Wine-Poached Apricots
Wine-Poached Apricots might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. One serving contains 55 calories, 0g of protein, and 0g of fat. This gluten free, dairy free, and vegetarian recipe serves 15. Only From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 15 minutes. If you have lemon zest, muscat wine, honey, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.
Instructions
Put wine, 1/2 cup water, sugar, honey, and cardamom pods in a small saucepan. With a small knife, scrape seeds from vanilla bean and add to pan with pod and lemon zest. Bring to a boil over high heat, add apricots, reduce heat, and simmer until apricots just begin to soften, about 5 minutes.
Strain apricots before using, discarding cardamom pods, vanilla pod, and zest; save syrup for cake icing and to drizzle over ice cream or yogurt.
Make ahead: Up to 3 days, chilled in syrup.