Yields Makes 1 cup Total Time 15 mins
AuthorRomney Steele,
By Romney Steele, author of Plum Gorgeous.

 

How to Make It

Step 1
1

Put wine, 1/2 cup water, sugar, honey, and cardamom pods in a small saucepan. With a small knife, scrape seeds from vanilla bean and add to pan with pod and lemon zest. Bring to a boil over high heat, add apricots, reduce heat, and simmer until apricots just begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Let cool in syrup.

Step 2
2

Strain apricots before using, discarding cardamom pods, vanilla pod, and zest; save syrup for cake icing and to drizzle over ice cream or yogurt.

Step 3
3

Make ahead: Up to 3 days, chilled in syrup.

Ingredients

 1/2 cup Muscat wine (Moscato)
 7 tablespoons sugar
 1 tablespoon honey
 2 cardamom pods, cracked
 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
  1- by 4-in. strip lemon zest
 1 cup dried apricots (preferably California)

Directions

Step 1
1

Put wine, 1/2 cup water, sugar, honey, and cardamom pods in a small saucepan. With a small knife, scrape seeds from vanilla bean and add to pan with pod and lemon zest. Bring to a boil over high heat, add apricots, reduce heat, and simmer until apricots just begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Let cool in syrup.

Step 2
2

Strain apricots before using, discarding cardamom pods, vanilla pod, and zest; save syrup for cake icing and to drizzle over ice cream or yogurt.

Step 3
3

Make ahead: Up to 3 days, chilled in syrup.

Wine-Poached Apricots

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