Chai-Poached Apricots and Plums

Name: Chai-Poached Apricots and Plums
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 296 milliliters oz dried California apricots; 2 chai tea bags; 296 milliliters oz dried Angelino plums; 177 milliliters sugar; 1 vanilla bean

Need a gluten free and vegan side dish? Chai-Poached Apricots and Plums could be an outstanding recipe to try. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains around 1g of protein, 0g of fat, and a total of 194 calories. If you have californian apricots, sugar, angelino plums, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour.

Instructions

Combine sugar and 3 cups water in a 3- to 4-quart saucepan. Halve vanilla bean lengthwise with a paring knife and scrape seeds into pan, then add pod. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved.

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Vanilla Bean

Seeds

Sugar

Water

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Sauce Pan

Knife

Frying Pan

Add plums and simmer, uncovered, 3 minutes.

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Plum

Add apricots and tea bags and return to a simmer. Cook fruit, gently stirring once or twice, 5 minutes, then remove from heat.

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Apricot

Tea Bag

Fruit

Allow tea bags to steep with fruit in syrup 15 minutes (fruit will continue to soften as it steeps), then remove bags, gently squeezing liquid from them into syrup.

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Tea Bag

Fruit

Syrup