Moroccan Dried Fruits

4 servings

50 minutes

This dessert is great served with whipped cream (never from a can!) or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 229.1
• Proteins: 3.6g
• Fats: 1.2g
• Carbohydrates: 53.7g

Ingredients

• Fig: 50 g
• Pitted prunes: 50 g
• Pitted dates: 50 g
• Dried apricots: 50 g
• Light raisins: 50 g
• Dried apples: 50 g
• Ginger root: 1 pc
• Cinnamon: 1 pc
• Bay leaf: 1 pc
• Anise (star anise): 1 pc
• Cardamom pods: 2 pc
• Carnation: 2 pc
• Ground cinnamon: pinch
• Ground nutmeg: pinch

Cooking steps

1. Pour boiling water over all the dried fruits.

   Required ingredients:

   • Fig: 50 g
   • Pitted prunes: 50 g
   • Pitted dates: 50 g
   • Dried apricots: 50 g
   • Light raisins: 50 g
   • Dried apples: 50 g

2. Add bay leaf, cardamom (broken beforehand), clove, cinnamon stick, and star anise.

   Required ingredients:

   • Bay leaf: 1 piece
   • Cardamom pods: 2 pieces
   • Carnation: 2 pieces
   • Cinnamon: 1 piece
   • Anise (star anise): 1 piece

3. Put everything in a pan and simmer on low heat until it thickens into a sauce.

4. Peel the ginger root and grate it on a fine grater - it should yield 1 teaspoon.

   Required ingredients:

   • Ginger root: 1 piece

5. Add nutmeg, ground cinnamon, and ginger to the dried fruits and mix everything.

   Required ingredients:

   • Ground cinnamon:  pinch
   • Ground nutmeg:  pinch
   • Ginger root: 1 piece