Roasted apricots with thai basil, rice semolina with almond flavor

Roasted apricots, almond, thai basil = perfect balance!

People who may know me or just read my articles, you know how much I LOVE ALMOND! 
I wanted a seasonal summer dessert: fresh, tasty and quick to realise! Because it’s the season of apricots, I have created this dessert. It’s confort food, very tasty with just the right amount of sweetness. The rice semolina provides a melting and soft texture. Roasted apricots with thai basil balance the pastry with a tonic and slight acidity. And it ends with the sweetness of almond.

For a dessert for four people, you need : 

Ingredients for roasted apricots with thai basil and rice semolina with almond flavor 

• 4 fresh apricots
• 2 sprigs of thai basil
• 3 coffee spoon of rice semolina
• 300 g of almond milk
• 1 tablespoon of bitter almond extract
• 6 g of vanilla sugar 

How to prepare roasted apricots?

• Take off the stone of apricot and cut in 2 pieces;
• Warm up some olive oil in a pan;
• Put apricots in the pan with a very low heat for about 10 minutes, then turn them and add thai basil with a coffee spoon of butter. Leave it for about 10 minutes. Check it because it depends on how mature apricots are. They need to stay entire but soft.
• Once roasted, take them off. 

How to prepare rice semolina with almond flavor ?

• Pour almond milk, almond exact and vanilla sugar together in a pot. Heat up and boil it;
• Then add the rice semonila and constantly stir it with a wood spoon for 8 minutes;
• Then put it in a glass and let it cool down;
• Put in the fridge and add the roasted abricots before serving!

Apricots recipe is short so go for it without any hesitation, it’s really delicious, and super quick to make!

Enjoy!