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Any fruit that has been dehydrated (dried) in order to extend the shelf life and to concentrate the flavor or sweetness.

 


Dried Fruit
Dried fruit is a terrific snack, but cooks also use it in everything from muffins to stews.

Dried fruit and cider are the perfect foil for pork in this simple but delicious dish.
Ingredients
175g/6oz dried apricots ...

Dried fruit - When it is dried, fruit becomes very concentrated in nutrients and fiber, which is why a standard serving is quite small.

dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried.

Dried fruit fills this white chocolate fudge making it pretty to give as a gift or to present on a holiday dessert table.
Christmas Fudge
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Dried fruits, usually sold ground (purple-reddish powder, often mixed with salt).

Dried fruit adds new flavor to homemade stuffing.
Spiced Fruit & Bread Stuffing
Recipe #389322 ...

Dried fruits preserved in sweet mustard syrup, known in Italian as Mostarda di Cremona. It is available from Italian delicatessens and gourmet food stores.
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As dried fruits go, raisins are generally the least expensive of the lot. Dried apricots, mangoes, and even cranberries are often much more expensive than raisins.

Add dried fruit and any remaining wine to apple mixture. Stir to mix well; simmer for about 10 minutes, until flavors blend and apples and pears are soft. Serve compote warm or refrigerate in a covered container and serve it later chilled.

To soak dried fruit, most often raisins, in warm water before cooking or adding to batter.
Poach
To cook very gently in hot liquid kept just below the boiling point.

Soak the dried fruits and fruit peels in grape juice for 2 to 3 days.
Then strain and keep aside, mix a little flour in it and keep aside.
Then in a bowl beat the eggs, add sugar and keep beating it till it get in volume.

12 cup dried fruit (of choice everyone is different so throw in what you want. personally i would use a half of blueberries)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 796 ...

[Spanish] dried fruits.
Organic Food:
Food grown without the use of any chemicals, including synthetic fertilizers, pesticides or fungicides. No artificial coloring or flavoring or other additives can be used in processing foods labeled organic.

Uzvar Boiled dried fruits: prunes, pears, apples, plums, raisins and other, served on Christmas Eve
CookBook Spicy vegetables Spicy vegetables (onion, garlic, celery, horseradish) are widely used ... more ...

Add fresh or dried fruits and spices to Our Own Cream Cheese (p. 88, Low Protein Bread Machine Baking for PKU).

Cumin is the dried fruit of a small annual herb (cuminum cyminum), which is a member of the parsley family. It probably originated in the eastern Mediterranean (there are references to it in the Bible), but is now grown throughout Asia as well.

Celery Seed is the dried fruit of Apium graviolens, a biennial in the parsley family. This is the same genus and species used for growing table celery, although there are particular varieties that are used for the vegetable.

a spice that is the dried fruit (seed) of a plant in the parsley family (Cuminum cyminum), native to the Middle East and North Africa; the small crescent-shaped seeds have a powerful, earthy, ...

PLUMP:
To soak dried fruits in liquid until they swell.
POACH:
To cook very gently in hot liquid kept just below the boiling point.

compote (Fr.) A dish of fresh or dried fruit stewed slowly in syrup
to keep its shape, often flavored with liqueur and spices and served
cold.
compound buner Butter combined with other seasonings such as herbs,
shallots, and wine.

Crack Seed: dried fruits mixed with salt, sugar and seasonings
Dim Sum: dumplings that are steamed, baked, or fried (many varieties)
Egg Rolls: deep fried mixtures of bits of pork, shrimp, and chopped vegetables in
noodle wrapper ...

A traditional Pound Cake recipe would specify one pound each of flour, butter, eggs (8 eggs), sugar, and several kinds of dried fruits, raisins and cherries. In America the Pound Cake is normally prepared without dried fruits, raisins and cherries.

A liquid combination of cloves, cinnamon, quinine, nutmeg, rum, dried fruits, and other root and herbal extracts. Primarily used in drinks.
Bittersweet chocolate
The form of chocolate most often used in cake and cookie recipes.

It is common to use dried fruit like raisins, sultanas and currants to add sweetness and body to the chutney, but you can equally use prunes, apricots or even dried mango or apples.

Even so, Cretan food is actually quite simple, based on olive oil, olives, pulses and vegetables and fresh and dried fruits with very little meat and fish consumption.

Remove from heat; stir in celery, apple, dried fruit, almonds, parsley and cloves. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Place fruit mixture in turkey cavity. Tie turkey legs together with kitchen string.

Non-perishable foods -- dried fruit, peanut butter, crackers, nuts, etc.
Beverages - bottled water, juice boxes, etc.
A corkscrew (if serving wine) and can opener, or better yet, multi-tooled Swiss Army knife.

Just a quarter-cup (a scant handful) of dried fruit counts as a serving, yet it contains the same amount of fiber found in a whole piece of fruit or a half-cup of diced fruit - about two or three grams.

Christmas pudding is a boiled, or rather steamed, pudding, massively heavy with dried fruit and nuts, and usually made with suet. It should be very dark in appearance - effectively black - and moist.

The dried fruits of cultivated plants from Malta have an aromatic taste and odour, and are used for the preparation of fennel water, valued for its carminative properties. It is given in doses of I to 2 oz.

sulfites - Sulfiting agents are sometimes used to preserve the color of foods such as dried fruits and vegetable, and to inhibit the growth of microorganisms in fermented foods such as wine. Sulfites are safe for most people.

After these cakes were soaked in the wine sauce for a day, the dried fruits would fall out of them. History - It is believed to be a version of a kugelhopf which was invented in Lemberg in the 1600s.

In the past mincemeat did, in fact, contain meat (beef, chicken, or fish) along with eggs but the dried fruit and spices were secondary flavors in the pie.

Fennel seed is the dried fruit of the Foeniculum vulgare, which has numerous variants. The vegetable called fennel, or finnochio, comes from the plant known as Florence fennel, which develops bulbous stalks that are eaten like celery.

" Star anise is the dried fruit of an evergreen tree that is a member of the magnolia family and grows wild in southern China, reaching a height of about 25 feet.

Cookies are made in a wide variety of styles, using many components including spices, butter, sugars, nuts, chocolate or dried fruits.
Unlike cakes, cookie recipies commonly don't use water as a medium for cohesion.

whole grain berries with sauted onions and dried fruit Recipe
Ingredients: wheat, spelt or kamut berries, or a combination, boiling salted water, butter or olive oil, chopped onions, diced mixed fruits, such as: dried apricots, pitted prunes, ...

Granola - a mix of grains, nuts and dried fruits, sometimes coated with oil and honey, eaten for breakfast or as a snack.
Grappa - a brandy distilled from the stalks and grape skins that remain after the wine has been pressed. See eau-de-vie.

Compote: A dessert of fresh or dried fruit cooked in syrup, usually with spices and citrus zest.
Confectioner's sugar: Same as powdered sugar or in the UK icing sugar.

A spicy preserve in English cookery that consists of a mixture of dried fruit, apple, suet, candied fruit and spices, steeped in rum or brandy. It is the traditional filling for individual mince pies, served warm at Christmas.
Minestrone ...

They are used as preservatives in wines, dried fruits and potato products to prevent oxidation, spoilage or browning. Some people have a sever sensitivity to sulfites that results in a allergy-like reaction.

To cut food, often fresh herbs or dried fruit, with kitchen shears or scissors into very small, uniform pieces using short, quick strokes.
Soba noodles
Soba noodles ...

Cayenne pepper is a very hot red powder used to flavor dishes. The powder comes from the dried fruit of various extra-hot Capsicum pepper plants, especially C. frutescens. The name is derived from the Tupi word kyinha, literally "hot pepper." ...

Plump- To soak food (such as raisins or dried fruit) to make it soft and tender.
Pound- To flatten food, especially meat, to make it thinner and more tender.

reconstitute To take a dehydrated food such as dried fruit back to its original state by adding liquid, and allowing it to sit in a hot liquid to become soft.

Muesli: dry breakfast cereal of Swiss origin made of toasted oats, nuts, and dried fruits and served dry or with milk. This mixture is also used in the preparation of many breads and biscuits.
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Granola - A combination of assorted toasted grain (oats), dried fruits and nuts usually served as a breakfast cereal. Some blends are sweetened with honey and/or brown sugar.

PANFORTE - A dense, cake filled with dried fruits, nuts and spices that is a specialty of Tuscany at Christmas.
PANINO - A bread roll, generally made for sandwiches.

The name given to a solid mass of flour and liquid, often combined with other ingredients such as yeast, sugar, dried fruit or eggs, before it is baked and made in to cakes, biscuits or bread.
Waitrose
Useful information ...

3. In a food processor blend together the cottage cheese, sugar, soaked dried fruit and almonds, elderflowers and rosewater until smooth.

Lane Cake: White or yellow cake layered with dried fruits, coconut, nuts, and white frosting.
La Sale A Manger (French): Dining room
La Soupe (French): Soup ...

Uses: Add to bread dough containing low-protein flours and meals such as corn, rye, and oats, or extra ingredients like cheese, onions, dried fruits, and nuts.
Former pastry chef Ellen Jackson is a food writer who lives in Portland, Oregon.

hamantaschen: Three-cornered Jewish cookies filled with poppy seed, prune, or other dried fruit mixtures.

Compote - A chilled sauce or condiment of fresh or dried fruit in a syrup.

restaurants in your area that offer gluten-free items or "safe" dishes you can enjoy; call ahead and ask, or check out their menu online. Keep a stash of safe "fallback" foods in your workspace, such as gluten-free meal replacement bars, dried fruit ...

Dried fruits: apples, apricots, currants, figs, and raisins.
Dried herbs: basil, bay leaves, chili powder, cinnamon, dill, nutmeg, oregano, paprika, crushed red pepper, rosemary, sage, tarragon, thyme.

Compote Fresh or dried fruit cooked in a light syrup.
Condimenter To season with condiments. Derived from the Latin word condimentum meaning 'to preserve'.
Condire A French word meaning 'to preserve'.

Other vegetables and ingredients such as wheat, carrots, sweet potato, tomatoes, tomato sauce, ketchup, honey, dried fruit, paprika, and/or black pepper may be added to the stew before cooking.

See also: Fruit, Cooking, Sugar, Flavor, Vegetable