Khoshaf

Name: Khoshaf (Dried Fruit Salad)
Ingredients: 60 g (2 oz) pistachio nuts or pine nuts; 120 g (4 oz) raisins; 500 g (1 lb) dried apricots; 250 g (8 oz) prunes; Sugar; 1 tablespoon rose water; 1 tablespoon orange blossom water; 120 g (4 oz) blanched almonds, halved

Dried Fruit Salad

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A New Book of Middle Eastern Food

By Claudia Roden

Published 1986

About

A great Middle Eastern favourite in which the fruit is not stewed but macerated. A superb dessert. Various dried fruits may be used, but purists feel that only apricots and raisins should go into this classic dish, together with the nuts and almonds.

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb) dried apricots
250 g (8

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Wash the fruits if necessary and put them all in a large bowl. Mix with the nuts and cover with water. Add sugar to taste (from 120 to 250 g/¼ to ½ lb is usual but you need not add any at all), and s