Life All Travel Destinations Entertaining Food All Chefs Recipes Restaurants Wine Pairing Food News Wine All Wine 101 Wine News Wine Regions Wine Varietals Wineries Home > Selector Magazine > Food > Seasonal fruit with vincotto and crème fraîche Food Seasonal fruit with vincotto and crème fraîche Preparation time 5 minutes Cooking time 8–10 minutes Serves 6 INGREDIENTS 3 tbsp butter 6 peaches or 9 nectarines (or 9 figs or 6 pears in season), halved and stoned 90ml vincotto (see note) 1½ tsp lemon juice, or to taste 200g crème fraiche, to serve METHOD 1. Melt butter over medium high heat in a medium fry pan. When foaming, add fruit and cook for a couple of minutes each side until just tender. 2. Pour over the vincotto. Allow to bubble up for a couple of minutes. Taste and adjust sweetness with lemon juice. TO SHARE: Serve fruit hot, warm or cold with the vincotto drizzled over and crème fraîche in a bowl on the side. Lyndey’s note: vincotto is a centuries old condiment from Puglia in South-East Italy. It means “cooked wine” and is made from the reduction of grape must (unfermented grape skins) and has a delightful agro dolce or sweet and sour flavour. Sometimes it is infused with fruits like fig, apple, quince or lemon and even chilli. Wine match: To complement the vibrant flavours of the ripe, in-season fruit in this dish, you need a wine that’s bright, fresh and lively with a dry finish, and Sparkling is ideal. Food Preparation Time 5 minutes Cooking Time 8–10 minutes Serves 6 Perfect Match McWilliam's 10 Year Old Family Reserve 375ml Tawny NV $17.00 in any 12 $18.00 in any 6 $20.00 each Price | options $17.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Chambers Rosewood Vineyards Sweet Amber Apera NV $17.00 in any 12 $18.00 in any 6 $20.00 each Price | options $17.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Glenguin The Sticky 375ml Botrytised Semillon 2023 $20.40 in any 12 $21.60 in any 6 $24.00 each Price | options $20.40 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Chambers Rosewood Vineyards Rutherglen Muscadelle NV $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart De Iuliis 500ml Late Picked Semillon 2022 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Pfeiffer 500ml Rutherglen Muscat NV $22.55 in any 12 $23.85 in any 6 $26.50 each Price | options $22.55 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Peter Drayton IronBark Hill Moscato 2023 $25.50 in any 12 $27.00 in any 6 $30.00 each Price | options $25.50 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Box Grove Vineyard 500ml Late Harvest Viognier 2016 $25.50 in any 12 $27.00 in any 6 $30.00 each Price | options $25.50 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Chambers Rosewood Vineyards Old Cellar VP 2005 $25.50 in any 12 $27.00 in any 6 $30.00 each Price | options $25.50 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Leconfield 375ml Noble Riesling 2021 $27.20 in any 12 $28.80 in any 6 $32.00 each Price | options $27.20 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Two Blues Sauvignon Blanc 2014 1 case has been added to your cart. Cart total: xxx 1 case, 12 bottles, 3 accessories Checkout Continue Shopping You might also like Food Stefano Manfredi’s minestrone Food Lyndey Milan's Stuffed Figs wrapped in bastourma Words by Lyndey Milan on 26 Sep 2015 Wine The Story of Yalumba Words by Paul Diamond on 15 May 2017