Apricots and Beaumes de Venise
Ingredients
1 vanilla bean
1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
1/2 cup Beaumes de Venise or other sweet white wine, such as Sauternes
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 tablespoons orange-blossom honey
1/2 cinnamon stick
5 whole cloves
9 apricots, pits removed, halved
Preparation
Step 1
Split the vanilla bean in half lengthwise and, using a paring knife, scrape the seeds and pulp into a large saucepan. Add the orange juice, wine, sugar, honey, cinnamon stick, vanilla pod and cloves. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Turn the heat to medium-low and continue cooking the liquid 5 to 7 minutes, to reduce and thicken it slightly.
Step 2
Turn the heat to low and place the apricot halves in the pan, cut side up. Simmer about 3 minutes, until they just begin to soften. Turn off the heat, and let the apricots cool in the pan of liquid. Keep in mind that the apricots will continue to cook in the warm liquid.
Sunday Suppers at Lucques
[by Suzanne Goin with Teri Gelber. Copyright © 2005 by Suzanne Goin. Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved..
Suzanne Goin graduated from Brown University. She was named Best Creative Chef by Boston magazine in 1994, one of the Best New Chefs by Food & Wine in 1999, and was nominated for a James Beard Award in 2003, 2004, and 2005. She and her business partner, Caroline Styne, also run the restaurant A.O.C. in Los Angeles, where Goin lives with her husband, David Lentz.
Teri Gelber is a food writer and public-radio producer living in Los Angeles.
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