake in oven for 10-15 minutes, until fruit is collapsing and soft.
- Cool for 10 minutes, then sprinkle the fruit with the orange blossom water before serving with either cream or yoghurt.
Notes
Vanilla sugar is simple to make - just pop a vanilla pod in a container of caster sugar and leave it there for a week or two to perfume the sugar. Alternatively, if you are lucky enough to have a Thermomix simply throw a vanilla pod into the TM with a cup of sugar and blitz until the pod is pulverised with the sugar.
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