An apricot love affair

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Sometimes a fruit simply should not be missed. That’s the case with the Golden Sweet, a tantalizingly sweet (and tart at the same time) apricot you can find at the Santa Monica Farmers Market for two beautiful weeks. The apricots come from Frog Hollow Farm in Brentwood up in Northern California. Frog Hollow has been certified organic since 1989, using a combination of seaweed, fish, limestone and compost to help cherry, peach and apricot trees thrive.

At her bakeries, coffee and tea shops in LA, pastry chef Valerie Gordon is tossing the apricots with toasted almonds, fresh basil, honey, olive oil and crème fraîche. Find her recipe below. Let the love affair begin.

Apricot Salad with Cake Croutons (Photo courtesy of Valerie Confections)
Apricot Salad with Cake Croutons (Photo courtesy of Valerie Confections) (The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRW if you need access to the original image.)