Baked vanilla apricots
serves 4
Easy
Total time:
Apricots play the starring role in this sun-drenched dessert. Perfect for entertaining friends and family, this fresh dessert is wonderfully simple to make.
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- for the dish unsalted butter
- 800g apricotshalved and stoned
- 2 tbsp golden caster sugar
- 1 unwaxed lemonjuiced and zested into strips
- 1 vanilla pod
- 200 ml sweet white winesuch as muscat
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal0
- fat0g
- saturates0g
- carbs0g
- sugars0g
- fibre0g
- protein0g
- salt0g
Method
step 1
Heat the oven to 180c/fan 160c/gas 4. Butter the inside of an ovenproof dish and add the apricots, cut-side up in a single layer and scatter the sugar over. Add the lemon juice and zest.
step 2
Split the vanilla pod in half and tuck in among the fruit. Pour over the sweet wine and cook on the middle shelf of the oven for about 40 minutes until the fruit is tender and the liquid reduced to a syrup. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or crème fraîche.
