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Poached fruit with custard and crème fraîche

By Hannah Lewry
4
Easy
10 minutes
10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 6 stone fruit (plums, nectarines or peaches), stoned
  • 100 g sugar
  • 2 cups berry juice
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 1 cup leftover custard
  • 100 g crème fraîche
  • 50 g desiccated coconut, toasted
  • Mint, for serving

Method

1. Gently simmer the fruit with the sugar, berry juice and cinnamon sticks until the skins begin to peel back and the fruit is tender but still firm – about 10 minutes.

2. Mix the custard with the crème fraîche and serve with the poached fruit, toasted coconut and mint.

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