Prunes in red wine

  • Ready within

    2 h 30 min

  • Active time

    30 min

  • Season

    All year long

For 4 servings

— Prunes: 500 g

— Tea leaves: 3 g

— Organic oranges: 500 g

— Freshly ground pepper

— Cinnamon: 1 stick

— Vanilla: 2 pods

Recipe

Make a hot tea, and soak the prunes in it for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile :
Grate the zest of 1 orange.
In a saucepan heat the red wine with a bit of raspberry jelly, zest and sugar.
Season (pepper, nutmeg, split and scraped vanilla pods, cinnamon...

Tips, origin
Pierre Le Moullac

Select a red wine not too light (with some tannins). This used to be a classic dish of bistros in Paris. This was a way to use leftovers !
Beware "not treated" oranges only refer to AFTER their harvest. If you don't de-pit the prunes, warn your gu...

Beware about quantities. Studies show that eating while watching a screen might increase consumption by 20%.

Side-dish, garnish

Madeleines, speculos…

Terroir

With the leftovers

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