Making Dry Fruits Stuffed with Nuts

As the Italian tradition has it, the Christmas feast should end with dry fruits stuffed with nuts. This is symbolic of welfare, prosperity and a long life. There may be all kinds of fruit – figs, dried apricots, dates or  prunes, the same goes for nuts – hazelnuts, almond or walnuts. In this season stores offer prepared sets of stuffed and nicely laid-out fruits that are in great demand, whereas many housewives prefer to buy the ingredients separately and do the stuffing at home – it comes out cheaper.

Ingredients for Dry Fruits with Nuts

• 0.4 lb dates
• 0.2 lb figs
• 0.1 lb dried apricots
• a mixture of different nuts – almond, hazelnuts, walnuts
• sugared mandarins, oranges or marmalade

Recipe for Dry Fruits with Nuts

1. Take the nuts out of shells. Put them in hot water for a couple of minutes and peel. Dry them in the oven.
2. Wash and dry fruits.
3. Take out the stones from the dates. Figs’ stones are small and dried apricots are sold without stones, so leave them be.
4. Put one or two nuts in each fruit, or half a nut if it’s a walnut.
5. Place the fruit nicely on a dish, decorate slices of candied tangerines and oranges, or just marmalade.