Roasted Fruit Recipes

EASY ROASTED FRUIT RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350-degrees F.
• Spread sliced peaches and blueberries in baking dish. Sprinkled with cinnamon and brown sugar.
• Bake at 350-degrees F for about 20 minutes, then adjust oven settings to a low broil and broil for about 5 minutes, or until bubbly.
• Serve warm, or let cool, cover and refrigerate.

ROASTED STONE FRUIT

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas 6.
• Halve the oranges and squeeze all the juice into a large roasting dish with the balsamic. Halve the vanilla pod lengthways and scrape out the seeds, then add both pod and seeds to the dish.
• Grate in the strawberries, mix together, and pop into the oven to warm through while you prep your crumble and fruit.
• For the crumble, tear the stones out of the dates and place the flesh in a food processor with the oats, coconut flakes, 1 tablespoon of oil and 130ml of water, then blitz into a crumble.
• Pour into a roasting tray or dish (30cm x 40cm) and spread out into an even layer. Wash all the fruit, then halve or quarter, removing the stones as you go.
• Pull the dish of warm, delicious juices out of the oven and gently stir in all the fruit. Return to the top shelf of the oven, place the crumble on the shelf underneath, and cook for 45 minutes, or until the fruit is soft and sticky and the crumble is nicely golden.
• Stir the crumble occasionally as it cooks to break it up and give it a nice even colour.
• Serve up however many portions you want while it's all warm, adding 1 tablespoon of yoghurt to each one.
• Once cool, decant the rest of the crumble portions into an airtight jar to enjoy in the days that follow, and pop the fruit into the fridge, where it will keep happily for up to 5 days.

ROASTED FRUIT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Prick skins of 2 peaches, 2 nectarines, and 2 plums with a fork, then quarter and pit. In a 9-by-13-inch roasting pan, toss fruit with 2 sprigs fresh rosemary, 2 to 3 tablespoons sugar (depending on sweetness of fruit), 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces, and 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice.
• Roast fruit until fork-tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Discard rosemary.
• Serve fruit warm with a dollop of mascarpone cheese.

ROASTED STONE FRUITS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Toss all the fruits into a snug ovenproof dish or roasting tin. Pour over the Marsala, drizzle over the honey and dot with the butter. Roast for 30 mins until the fruits are juicy and tender but not mushy. Serve warm with their juices, scoops of ice cream and florentines (see Goes well with...).

ROASTED FRUIT

Steps:

• Portion your fruits into the desired shapes, generally wedges.
• In a bowl place your fruit and toss with sugar to *coat*.
• This may require more or less sugar depending on the ripeness of your fruit.
• You do NOT want lost of extra loose sugar.
• Lay your fruit out on a pan (it doesn't have to be neat) and bake in an 350°F oven until fruit is soft and cooked through.
• The sugar and juices will have combined to make a syrup.
• *NOTE *Any fruit or berry can be used in this recipe.
• Keep in mind than an apple will take longer than a berry, so adjust the times accordingly.
• Mixing fruits can lead to pleasant surprises as the colour combine nicely and the flavour interactions are great (try blueberries and peaches)!

ROASTED STONE FRUITS WITH VANILLA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 8. Tip the sugar, vanilla pod, cardamom, lime zest and juice into a food processor, then blitz until blended, or mash together using a pestle and mortar. Tip the fruit into a shallow baking dish, then toss in the sludgy sugar.
• Roast for 20 mins until the fruits have softened, but not collapsed and the sugar and fruit juices have made a sticky sauce. Any leftovers will keep in the fridge for up to 2 days.

OVEN-ROASTED FRUIT

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Place the peaches and plums snugly in a single layer, cut side up, in 2 glass or porcelain oven-proof baking dishes. Sprinkle with the sugar, and then top with the raspberries. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until tender.
• Heat the broiler and place the fruit about 5 inches below the heat and broil for 5 to 8 minutes, until the berries release some of their juices.
• Remove from the broiler and sprinkle with orange juice. Serve warm, at room temperature, or chilled.

ROASTED STONE FRUIT

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. In a small bowl, whisk together the sugar and spices.
• In another bowl, toss the fruit with the vanilla, and orange juice.
• In a roasting pan or oven-proof baking dish, arrange the fruit cut-side up pouring any extra juice in the baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with sugar and spices.
• Roast for approximately 20 minutes or until the fruit is fork tender.
• Serve the roasted fruit over vanilla bean ice cream accompanied by a shortbread cookie. You could also serve fruit with fresh whipped cream or creme fraiche and use it as a filling or topping for crepes.
• Roasted Fruit Variations:
• Peaches and Cream: Roast peaches with cinnamon and nutmeg. Serve with sweetened cream in between sliced buttermilk biscuits.
• Cranberry-Pear Walnut: Roast 4 sliced Anjou or Bosc pears with 3/4 cup fresh or frozen cranberries. Substitute the brown sugar for white sugar and add cinnamon. After the pears are roasted top with toasted walnuts.
• Vanilla-Roasted Nectarines: Roast the nectarines seasoned with cardamom and slightly increase the vanilla extract. Serve with creme fraiche that has been sweetened with honey and vanilla.

ROASTED FRUIT COMPOTE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Butter 13x9-inch (3-quart) baking dish with 1 tablespoon butter. Place fruit in single layer, cut sides of fruit facing up, in dish. In small bowl, mix Sugar In The Raw, cardamom, ginger, nutmeg and lemon peel. Sprinkle sugar mixture generously over fruit. Drizzle lemon juice over fruit. Bake 20 minutes or until fruit is tender and juices are bubbly. Spoon fruit into 8 dessert dishes and drizzle with some of the roasting juices. Top with spoonfuls of mascarpone.