Spiced Dried Fruit Salad

Ingredients

• 30 g dried apples
• 50 g dried apricots
• 30 g dried figs
• 30 g dried pears
• 30 g dried peaches
• 1/2 cinnamon stick
• 2 cloves
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1 pinch powdered saffron
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or 1/2  vanilla bean, split
• 1 strip lemon zest
• 20 g slivered almonds (or flaked)
• 20 g shelled pistachios
• orange flower water or orange oil, essence

Directions

1. 1

   Put all the dried fruit plus the cinnamon, cloves, honey, saffron, vanilla and lemon zest into a sauce pan. Add cold water to just barely cover the fruit.

2. 2

   Place on stove on a low-medium heat and slowly bring to simmering point. Cook for 15 minutes, gently stirring once during this time. Remove from heat.

3. 3

   Cool to desired serving temperature - remove cinnamon & cloves (if you can find them). Just before serving stir in the almonds, pistachios and a few drops of orange flower water (or to taste).

4. 4

   Note: if you prefer you can place the cinnamon & cloves into a muslin bag to make removal easier.