Fruit Gratin

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs fruit (a mix of strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, red currants or blueberries)
• 3 peaches
• 2 cups crumbled macaroons (approx) or 2 cups amaretti cookies (approx)
• 8 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 grated lemon, zest of
• 2 egg whites
• 2 tablespoons caster sugar (or icing sugar)
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
• mint leaf (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 clean the fruits, remove the stone of the peaches and chop in cubes.
• 2 put all the fruit in an oven-proof dish.
• 3 top with the crumbled macaroons.
• 4 mix the orange juice with the lemon zest and sprinkle over the fruit and cookies and leave for about half an hour.
• 5 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 6 whisk the egg whites in a very clean bowl, when stiff add the sugar gradually with the vanilla essence, whisk untill glossy.
• 7 spread the egg whites on top of the fruit and cookie mixture, try to pattern it a bit.
• 8 bake for approx 10 minutes (keep an eye on it) until colored to your liking.
• 9 serve garnished with mint and a scoop of ice cream (optional).