Nectarines with Ricotta-Vanilla Cream and Pine-Nut Brittle
Nectarines with Ricotta-Vanilla Cream and Pine-Nut Brittle might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This gluten free and vegetarian recipe has 324 calories, 10g of protein, and 15g of fat per serving. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 30 minutes. Head to the store and pick up lime juice, mint leaves, vanillan extract, and a few other things to make it today.
Instructions
Toss nectarines with 1 teaspoon sugar and lime juice in a bowl and let macerate, stirring occasionally, 10 to 15 minutes.
Purée ricotta, milk, vanilla, and 3 teaspoon sugar in a blender until smooth.
Transfer to a bowl and chill in freezer, stirring halfway through, until slightly thickened, 15 to 20 minutes.
Line a 4-sided sheet pan with foil. Bring water and remaining 1/2 cup sugar to a boil in a small heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring until sugar has dissolved, then wash down any sugar crystals from side of pan with a pastry brush dipped in cold water. Boil, without stirring, swirling pan occasionally so caramel colors evenly, until medium amber, 10 to 12 minutes. Stir in pine nuts, then immediately pour out onto foil, quickly spreading with a spatula as thinly as possible. Cool 5 minutes. Peel brittle from foil and break into pieces.
Stir mint into nectarines and serve fruit with ricotta cream and pieces of brittle.
Brittle keeps in an airtight container at room temperature 1 week.