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Spiced Peaches with Toasted Almonds

Spiced Peaches with Toasted Almonds

Tip:
To bruise ginger, carefully hit with a solid utensil, like a rolling pin. This process helps the flavour to infuse into the dish.

ingredients

Preparation

minutes

250g packet of dried peaches
2 cups water
1 cinnamon stick
4 cardamon pods, bruised
2cm piece of fresh ginger, peeled and bruised
2 strips of lemon peel
½ teaspoon vanilla extract (or 1 teaspoon vanilla essence)
2 teaspoons honey
½ cup flaked almonds

how to

Cooking

minutes

Place peaches in a small saucepan and cover with water. Add spices, lemon peel, vanilla and honey and bring to the boil over a medium heat.
Reduce the heat until the syrup thickens.
Allow to cool and refrigerate until required.
Spread almonds on a baking tray and bake in a slow oven (150C) for 10 minutes, stirring every couple of minutes until nuts are golden.
Serve fruit, sprinkle with almonds with a dollop of yoghurt or on top of breakfast cereal or porridge.

per serve

Serves

people

860 kilojoules (200 calories), Protein 6g, Fat 8g, Saturated Fat 0.5g, Carbohydrate 23g, Sugar 23g, Sodium 10mg, Potassium 670mg, Calcium 55mg, Iron 1mg.