Fruit Gratin
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Ready In: 40 mins
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
- 2 lbs fruit (a mix of strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, red currants or blueberries)
- 3 peaches
- 2 cups crumbled macaroons (approx) or 2 cups amaretti cookies (approx)
- 8 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 grated lemon, zest of
- 2 egg whites
- 2 tablespoons caster sugar (or icing sugar)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla essence
- mint leaf (to garnish)
Directions
- Clean the fruits, remove the stone of the peaches and chop in cubes.
- Put all the fruit in an oven-proof dish.
- Top with the crumbled macaroons.
- Mix the orange juice with the lemon zest and sprinkle over the fruit and cookies and leave for about half an hour.
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Whisk the egg whites in a very clean bowl, when stiff add the sugar gradually with the vanilla essence, whisk untill glossy.
- Spread the egg whites on top of the fruit and cookie mixture, try to pattern it a bit.
- Bake for approx 10 minutes (keep an eye on it) until colored to your liking.
- Serve garnished with mint and a scoop of ice cream (optional).
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