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Warm Apricots With Raspberries And Lavender

Delicate just-picked fruits from the farmers' market stand a better chance of being really good than any fruit shipped from far way, assuring you of a flavor that needs little enhancement. Use fresh sweet lavender or dried lavender flowers.

Type: Fruit
Courses: Dessert, Vegetarian
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

12   Ripe apricots - (to 16) - halved
1   Raspberries - or more
  = (or wild strawberries)
1   Fresh lavender stem - (to 2) - flowers separated
1 teaspoon 5mlLavender or wildflower honey
  = (or granulated sugar)
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlGranulated sugar
  Few drops fresh lemon juice

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Lightly butter baking dish large enough to accommodate fruit in single layer.

Lay apricots in single layer in prepared dish. Sprinkle lavender blossoms over apricots and drizzle honey over fruit. Sprinkle strawberries over fruit and coat very lightly with sugar. Carefully squeeze lemon juice over fruit.

Bake just long enough to warm fruit and bring out its aromas, about 15 minutes. Remove and serve warm, plain or with a little fresh cream.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Per Serving: 90 Cal; 2g Prot; 0g Total Fat (0 Sat. Fat); 21g Carb.; 0mg Chol; 0mg Sod.; 7g Fiber.

Source:
Vegetarian Times, July 2002

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