Apricots Baked With Rum Recipes

EASY BAKED APRICOTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place almonds on a baking sheet and bake in the preheating oven until fragrant, about 5 minutes.
• Place apricot wedges in an overlapping pattern in individual gratin dishes or a baking dish. Mix almonds and brown sugar and scatter over apricots.
• Bake in the preheated oven until apricots are bubbly, 20 to 25 minutes.

APRICOTS BAKED WITH RUM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Lightly butter a baking dish large enough to hold the apricots in a single layer.
• Sprinkle the baking dish with a tablespoon of the sugar. Arrange the apricots, cut side up, in a single layer in the dish. Sprinkle with the remaining sugar and half the rum. Dot with the three tablespoons of butter.
• Bake 20 minutes, remove them from the oven and sprinkle with the remaining rum. Set aside to cool 15 minutes.
• Place a scoop of vanilla ice cream on each of six chilled plates. Arrange four apricot halves on each plate and spoon any of the syrup in the baking dish over the ice cream. Serve at once.

MARY'S BAKED FRUIT

Steps:

• In a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan, starting at the 9-in. end, arrange rows of fruit in the following order: half of the apricots, pears and plums, all of the peaches, then remaining apricots, pears and plums. , Drain pineapple, reserving 1/2 cup of juice. Lay pineapple over fruit in pan. In a saucepan, combine the pineapple juice, brown sugar, butter, cinnamon and cloves. Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved and butter is melted. Pour over fruit. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until heated through.

BAKED APRICOTS (FRANCE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F & generously butter a large baking dish.
• Put apricot halves, cut side up & in one layer, in the prepared baking dish.
• Sprinkle with sugar, dot with butter & bake until tender, about 15 minutes, or until the apricots are caramelized with the sugar but still retain their shape.
• Serve hot with creme fraiche or vanilla ice cream.

HOT APRICOT BUTTERED RUM

Steps:

• In a saucepan stir together the brown sugar, the water, the butter, the cinnamon, the nutmeg, and the cloves and simmer the mixture, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Stir in the rum, the brandy, and the lemon juice, divide the mixture among 4 heated mugs, and garnish each drink with a cinnamon stick.

APRICOTS IN RUM-RAISIN SAUCE

Steps:

• Boil apricot syrup in heavy small saucepan until reduced to 2/3 cup, about 15 minutes. Mix in 3 tablespoons raisins, 2 tablespoons rum and 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 1 minute. Transfer to medium bowl and mix in 3 tablespoons honey. Refrigerate sauce until cold, at least 1 hour. Mix in apricots. (Rum-raisin sauce can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and keep refrigerated.) Scoop ice cream into bowls; top with apricots and sauce.

BAKED VANILLA APRICOTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Put apricots in shallow baking dish. Add remaining ingredients and bake about 30 minutes, turning apricots occasionally. Cool them and serve at room temperature.

BAKED APRICOTS WITH ALMOND TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Butter a 9-inch square baking dish. Process almonds and brown sugar in a food processor until almonds are finely chopped. Add butter; process until just combined.
• Place apricot halves, cut sides up, in buttered baking dish. Cover top of each apricot half with almond mixture. Bake until apricots are soft and almond mixture is deep golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer 3 apricot halves to each serving plate. Serve warm.

BAKED FRESH APRICOTS WITH ALMONDS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*.
• Cut the apricots in half and remove their pits.
• Arrange the apricot halves, cut side down, in a gratin dish.
• Spoon the jam over the fruit.
• Pour the half-and-half over the fruit.
• Sprinkle the almonds and sugar on top.
• Place in preheated oven for 30-35 minutes.
• Serve lukewarm.