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Plum and ginger fool

SERVES 6

500g (1lb 1oz) plums, stoned &

chopped

500g (1lb 1oz) figs, chopped

125g (4½oz) caster sugar

1 piece of stem ginger, finely

chopped

juice of 2 lemons

150g (5oz) ready-made custard

500g (1lb 1oz) crème fraiche

amaretti biscuits (to serve)

1 Place the plums, figs and sugar into a

saucepan with the ginger and

lemon juice. Bring to the boil and let

simmer for about 15 minutes.

2 Drain the fruit (saving the syrup) and

purée until smooth.

3 Reheat the syrup and cook until it has

reduced by half.

4 Stir the syrup into the fruit purée.

5 Combine the crème fraiche with the

custard in a bowl, fold in the purée

and mix well. Divide the mixture into

dessert bowls, cover and chill if not

needed immediately.

6 Serve with amaretti biscuits.

250ml (9fl oz) double cream

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

200g (7oz) blueberries

4 scoops of vanilla ice cream

1 Plunge the nectarines in boiling water

for 3 0 seconds. Transfer them to a bowl

of iced water, then drain, peel and

cut in half.

2 In a pot just large enough to hold the

nectarines, stir together 500ml (18fl oz)

water, 10 0 g (3½oz) sugar, the ginger

and lemongrass. Squeeze in the lime

juice, then add the nectarine halves.

Bring to the boil, add the nectarines,

then boil for 1 minute more.

3 Let the nectarines cool in the syrup,

then cut 3 into chunks and purée the

other 3. Discard the lime halves, strain

the syrup and keep to one side.

4 Whip the cream with the vanilla

until medium peaks form, then

fill the bottoms of 4 serving glasses

with the nectarine purée. Share the

cream mixture between the glasses,

then top with the nectarine chunks

and blueberries.

5 Spoon over some of the reserved

syrup. Finish each serving with a scoop

of vanilla ice cream.

TIP If you wish to reduce the fat

content, use low-fat Greek yoghurt in

place of the cream, then simply stir in

the vanilla extract.

100g (3½oz) caster sugar

2.5cm (1in) piece of ginger, peeled

and split

1 lemongrass stalk, crushed

1 lime, halved

South African

nectarine sundae

SERVES 4

6 large ripe South African nectarines

Recipe by beautiful

countrybeautifulfruit.com

Recipe by beautiful

countrybeautifulfruit.com

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