Heat 2 Tbsp of the butter in a frying pan and fry the apricots until lightly coloured. Place the maple syrup, 4 Tbsp butter and vanilla pod in a separate pot and allow to infuse for approximately 5 minutes. Serve the apricots drizzled with the syrup and garnished with chopped almonds and a dollop of clotted cream.
Cook’s note: The clotted cream is from Jenny’s, winner of the 2012 Eat In DStv Food Network Produce Award for the Best Small Producer: Dairy/Other.
By Abigail Donnelly
Photographs by Donna Lewis