ROASTED STONE FRUIT

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Provided by Kelsey Nixon

Categories     dessert

Time 10m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

1/4 cup sugar or honey
1/2 teaspoon ground spices (recommended: cinnamon, nutmeg, or cardamom), optional
3 to 4 cup (about 1 1/2 pounds) fresh fruit, pitted, sliced, or halved (recommended: peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots, pears, apples, pineapple, mangos, strawberries, or bananas)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract or 1/2 vanilla bean
1/4 cup fresh orange or lemon juice
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
Roasted Stone Fruit Variations, recipes follow

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. In a small bowl, whisk together the sugar and spices.
  • In another bowl, toss the fruit with the vanilla, and orange juice.
  • In a roasting pan or oven-proof baking dish, arrange the fruit cut-side up pouring any extra juice in the baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with sugar and spices.
  • Roast for approximately 20 minutes or until the fruit is fork tender.
  • Serve the roasted fruit over vanilla bean ice cream accompanied by a shortbread cookie. You could also serve fruit with fresh whipped cream or creme fraiche and use it as a filling or topping for crepes.
  • Roasted Fruit Variations:
  • Peaches and Cream: Roast peaches with cinnamon and nutmeg. Serve with sweetened cream in between sliced buttermilk biscuits.
  • Cranberry-Pear Walnut: Roast 4 sliced Anjou or Bosc pears with 3/4 cup fresh or frozen cranberries. Substitute the brown sugar for white sugar and add cinnamon. After the pears are roasted top with toasted walnuts.
  • Vanilla-Roasted Nectarines: Roast the nectarines seasoned with cardamom and slightly increase the vanilla extract. Serve with creme fraiche that has been sweetened with honey and vanilla.

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