Winter Fruit Salad

Name: Winter Fruit Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 tbsp sultanas; Greek yogurt, to serve; 2 tbsp hazelnuts (optional); 2 tbsp currants; 6 Earl Grey tea bags; lemon juice, to taste (optional); 450 g/1 lb dried fruit, such as apples, apricots, mangoes or prunes; 250 ml/9 fl oz/1 cup orange juice, plus extra if needed; 8 green cardamom pods, lightly crushed; thinly pared rind of 1 lemon, pith removed; 1 cinnamon stick; 2 tbsp dried cranberries; thinly pared rind of 1 orange, pith removed; 55 g/2 oz/scant ⅓ cup soft light brown sugar, plus extra if needed

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
3 hr

Appears in

I Love My Slow Cooker

By Beverly LeBlanc

Published 2012

About

It’s best to use firm dried fruit for this, rather than the plumped ‘ready-to-eat’ varieties. If, however, you only have the softer fruit in your cupboard, reduce the cooking time in the second step to 1 hour before you add the smaller fruit.

Ingredients

450 g/1 lb dried fruit, such as apples, apricots, mangoes or prunes
250<

Dessert
Gluten-free
Winter
Vegetarian

Method

Put the dried fruit, orange juice, cardamom pods, tea bags, cinnamon stick and lemon and orange rinds in the slow cooker – do not turn the cooker on. Pour over 750 ml/26 fl oz/