Recipes
Poached apricots
Vanilla and cardamom add wonderful, subtle flavours to this easy dessert. It's also very low in fat and tastes delicious on its own, or with fat-free Greek-style yogurt or reduced-fat ice cream.
Vanilla and cardamom add wonderful, subtle flavours to this easy dessert. It's also very low in fat and tastes delicious on its own, or with fat-free Greek-style yogurt or reduced-fat ice cream.
(5 votes)
Cook: 1 Hour
Serves: 4
Price: £2.05 per serving
Nutritional Information
Each 200g serving contains
Energy
652kj
156kcal
652kj
156kcal
8%
Fat
Traceg
Traceg
Low
<1%
<1%
Saturates
Traceg
Traceg
Low
<1%
<1%
Sugars
38.3g
38.3g
High
43%
43%
Salt
Traceg
Traceg
Low
<1%
<1%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
326kj/78kcal
Typical energy values per 100g:
326kj/78kcal
Ingredients
100g granulated sugar
200ml clear apple juice
Juice and zest 1/2 lemon, pared with a peeler
2 cardamom pods
1 vanilla pod
500g apricots, preferably slightly firm
Method
1
Pre-heat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Put the sugar, apple juice, lemon juice and zest, plus 200ml water, in a pan.
2
Lightly crush the cardamom pods with a rolling pin. Make a cut along the length of the vanilla pod with a sharp knife. Add the cardamom and vanilla pods to the pan. Heat gently, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Then simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes.
3
Meanwhile, halve and stone the apricots and put in an ovenproof dish.
4
Pour the hot juice mixture over the apricots. Cook in the oven, uncovered, for 20-25 minutes until the apricots are just tender.