Sorry I’ve been a little lax with blogging but the camera, alas, is still awaiting repair and I do hate to go on without any photos. However, I didn’t want to skip over the recipes I used for Christmas dinner as they turned out yummy!

I came across this recipe from one of my favourite mags, Southern Living. Not a huge fruit fan, I modified it to use up the fruits I had left over from the GF Christmas Cake I made (and let me say, this was my first attempt and I really had to work up the bravery for that!). You’ll find the modification below and I’ll soon be posting the Christmas Cake and Fish Pie recipes as well for your use.

Cider-Glazed Christmas Fruits modification

Pour apple juice into a skillet or small pot. Cook over medium heat 14/15 min, will concentrate even further until it reaches a syrup consistency. Remove from heat, and stir in half of the marg, cinnamon and vanilla. Set aside.

Melt remaining marg in a pan over medium heat.  Add all of the fruit and cook approx 5 min until softened. Watch carefully or dried fruits may scorch. Pour over brown sugar and stir in til dissolved. Now add white sugar and cook several more minutes. Pour into a serving bowl and pour over the apple syrup. Tastes excellent with drizzled light whipping cream, as a side to GF Christmas Cake or pudding, or as a topping for vanilla ice cream or yoghurt.

Tasty Factor: Thumbs up from everyone. Both Husband and I are not fruit fans but got more than one sitting from this one. Makes a great stand alone dish or topping.

Poopy Factor: None. Well, I scorched batch #2 but that’s all my fault! This recipe is a little rich, be forewarned.