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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (71g) Recipe makes 8 servings The following items or measurements are not included below: orange blossom water
Calories 293
Calories from Fat 129		(44%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 14.4g	22%
	Saturated Fat 1.2g	6%
	Monounsaturated Fat 5.2g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 6.6g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 0mg		0%
Sodium 23mg		0%
Potassium 492mg		14%
Total Carbohydrate 41.3g		13%
	Dietary Fiber 3.7g	14%
	Sugars 33.0g
Protein 5.3g		10%
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Khoshaf -- Dried Fruit and Nut Compote (Iran -- Middle East)

Recipe #374281 | 4 hours | 4 hours prep | add private note

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By: Sydney Mike
May 26, 2009

This recipe of soaked rather than stewed dried fruit was found in the 2002 cookbook, Mediterranean Street Food. Almost all of the long preparation time is the PASSIVE time needed for the fruits & nuts to soak.

SERVES 8 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

1 cup seedless raisin
1 cup dried apricot, pitted, halved
1/3 cup almonds, blanched, halved
1/3 cup pistachio nut
1/3 cup walnuts
1/2 cup pine nuts
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons orange blossom water

Directions

1
Rinse raisins & dried apricot halves under cold water, then place in a bowl, cover with 1 quart of cold water & let soak 2-3 hours.
2
Put nuts in a bowl & cover with boiling water & let soak 45 minutes to soften them & freshen their taste.
3
Transfer fruit & its macerating liquid to a serving bowl, then add the sugar & orange blossom water. Stir until sugar is dissolved.
4
Rinse & drain the nuts & add to the fruit, mixing well.
5
Serve immediately or refrigerate.

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From: UmmBinat

On Sep 12, 2009

I really liked the fruit and nuts done this way. DH like the flavour a lot too but shyed away from it because it was so liquidly. I used dark raisins and organic dried apricots. The only change I made was to use blanched slivered almonds instead of halved because it was what I had on hand. To compensate I soaked them for 15 out of the 45 minutes. The problem I had with this recipe was the fruit and nuts were in a very thin liquid at the end. I think to tweak this recipe to a probable 5 stars would be to simmer the liquid down slightly to a thin syrup. I liked the orange blossom water with this. This was even better chilled. I will try making it again as stated above. Made for Ramadan Tag.

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