Macerated Fruit Recipes

MACERATED STONE FRUIT

Steps:

• Mix fruit, almonds, pine nuts, orange juice, water, cinnamon, rosewater and anise liquor or 2 or 3 star anise, if using.
• Cover and stir every few hours for 12 to 24 hours. Serve when fruit is tender.

MACERATED FRUIT

Steps:

• Stir together fruit and alcohol in a jar. Cover, and let stand for at least 2 hours.

MACERATED FRUIT

Steps:

• Combine everything but the sour cream in a bowl and add water to cover. Stir and let sit, at room temperature, for at least 6 hours. The fruit is ready when it is soft and the liquid is syrupy.
• To serve, put some fruit in a bowl and garnish with sour cream.

RED WINE-MACERATED WINTER FRUIT

Steps:

• Remove zest from lemon with a vegetable peeler and squeeze juice from lemon. In a saucepan bring water to a boil with zest, lemon juice, wine, sugar, and cinnamon stick, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Simmer mixture 15 minutes.
• While mixture is simmering, peel and core pineapple and cut into bite-size pieces. Halve figs if using. Pour hot syrup through a sieve into a bowl. Stir pineapple and dried fruit into syrup and cool. Chill fruit, covered, at least 8 hours and up to 2 days.
• Serve fruit with mascarpone or crème fraîche and biscotti.

MACERATED FRUIT

Steps:

• Combine everything but the sour cream in a bowl, and add water to cover. Stir, and let sit at room temperature for at least 6 hours. The fruit is ready when it is soft and the liquid is syrupy.
• To serve, put some fruit into a bowl, spoon a little of the syrup over it, and garnish with sour cream.