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Recipe courtesy of Robert Irvine

19th Hole Nectarines with Lemon Cream

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  • Level: Advanced
  • Total: 2 hr 10 min
  • Prep: 25 min
  • Inactive: 1 hr 30 min
  • Cook: 15 min
  • Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

Lemon cream:

Directions

  1. Pour brandy over nectarines and soak for about 30 minutes.
  2. For the lemon cream: Pour the milk and heavy cream into a heavy bottomed saucepot and add vanilla and lemon liqueur. Add half the sugar to the pot and bring to a simmer (just below a boil). In a small bowl whisk together the egg yolks and the rest of the sugar and temper it by adding a small amount of the heated milk mixture to the bowl while whisking constantly (known as a liaison). Now pour the liaison (egg mixture) into the milk pot, stirring constantly. You are only heating it. Do not boil. Do not cook. The idea of a liaison is to incorporate the eggs and avoid making them into scrambled eggs! You want the mixture to begin to thicken so it will coat the back of a spoon. Remove from heat and whisk in lemon zest, and allow to cool, then remove vanilla pod and discard, and refrigerate until chilled.
  3. Place nectarines cut side up in a pan and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar. Spoon brandy around nectarines, cover and heat nectarines and brandy briefly. Then remove cover and spoon warmed brandy over nectarines. * Remove from the heat and ignite with a long match to flambe. Alternatively, you can grill the brandy soaked nectarines until they begin to caramelize. Allow nectarines to cool to room temperature.
  4. Place 2 nectarines on each serving dish, and top with lemon cream and blackberries.