Macerated Stone Fruit

Ingredients

• 2 pound dried fruit stone fruit (apricots
• plums or cherries
• for example)
• 1/2 pound blanched almonds
• 2 tablespoons pine nuts
• 2 cups fresh orange juice
• 2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon rosewater
• 1 tablespoon anise liquor or 2 or 3 star anise (optional)

Instructions

1. Mix fruit, almonds, pine nuts, orange juice, water, cinnamon, rosewater and anise liquor or 2 or 3 star anise, if using.
2. Cover and stir every few hours for 12 to 24 hours.
3. Serve when fruit is tender.