Cooked Nectarines

Added on Mon Jul 16 2007

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The Basics

• Dish: Dessert and Sweets
• cuisine: South African
• Serves: 8
• Prep Time: 0hrs 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 0hrs 20 mins

Ingredients

Method

Put the juice from a carton of orange juice in a pot together with a cinnamon stick,some grated lemon peel and a tablespoon of sugar and bring to the boil. Add the 8 washed nectarines (no need to peel),return to the boil and simmer until a fork goes in easily to the nectarine.
Remove nectarines from juice and and put in dish on the side of the stove. Pour orange liquor or brandy over the nectarines.
Then boil the juice hard until it has reduced to half the quantity. Pour over nectarines and allow to cool.
The nectarines can be deep frozen and then used when not freely available.