Poached Dried Apricots And Plums With Dessert Aioli.

• Poached dried fruit
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 cup dry white wine
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 1/2 navel oranges, thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract or 1/2 vanilla bean, seeds scraped
• 2 green cardamom pods, smashed
• 4 candied ginger pieces
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 40 dried apricots (1 1/2 cups)
• 1 cup dried plums
• For the Aioli: Makes 2 cups
• 1/2 cup poaching syrup plus 1 tablespoon sugar or honey
• 3 egg yolks room temperature
• 1 cup grapeseed oil
• Zest of 1 and juice of 1/2 lemon

1. 1.tring water, wine, sugar, honey, oranges, vanilla seeds, and spices to a simmer in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves, about 8 minutes.
2. 2.tdd apricots and plums. Cover, and cook until apricots have softened, about 30 minutes. Strain through a fine sieve, reserving liquid and transferring fruit to a bowl. Simmer liquid until reduced to 1 cup, about 6-8 minutes, add vanilla. Strain syrup through fine sieve. Pour 1/2 cup syrup over fruit. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight. Serve with Dessert Aioli.
3. 1.tour the syrup to a food processor; add the egg yolks, lemon zest and 1 teaspoon lemon juice, and 1 tablespoon oil.
4. 2.trocess, alternating 1/2 a teaspoon of lemon juice and a few drops of oil at a time (I made it in a mini processor and the two little halls distributed the oil just perfectly).
5. 3.tepeat until all of the lemon juice and oil are incorporated and the Aioli thickens. Transfer to a jar and chill.

fruit, water, white wine, sugar, honey, oranges, vanilla, green cardamom pods, ginger pieces, cinnamon sticks, poaching syrup, egg yolks, grapeseed oil, lemon

Taken from food52.com/recipes/12065-poached-dried-apricots-and-plums-with-dessert-aioli (may not work)