Ingredients
- 4-6 stone fruit
- Basic poaching syrup
- 330g white sugar
- 750ml hot water
- Flavouring – optional extras
- Vanilla bean, citrus peel, cardamom pods, cinnamon stick or star anise, fresh lemon verbena leaf or a squeeze of fresh lemon juice
POACHED APRICOTS
Method
- Put the sugar and water (and your choice of flavourings) into a heavy-based pot and heat over medium heat until sugar dissolves
- Simmer syrup gently for 3-4 minutes then carefully add the fruit
- Cut a piece of baking paper to snuggly fit the inside of the pot
- Press down to sit lightly on the surface of the syrup
- Poach the fruit until just tender – roughly 3-6 minutes depending on size, ripeness and variety of fruit
- Remove from syrup with slotted spoon if wanting to keep fruit simply cool in syrup and store in fridge
Comments
Thank you to Caithness Orchards for supporting this demonstration
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