Roasted Orchard Fruits

One for the weekend:

Are you looking for something fruity to serve up for the family? Something sweet with lots of natural and healthy flavourings to it? Something also full of fabulous colours.

This has to be one of the simplest and most impressive puds when you have large groups of friends or family to entertain. How pretty and tasty does this look too?

Also full of healthy ingredients including pears, plums and blackberries, yum yum!!

How To Make Roasted Orchard Fruits:

Serves 6
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 25-30 minutes

Ingredients:

• 4 pears, about 550 g in total, halved, cores scooped out with a teaspoon
• 6 plums, about 350 g (12 oz.) in total, halved, stoned
• 225 g (8 oz.) blackberries
• 1 cinnamon stick, broken into large pieces
• 8 cloves
• 2-3 star anise, depending on size
• 1 orange, juice only
• 50 g (2 oz.) butter, diced
• 50g (2 oz.) light muscovado sugar

Method:

1. Arrange the pears, plums and blackberries in a roasting tin.
2. Sprinkle with the cinnamon, cloves and star anise.
3. Spoon the orange juice over, dot with the butter then sprinkle with the sugar.
4. Bake in a preheated oven 190°C (375°F) Gas Mark 5 for 20-25 minutes until lightly browned.
5. Serve hot spooned into bowls and topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or spoonful of crème fraiche, if liked.

Tip:

• Experiment with different fruits such as peaches and nectarines.

About this post – Recipe and photo credit by Seasonal Berries

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