Nectarine & Raspberry Gratin

⏱ 15 mins 🍽 Serves 4 🌶 french ✅ Easy 🏷 Snack

This French gratin is a simple yet elegant treat, perfect for a quick dessert or afternoon tea. Ripe nectarine halves are filled with fresh raspberries, then lavishly drizzled with double cream and sprinkled with demerara sugar. A brief spell under the grill transforms the topping into a bubbling, golden crust. A final light dusting of sieved cocoa powder adds a sophisticated finish to this delightful fruit dish, which serves four.

Nectarine & Raspberry Gratin

Ingredients

  • 4 very ripe nectarines halved and stoned
  • 150g punnet raspberries
  • 142ml carton of double cream
  • 50g demerara sugar
  • cocoa powder for dusting, sieved

Method

  1. Set your grill to a medium heat.
  2. Arrange the nectarine halves with their cut sides facing upwards in four separate gratin dishes.
  3. Heap the raspberries into the middle of each nectarine half.
  4. Pour the double cream over the assembled fruit.
  5. Scatter the demerara sugar evenly over the cream.
  6. Place the dishes under the grill for 8-10 mins until the topping is golden and bubbling.
  7. Finish by dusting the cooked gratins with sieved cocoa powder before serving.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories309 kcal
Fat20 g
Saturates11 g
Carbs30 g
Sugars13 g
Fibre3 g
Protein3 g
Sodium16 mg

Recipe details

Skill levelEasy
CategorySnack
Cuisinefrench