Poached apricots with rosewater

Poached apricots with rosewater

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Prep: 5 mins Cook: 15 mins Plus cooling

Easy

Serves 2

This low-fat, simple dessert combines tender fruit and fragrant syrup

Nutrition and extra info

  • Apricots can be frozen once cooled

Nutrition:

  • kcal161
  • fat0g
  • saturates0g
  • carbs41g
  • sugars41g
  • fibre3g
  • protein2g
  • salt0.01g
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Ingredients

  • 50g golden caster sugar
  • 400g ripe apricot, halved and stoned
    Apricots

    Apricot

    ay-pree-kot

    A relative of the peach, nectarine, plum and cherry, apricots are fragrant, with a soft, velvety…

  • few drops rosewater
  • Greek yogurt, to serve
  • handful pistachios, roughly chopped, to serve

Method

  1. Put the sugar into a medium pan with 150ml water. Heat gently until the sugar dissolves, then add the apricots and simmer for 15 mins until soft. Take off the heat, splash in the rosewater and leave to cool. Spoon into glasses to serve, topped with a few dollops of the yogurt and a scattering of nuts.

  • Recipe Tip

    If you want to use a slow cooker...

    Leave this to simmer in a slow cooker. Simply tip in the apricots, sprinkle over the sugar and splash over 100ml of water. Cover and cook on Low for 2 hours until the apricots are soft. Take off the heat, splash in the rosewater and cool. Serve spooned in glasses as above.

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GsassFood2
25th Oct, 2016
I did a similar twist as did marijas I saw peaches and cooked those in a pan with sugar instead. It was gorge anyway, and then used natural yoghurt and instead of searching out pistachios, used dark chocolate. It was still delish, and healthy despite the few tweaks.
marijas
12th Nov, 2012
5.05
Made this twice so far. The first time I used nectarines and orange blossom water and it went down a treat. The second time I used peaches (couldn't find apricots either time) and rose water as I had managed to source it and it was so much better! The taste was more subtle and yet more magical. In my opinion, one fruit (if large) each is more than enough, rather that the weight suggested. I ended up with eight extra halves, so four extra portions. I also opted not to serve with yoghurt the second time around as one of my guests is lactose intolerant and it really was not missed.
scousesandwich
6th Jun, 2012
5.05
Really tasty! Ate it with some natural yogurt
emmanueil
26th Aug, 2009
realy good and simple recipe, it was a huge success during my inhouse party ..thank you
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