Poached Autumn Fruits
- Ready In:
- 28mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- ripe fruit (plums quartered; peaches sliced; figs quartered; nectarines sliced; pears sliced, you can also add p)
- 3⁄4 cup of chosen white wine (choose Chablis or Chardonnay, unless you love really sweet desserts then you can choose Moselle, Rie)
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter
directions
- Add fruit to a casserole dish.
- Sprinkle brown sugar all over.
- Add dollops of butter, and splash well with white wine of your choice.
- Place in pre-heated oven and bake for 8-10 minutes.
- Heavier containers and larger quantities will take longer.
- Meanwhile, combine butter and brown sugar and then crumble over fruit.
- Bake for another 6-8 minutes until caramelising begins.
- Serve as soon as top caramelises.
- Serve with double whipped cream or custard- you can of course also sprinkle a few almond slivers or pine nuts over each serving as you choose.
- HINT: Add a few cinnamon sticks for a great change in flavour – remove before serving.
- You can add the cinnamon sticks to the wine and heat gently for 15-20 minutes to infuse the wine with the cinnamon flavour before pouring over the fruit.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Ian Snell
Australia