Poached Turkish Apricots

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups turkish sun- dried apricots
• 1/2 cup brandy
• 2 oranges, juice of, and rinds cut into slices
• 1 cup honey
• 2 cardamom pods, seeds off
• 1 cup blanched almond, whole
• gingerbread, cut into 6 rounds
• 1 cup fresh cream
• 1 cup amarula cream liqueur

Recipe

• 1 pre-soak the apricots in boiling water just cover them. add water as needed to keep apricots just covered.
• 2 when the apricots are moist and swollen, remove them and place the apricots in a glass bowl with the brandy and orange juice let them steep for 20 minutes.
• 3 place the apricots in a sauce pan with the juice and brandy, add the honey, orange rinds, cardamom seeds and almonds and cook for 10 minutes.
• 4 lift the apricots from the pot with slotted spoon place in a bowl till needed, add a little more honey and brandy to the almonds and cook for a few minutes more.
• 5 stir the apricots back into the nuts gently.
• 6 sauce: heat the cream and reduce by half, add the amarula and heat through, remove from the heat.
• 7 spoon the amarula cream onto 6 plates.
• 8 place a round of ginger bread in the middle of each puddle and spoon over the apricots and nuts.