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Figs poached in Pernod and served with crème fraîche and freshly cracked black pepper

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Name: Figs poached in Pernod and served with crème fraîche and freshly cracked black pepper
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: PTM
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Desserts & Baking
Ingredients: sugar ½cup,Pernod ½cup,fresh figs, halved 6-8,crème fraîche 250g,Freshly cracked black pepper

By Maranda Engelbrecht

Serves 1

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 10 minutes

Ingredients

150 ml vanilla vodka
150 dry vermouth
1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped
Ice cubes
Crushed ice

Method

Place the vodka, vermouth and vanilla seeds in a shaker with the ice cubes and shake well.
Fill the glasses with crushed ice and pour over the Martini mix.
Garnish with the scraped vanilla pod, cut into strips lengthways.

This is a test recipe

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