Nectarines

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Today on Inspirational Pins I bring you another seasonal fruit: nectarines.

Nectarines are simply a fuzzless variety of peach. Nectarines will sometimes appear on peach trees, and peaches sometimes appear on nectarine trees!

To see more nectarine recipes check out my Pinterest board, Nectarine. How yummy does that nectarine pavlova look?

Have a sweet day!

Gluten free nectarine doughnuts with a fresh raspberry glaze

I have not made mini doughnuts in a while so I decided to make nectarine baked doughnuts with a fresh raspberry glaze and white chocolate sprinkles. I love the mix of the two fruits! However, the nectarine in the doughnuts makes the tops of the doughnuts slightly uneven, but they were so yummy, I dont care!

Gluten free nectarine donuts (makes 24 mini doughnuts)

Ingredients

• 110g (1 cup) gluten free flour
• 1 tsp xantham gum
• 115g (1/2 cup) caster sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 fresh netarine, pureed
• 2 large eggs
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons buttermilk
• Non-stick cooking spray

What you will need

• Mini doughnut pan

Cooking instructions

1. Preheat oven to 160 deg C, fan assisted (370 deg F)
2. Lightly spray doughnut pan with non-stick cooking spray
3. In a bowl beat the eggs, buttermilk, vanilla essence and oil together until you get a foamy mixture
4. In a separate bowl, add the sieved dry ingredients to the sugar and mix
5. Gradually pour foamy mixture into dry ingredients and stir until mixture is combined
6. Stir pureed nectarine in to mixture
7. Pour mixture into greased doughnut pan until each cavity is 3/4 full (I prefer to use a piping bag to fill each cup more evenly and cleanly)
8. Bake in preheated oven for 10-15 mins or until doughnut springs back when lightly pressed
9. Turn out onto baking rack and leave to cool

Raspberry Glaze
Ingredients

• 60g (1/2 cup) icing sugar (confectioners sugar)
• 1 tablespoon blended raspberries, sieved

Cooking instructions

1. In a bowl add the sieved icing sugar to the blended raspberries
2. Whisk all of the ingredients together until you have a smooth paste
3. Pour into a small, shallow bowl

Decorating the mini doughnuts
What you will need

• 24 mini doughnuts
• Raspberry glaze
• White chocolate sprinkles

Decorating instructions

1. Dip doughnut into raspberry glaze, shake off any excess
2. Sprinkle white chocolate sprinkles onto icing
3. Leave to set

Pink spot ribbon from Jane Means

Have a sweet day!