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White Poached Nectarines with Sweetened Mint Cream and Toasted Hazelnuts

White Poached Nectarines with Sweetened Mint Cream and Toasted Hazelnuts
Australian Summer Stone Fruit recipes
Recipe By: 
Summer Stonefruit
summerfruit.com.au [1]
Prep Time: 
25 minutes plus cooling time
Cook Time: 
30 minutes
Serves: 
4

White Poached Nectarines with Sweetened Mint Cream and Toasted Hazelnuts

Ingredients

  • 8 medium nectarines
  • 200ml cream - whipped to a soft peak
  • 1 tablespoon icing sugar
  • 1/3 cup diced fresh mint leaves
  • 1/3 cup toasted hazelnuts - skins removed and roughly chopped
  • 2 cups caster sugar
  • 3 cups water
  • 1 cup white wine
  • 1 strip lemon zest


Method

  1. Fold icing sugar and mint through cream and refrigerate
  2. Place syrup ingredients into a saucepan and bring to a gentle simmer
  3. Lightly score nectarines along natural line and lower into syrup in two batches
  4. Poach for approximately five minutes or until just tender. Remove with a slotted spoon and rest in a shallow dish
  5. Increase heat and boil until half original volume then cool. Gently remove skin from nectarines then pour over syrup
  6. Arrange syrup drizzled nectarines and minted cream onto dessert plates and scatter with toasted hazelnuts

Links
[1] http://summerfruit.com.au