Nectarines with velvety vanilla cream

Name: Nectarines with velvety vanilla cream
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 568 milliliters carton double cream; 50 grams golden caster sugar; 1 vanilla pod; 3 teaspoons gelatine powder; 300 milliliters milk; 4 ripe nectarines or peaches; 1 juice of half a lemon; 3 Tbsps peach vodka or peach schnapps, optional; 3 lemon balm or mint leaves, to decorate

Nectarines with velvety vanilla cream is a gluten free side dish. One portion of this dish contains approximately 6g of protein, 37g of fat, and a total of 460 calories. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe from BBC Good Food requires carton double cream, peach schnapps, vanilla pod, and nectarines. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 30 minutes.

Instructions

Sprinkle the gelatine over 3 tbsp cold water in a small, heatproof bowl. Leave to stand for a few minutes until spongy, then place the bowl in a pan of gently simmering water until the gelatine dissolves. Set aside.

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Gelatin

Water

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Pour the cream into a saucepan and tip in the sugar. Split the vanilla pod in half lengthways, scrape out the black seeds and whisk into the cream. Set the pan over a medium heat and bring the cream to the boil. Take the pan off the heat and stir in the gelatine.

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Vanilla Bean

Gelatin

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Seeds

Sugar

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Whisk

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Pour the milk into the hot cream, give it all a good stir and leave to cool for an hour or so.

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Cream

Milk

Put the pan in the fridge for 1-2 hours until the cream just begins to thicken, stirring it every now and then to evenly distribute the vanilla seeds.

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Vanilla

Cream

Seeds

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Pour the cream into a 1-litre serving dish, cover and refrigerate for at least 5 hours (overnight is ideal) until completely set. The cream will sit in the fridge for up to two days.

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Cream

To serve, halve, stone and thinly slice the nectarines, then toss with the lemon juice and peach vodka if using. Scatter the nectarine slices over the surface of the set cream.

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Lemon Juice