Prunes in Dessert Wine with Cream

Name: Prunes in Dessert Wine with Cream (Pruneaux au Rasteau et à la crème fraîche)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: For four people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 200 ml (⅓ pint) double cream; 36 prunes; 1 orange; 1 lemon; 100 g (3½ oz) caster sugar; 200 ml (⅓ pint) raspberry juice; 500 ml (scant pint) dessert wine (preferably Rasteau from the Rhone valley); 500 ml (scant pint) dessert wine (preferably Rasteau from the Rhone valley); 500 ml (scant pint) dessert wine (preferably Rasteau from the Rhone valley); 500 ml (scant pint) light red Bordeaux

Pruneaux au Rasteau et à la crème fraîche

Preparation info

For
four
people

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

The Nouvelle Cuisine of Jean and Pierre Troisgros

By Jean Troisgros and Pierre Troisgros

Published 1978

About

Ingredients

36 prunes
500 ml (scant pint) dessert wine (preferably Rasteau from the Rhone valley)

Europe
France
Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Four days before

Soak the prunes in the dessert wine and the red wine and leave them to marinate overnight.
The next day, when the prunes are nice and plump, put them into a saucepan with their wine. Add the sugar, raspberry juice and the unpeeled orange and lemon, cut into thick slices. Bring to the boil and simmer for 15