Feb 9, 2016 | Barossa Food Flavours, Barossa Valley, Fortified Wine, Recipes, Wines
Here is a recipe for a spiced fig compote to use the beautiful fruits we are picking from our four black fig trees that grow?by the creek.
Preparation Time: 15mins
Serves 4
Ingredients
450g/1 lb Fresh Figs, halved
1?Orange
100g/4 oz Sugar
150ml/5 fl.oz Water
150ml/5 fl.oz Sweet Sherry or Fortified Semillon (our bulk wine is perfect for this)
1 stick of Cinnamon
Instructions
- Pare the rind from the orange and squeeze out all the juice.
- Put the orange rind, juice, sugar, water, sherry and cinnamon stick into a saucepan and stir over a low heat until the sugar dissolves.
- Bring to the boil, stirring occasionally. Add the figs and simmer for 5 minutes. Discard the orange rind and cinnamon.
Serving suggestion
Serve ?hot with rice pudding, custard or cream and a glass of Liebichwein aged fortified such as Classic Semillon or Muscat
Mar 27, 2014 | Barossa Food Flavours, Fortified Wine, Recipes, Red Wine
A quick an easy dessert to?showcase any seasonal fruit such as pears, apple or figs. Roasting the fruit in a sweet spiced syrup makes it melt in the mouth.
Degree of difficulty: easy
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
4-6 pears depending on size
2/3 cup?Barossa red wine
2/3 cup Ruby Grenache or Tawny Port
3 tablespoons castor sugar
1 pinch cinnamon
? lemon or lime
? orange
? vanilla bean or ? teaspoon essence
Method:
Step 1
Place fruit in a shallow baking dish. Add red wine and port then sprinkle over sugar and spice.
Step 2
Cut citrus fruit into quarters, slit open vanilla pod and scrape out the seeds. Place citrus and vanilla?seeds around the pears.
Step 3
Bake in the oven for 30 minutes at 200?C.
Step 4
Serve the pears with some of the syrup and a creamy topping (yoghurt or mascarpone)….and an extra?glass of Tawny.
