Baked Apricots (France)
photo by januarybride
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 3
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
- 1 lb fresh apricot, ripe, halved, pitted
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F & generously butter a large baking dish.
- Put apricot halves, cut side up & in one layer, in the prepared baking dish.
- Sprinkle with sugar, dot with butter & bake until tender, about 15 minutes, or until the apricots are caramelized with the sugar but still retain their shape.
- Serve hot with creme fraiche or vanilla ice cream.
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Reviews
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This is a fabulous trick! I had a few apricots leftover from making Syd's Recipe #378012 . They worked fine for flavoring and garnishing the tea, however were pretty uninspiring fruits; rather firm and not terribly flavorful....so I thought I would give this a try. So very glad I did because the process turned those hard, bland apricots into an amazingly sweet and delicious treat! I didn't even bother with trying to follow the ingredient amounts closely. Used the 3 leftover apricots, probably 2 teaspoons of sugar and less than 1 tablespoon of butter. Served with a dollop of cream, this made for a fantastic light dessert. Was also quite elegant in presentation. Thank you for sharing.
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NOTE to self. . .do not put this in the microwave for 1 minutes (instead of baking) as they will turn to mush. . .tasty mush that is. Will make it as written today and will be back to re-rate and give stars :) OK, I am back! These were quite tasty. My apricots were very small, so I cooked them at 400 for 10 minutes, then broiled on low for 1 minute and they were slightly overdone. . .would have been perfect prior to broiling I imagine. I used turbinado sugar which was an excellent choice. Thanks for a fun recipe! Made for Veg*n Swap June 2009.