Sichuan Peppered Fruit

Name: Sichuan Peppered Fruit
Yield: Serves 4-5
Ingredients: 500 g/1 lb 2 oz fresh apricots; 450 g/1 lb fresh strawberries; 125 g/4½ oz caster sugar; 2 rounded teaspoons Sichuan peppercorns; 1 teaspoon coriander seeds; juice of 2 lemons

Preparation info

Serves
4-5

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Josceline Dimbleby’s Complete Cookbook

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1997

About

Sichuan peppercorns, much used in Chinese cookery, can be bought in oriental food stores and some large supermarkets. Mild and wonderfully aromatic, they make this mixture of poached apricots (or you could use yellow plums) and fresh strawberries truly mouthwatering. The colours are very glamorous, too.

Ingredients

500 g/1 lb 2 oz fresh apricots
125

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Preheat the oven to 170°C/325°F/gas mark 3. Slice the apricots in half and remove the stones. Place in a fairly large ovenproof dish and sprinkle with the caster sugar. Roughly crush the peppercorns and coriander seeds and scatter them amongst the apricots. Pour in the lemon juice and