Dried fruit spread recipe anyone?!
Dried fruit spread recipe anyone?
Answers:
Well, there is a very nice German spread made of prunes cooked up with lemon peel, walnuts, and some other things (I forgot for the moment) .... it is called in German "Pflaumenmuss" or to the Austrians it is "Powidl" ..... it is really good and is used in a sort of morning doughnut for filling; (they are called "Dalken", there is a Bohemian version, and they are called "Liwantzen")...is great by the spoonful and used in pastries, on home-made white bread toasted ....habit-forming, in fact!
Other than that, if you cook up prunes with an equal amount of sugar you get Lekvar, and the same proportions of sugar and dry apricots make Apricot Lekvar, both used to fill cookies and pastries .... (do over boiling water so you won't scorch them)...
Cheers!
Soy Nut Apricot Spread
A fabulous substitute for peanut butter. Use on whole-grain bread,crackers, or on apple or pear slices.
1 cup unsalted Soy Nuts
5 tablespoons peanut oil or vegetable oil
? cup chopped dried apricots, figs, apples or pears
Arrange Soy Nuts on a baking sheet. Toast in a 350°F oven for 10 minutes, or until golden brown, stirring once or twice. Cool 5 minutes. In a food processor or blender, combine nuts with 4 tablespoons of the oil.
Cover and process for 1 minute, stopping machine several times to scrape down sides of container. Add remaining oil and chopped apricots; process until mixture is spreadable.
Store in a tightly covered container in the refrigerator.
Let spread stand at room temperature for 15 minutes before using.
If oil collects on the surface of the butter, stir it in before using. Makes 1 ? cups.
yuk!