Apricots With Amaretto – We Love God!

Every time we look at the cross, Christ seems to say to us, 'I am here because of you. It is your sin I am bearing, your curse I am suffering, your debt I am paying, your death I am dying.' Nothing in history or in the universe cuts us down to size like the cross. All of us have inflated views of ourselves, especially in self-righteousness, until we have visited a place called Calvary. It is there, at the foot of the cross, that we shrink to our true size.

John Stott

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Kitchen, Umbrian	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

8		Ripe apricots, halved and
		stones
		removed
16		Amaretti biscuits
		Amaretto liqueur
3	oz	Butter
		Caster sugar
		Cream

INSTRUCTIONS

Smear some butter on the base of the baking tray, then sprinkle a
generous amount of sugar over the butter so that the peach juices  will
caramelise in the heat.  In each of the halved apricots place a knob of
butter into the hollow  of the removed stone. Repeat this process until
you have enough  apricots to cover the base of the tray - hollow side
up. Top each of  the halved apricots with an amaretti biscuit and pour
a generous  amount of amaretto liqueur over the whole dish - again
sprinkling  with a generous amount of sugar.  Place into a medium hot
oven. The cooking time will vary between 10-45  minutes, depending on
the ripeness of the apricots. When the fruit  starts to collapse,
remove from the oven. Place about 5 apricots on a  plate with a large
spoonful of cream on one side.  Before serving, pour a generous amount
of amaretto over the dish.  Converted by MC_Buster.  Converted by
MM_Buster v2.0l.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 711 Calories From Fat: 608 Total Fat: 69.2g Cholesterol: 182.9mg Sodium: 13.6mg Potassium: 508.5mg Carbohydrates: 26.4g Fiber: 3.1g Sugar: 22.5g Protein: 2.1g

Indeed, the more sanctified the person is, the more conformed he is to the image of his Savior, the more he must recoil against every lack of conformity to the holiness of God. The deeper his apprehension of the majesty of God, the greater the intensity of his love to God, the more persistent his yearning for the attainment of the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus, the more conscious will he be of the gravity of the sin that remains and the more poignant will be his detestation of it... Was this not the effect in all the people of God as they came into closer proximity to the revelation of God’s holiness?

John Murray