Belle Isle School of Cookery
Lisbellaw
Enniskillen
County Fermanagh
Northern Ireland
BT94 5HG

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Dried fruit in an apricot syrup

Serves 4-6

Ingredients

3 pears, peeled, halved and cored
5og/2 oz ready-to-eat prunes
50g/2 oz ready-to-eat figs
900ml/1 ½ boiling water/tea
110g/4 oz ready-to-eat apricots
75g/3 oz caster sugar
75g/3 oz flaked almonds, toasted
4 pieces of stem ginger, diced
6 cardamom pods
1 cinnamon stick
1 vanilla pod, split

Method

• Soak the apricots in the boiling water or hot tea for 30 minutes.
• Add the dried fruit, pears, sugar, almonds, ginger, cardamom, cinnamon and vanilla. Bring to the boil. Stir well and then reduce to a simmer.
• Cook untill the pears are tender and the liquid has reduced to a syrup.
• Remove from the pot and cool.
• Chill untill needed.