Candies made from dried fruits and nuts
Description
The dish is prepared without unnecessary complications. The recipe for making candies from dried fruits and nuts includes just a few basic recommendations that can be varied depending on available ingredients and taste preferences. You can use any nuts and dried fruits, and if desired, marinate them in brandy, for example. You may also add cinnamon for aroma or other spices. The finished dessert can be served immediately.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. Depending on the ingredients used, at the first stage you can soak raisins, dried apricots, or prunes in hot water (if they are well dried). Nuts can be dried in the oven.
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Step 2
2. The dried fruits need to be slightly chopped. Remove the pits from the dates beforehand. You can also optionally add dried berries to the recipe for making candies from dried fruits and nuts.
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Step 3
3. You can chop the dried fruits using a blender or by passing them through a meat grinder. With the first method, you can control the size of the pieces, leaving them larger if desired.
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Step 4
4. If necessary, peel the nuts and crush them with a rolling pin or mortar pestle. It's better not to turn them into flour, but to leave some medium-sized pieces so they can be felt in the candies.
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Step 5
5. Combine nuts and dried fruits in a bowl and gradually add honey, mixing thoroughly. The honey should be liquid (if it's thick, you can gently warm it in a water bath or microwave). The mixture should be quite thick so that you can shape it into candies.
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Step 6
6. Now you can roll the homemade fruit and nut candies in sesame seeds, poppy seeds, or crushed wafers. You can shape them any way you like.
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Step 7
7. For true sweet lovers, you can prepare chocolate glaze and drizzle it over the candies.