Drunken Spiced Apricots With White Chocolate Coconut Sauce Recipes

WHITE CHOCOLATE APRICOT AND COCONUT TRUFFLES

Steps:

• Mix apricots, coconut and condensed milk in a small bowl until well combined. Cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
• Using your hands, roll teaspoonfuls of the mixture into balls and place on a tray lined with baking paper. Refrigerate again for 15 minutes.
• Combine oil and chocolate in a small heatproof microwave container and microwave for 1 minute 30 seconds or until chocolate is melted. Stir well.
• Using a fork, dip one ball of the apricot mixture into the chocolate mixture to coat all over and place again on the lined tray.
• Repeat with remaining balls and chocolate mixture.
• Refrigerate for 15 minutes or until chocolate has set.

CHOCOLATE COCONUT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan whisk together the cream of coconut and the heavy cream, bring the mixture to a simmer, and whisk in the chocolates, whisking until they are melted and the sauce is smooth. Whisk in the coconut extract, the salt, and the Malibu and serve the sauce warm or at room temperature over ice cream.

DRUNKEN SPICED APRICOTS WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE COCONUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Apricots:.
• Combine all Apricot ingredients in a saucepan and simmer on low heat for 30 minutes.
• Remove from Heat and place in a heat proof bowl and let stand, covered for at least 1 hour.
• Sauce:.
• Chop chocolate into small pieces.
• Using a double boiler (or a ceramic or metal bowl over a pot of simmering water - don't let the water touch the bottom of the bowl) heat the coconut milk.
• As the coconut milk starts to get hot, add the chopped chocolate, stirring constantly until chocolate is melted.
• Add the Vanilla Essence and stir quickly to avoid the sauce separating.
• To Serve:.
• Remove the whole spices from the apricots and re heat if you wish.
• Place equal portions of the apricots into serving bowls and drizzle a little of the orange cointreau sauce over them.
• Pour the warm coconut chocolate sauce over the top.
• Can also be served with vanilla ice-cream.