Poached Apricots - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 kg sulphur free dried apricot
1 cup sugar
2 vanilla beans, split
1 pinch salt

Preparation

Soak apricots in cold water for 1/2 hour or more.
Transfer with soaking water to large pan.
Add sugar, scrape seeds from vanilla beans.
Add seeds and pod to the pan.
Bring slowly to a simmer.
Cook gently till very tender - about 40 minutes.
Cool then strain.
Place strained off juice into pot and reduce over heat by 1/3 or.
till syrupy.
Cool then serve apricots and juice with cream.