Poached feijoas with riesling and pistachios

Babiche Martens

Ingredients

¾ cup	Sugar
16	Feijoas, to 20 depending on the size (Main)
1 cup	Riesling
½ cup	Water
½	Lemons, juice of half the lemon
1	Vanilla bean
2 leaves	Bay leaves
½ cup	Pistachio nuts, toasted

Directions

1. Peel the feijoas and put in a saucepan with the sugar, riesling, water and lemon.
2. Split the vanilla bean and scrape the seeds into the saucepan, add the bean also with the bay leaves.
3. Simmer for 10 minutes then remove the feijoas from the liquid to cool.
4. Turn the heat up and boil for 5 minutes to reduce and thicken the syrup. Spoon syrup over fruit.
5. To serve, scatter with the pistachios. Serve with cream.