Roasted apricots with star anise, thyme and toasted sunflower seeds

Roasted apricots with star anise, thyme and toasted sunflower seeds

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A light dessert which is full of flavour!  Serve with Greek yogurt or vanilla ice cream. 

Ingredients

  • 12 ripe apricots , cut in half and stone removed
  • 2 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive oil
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • Juice of ½ large orange
  • 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves, finely chopped
  • 1 star anise
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  • Toasted sunflower seeds
  • 2 tsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 2 tbsp sunflower seeds
  • Pinch of ground cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F/200 C. Place the olive oil, salt, honey, orange juice, thyme and star anise in a small saucepan and warm through gently until the honey is liquid. Set aside for 10 minutes to allow the star anise to infuse in the mixture.
  2. Place the apricots in a baking dish with the cut side facing upper most. Remove the star anise from the olive oil mix and pour over the apricots.
  3. Roast for 20 minutes, or until the apricots are cooked through and beginning to bubble. Remove from the oven and allow to cool to warm or room temperature.
  4. To prepare the toasted sunflower seeds:
  5. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan. Add the sunflower seeds together with a pinch of cinnamon. Cook, stirring constantly until the seeds are toasted, about 5 minutes.
  6. Serve the apricots with Greek yogurt and scatter over the toasted sunflower seeds.