Serving size: Serves 6
Cuisine type: Modern Australian
Cooking time: Less than 60 minutes
Course: Dessert

INGREDIENTS

3 cups water
2 cups caster sugar
3 cinnamon quills
6 cloves
½ sweet white wine
12 medium apricots

METHOD

Put the water, sugar, cinnamon, cloves and wine into a suitable saucepan — bring to the boil and reduce to a simmer.

Spoon the apricots into the simmering liquid carefully — cook for 5 minutes and remove from the heat. Cool in the cooking liquid and refrigerate until ready to use.

Lift apricots out of liquid with a slotted spoon and drain — cut in half to remove the stone — peel if desired and serve with whipped cream and sprinkle with cocoa powder.

Serve with Impossible Coconut Pie.