Recipes

Apricot skewers with wild thyme, hazelnut crumble and sour cream

Name: Apricot skewers with wild thyme, hazelnut crumble and sour cream
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 8 skewer sticks; 12 Valais apricots; 10 wild thyme strands; 100 g brown sugar; 50 g butter; 4 dl whole cream; 1 lemon; 4 sorrel leaves; 50 g brown sugar; 50 g butter; 100 g hazelnuts

Category
Dessert
Difficulty
Easy
Nutritional value / pers.
594 kcal
Total time
32 min
Preparation time
20 min
Cooking time
2 min
Resting time
10 min

Preparation

Skewers

Preheat the barbecue.
Cut the apricots in half and remove the stones.
Put apricots, brown sugar and wild thyme in a bowl, then mix.
Allow the preparation to rest for 10 min.
On each skewer, insert 3 apricot halves.

Cream

Chop the sorrel.
Vigorously whisk the cream until thick.
Add the lemon juice, chopped sorrel and mix.

Crumble

Using your fingertips, mix the cold butter, brown sugar and hazelnuts until obtaining rough crumbs.

Finish

Cook the apricot skewers on the barbecue for about 1 min on each side, until golden brown.
Cook the crumble on the barbecue for about 1 min, stirring.
Place the cooked skewers onto a plate, sprinkle with crumble and serve with whipped cream.

Recipe by: Lucia Cordonier, Chef at restaurant Chetzeron, Crans-Montana