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The Tartine My Guests Ask for: Caramelized Apricot & Ricotta
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 20 min
- Total
- 40 min
- Serves
- 4
- Calories
- 250 kcal
Ingredients
- 6-7 smallapricots, cut in half, pit removed
- 4 slicesrustic bread
- 1/2 to 3/4 cupfresh ricotta cheese
- to tasteFresh rosemary
- 1shallot, sliced thin
- 1lemon
- to tastesoftened butter
- to tasteolive oil
- to tastesalt and pepper
- to tastehot honey
Instructions
- 1
Drizzle some oil in a skillet, and place the apricots cut-side down into the pan. Cook until tender and they have started to caramelize. Add fresh rosemary for flavor.
- 2
In a separate pan, caramelize the shallots in olive oil until golden. Remove from the heat and put into a bowl.
- 3
Butter one (or both) sides of the bread and fry or grill until golden brown.
- 4
Add lemon juice and zest to the ricotta cheese and whip until smooth.
- 5
Spread ricotta on the toasted bread, layer with caramelized apricots and shallots, then drizzle with hot honey.