Wine-Poached Apricots

Name: Wine-Poached Apricots
Ingredients: 1/2 cup Muscat wine (Moscato); 7 tablespoons sugar; 1 tablespoon honey; 2 cardamom pods, cracked; 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise; 1- by 4-in. strip lemon zest; 1 cup dried apricots (preferably California)

7 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

1/2 cup Muscat wine (Moscato)
7 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon honey
2 cardamom pods, cracked
1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
1- by 4-in. strip lemon zest
1 cup dried apricots (preferably California)

Directions

1

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. Let cool in syrup.
2

Strain apricots before using, discarding cardamom pods, vanilla pod, and zest; save syrup for cake icing and to drizzle over ice cream or yogurt.
3

Make ahead: Up to 3 days, chilled in syrup.