Dried fruit stewed with brown sugar and vanilla
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | cups | Water |
| ½ | cup | Firmly packed brown sugar |
| 1 | 8 ounce pack mixed dried fruit | |
| 4 | Orange slices | |
| 1 | Cinnamon stick | |
| 1 | Piece vanilla bean; split lengthwise (1 | |
| ; 1/2-inch) | ||
| Plain yogurt or sour cream | ||
| Ground cinnamon | ||
Directions
Combine all ingredients except yogurt and ground cinnamon in heavy medium saucepan. Bring to boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat and simmer until fruit softens, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes.
Transfer fruit only to glass bowl, using slotted spoon. Boil liquid until reduced to 1 cup, returning liquid exuded from fruit to saucepan, about 10 minutes. Pour liquid over fruit, discarding orange slices. Serve warm, room temperature or chilled, topping with dollop of yogurt and dusting of cinnamon.
4 servings; can be double or tripled.
Bon Appetit December 1990
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