Roasted stone fruits with vanilla

Roasted stone fruits with vanilla

Roasted stone fruits with vanilla


Serves 4
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes


Ingredients

175g golden caster sugar
1 vanilla pod, split in two and seeds scraped out
5 cardamom pods
Zest and juice 1 lime
3 South African peaches, stoned and quartered
3 nectarines, stoned and quartered
5 plums, stoned and quartered
Low fat crème fraîche or Greek yoghurt to serve


Method

Heat the oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 8. Tip the sugar, vanilla seeds, cardamom, lime zest and juice into a food processor, then blitz until blended. Place the fruit into a shallow baking dish, then pour over the sugar mixture.

Roast for 20 minutes until the fruits have softened, but not collapsed and the sugar and fruit juices have made a sticky sauce.

Serve warm with low fat crème fraîche or Greek yoghurt.

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