Poached Turkish Apricots
Recipe: #27713
August 20, 2017
Categories: Desserts, Apricot, Baby Shower, Christmas, Gluten-Free No Eggs, Vegetarian, Kosher Dairy, , more
"A lovely and elegant dessert."
Ingredients
- FOR BASE
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- FOR SAUCE
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (319.1 g)
- Calories 719.4
- Total Fat - 18.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.9 g
- Cholesterol - 26.4 mg
- Sodium - 43.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 124.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 7.6 g
- Sugars - 110.5 g
- Protein - 7.3 g
- Calcium - 167.7 mg
- Iron - 2.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 75.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Pre-soak the apricots in boiling water just cover them. Add water as needed to keep apricots just covered.
Step 2
When the apricots are moist and swollen, remove them and place the apricots in a glass bowl with the brandy and orange juice let them steep for 20 minutes.
Step 3
Place the apricots in a sauce pan with the juice and brandy, add the honey, orange rinds, cardamom seeds and almonds and cook for 10 minutes.
Step 4
Lift the apricots from the pot with slotted spoon place in a bowl till needed, add a little more honey and brandy to the almonds and cook for a few minutes more.
Step 5
Stir the apricots back into the nuts gently.
Step 6
Sauce: Heat the cream and reduce by half, add the Amarula and heat through, remove from the heat.
Step 7
Spoon the Amarula cream onto 6 white plates.
Step 8
Place a round of ginger bread in the middle of each puddle and spoon over the apricots and nuts.
Tips
No special items needed.