Apricots With Orange Cream

Total Time: 4 hrs Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups dried apricots
• 1 strip orange peel
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 tablespoons superfine sugar
• 2/3 cup sweet dessert wine (like california muscat, north carolina muscadine, like duplin)
• 1/2 cup mascarpone
• 3 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 pinch ground cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 place the apricots, orange peel, cinnamon stick and 3 tablespoons of the sugar in a pan and cover with 2 cups cold water. bring to a boil, cover and simmer gently for 25 minutesm until the fruit is tender.
• 2 remove from heat and stir in the dessert wine. let stand until cold, then chill for at leasy 3-4 hours or overnight.
• 3 combine the mascarpone, orange juice, and remaining sugar in a bowl and beat well until smooth, then chill.
• 4 just before serving remove the cinnamon stick and orange peel, and serve with a spoonful of the prange cream sprinkled with cinnamon.