Apricot Tarte Tatin with Roasted Fig, Cream Waffle and a Chocolate Confit (A Tarte Tatin is made upside down - put ingredients in dish, pastry on top, then flip to serve)
Tarte Small pan - 1 cup Champagne, 3oz sugar, vanilla pod - reduce on a medium heat to a syrup
Halve and stone fresh apricots
Add a little black pepper to the syrup then braise Apricots in it for 10-15 mins
Place apricot halves in a small tin (round side down) and add a little of the syrup.
Cut puff pastry 1" larger than tin, cover apricots and tuck the sides of the pastry down into the edge of the tin.
Place in moderate oven (200C, 390F) for 10 mins or until the pastry is golden brown.
Turn upside down and plate with a roasted fig.
Chocoalte Confit Melt good chocolate (70% cocoa or greater) in a bowl over hot water
Once melted, add a knob of very cold butter, a tablespoon of fresh cream and a teaspoon of cognac
Cream Waffle Whipped chantilly (Cream, vanilla & a smidgen of sugar)
Place on a small sweet waffle or any thin cripsy sweet biscuit
Less than 5,000,000 Calories per serving!
(Can replace Apricots with pineapple, apple, peaches (chopped) or your favoUrite summer berries)
Enjoy