Aromatic pie with dried fruits: a recipe

It is generally believed that so beloved by many homemade pastries requires significant material costs, time and effort. But there are many recipes that can be easily implemented even in the evening after a hard working day. A dried fruit cake is a perfect example. He will need the simplest products, some of which are always at hand. A spectacular and bright addition - fruit - you can buy in any supermarket on the way from work.

But the result is so good that it can take a worthy place on the festive table. In many countries of the world this delicacy is served on the main holidays of the year, therefore the name "Christmas pie with dried fruits" is very common.

How to cook this useful and beautiful homemade cake? Our article will help you understand.

The recipe for the preparation of the dough

You can use any filling dough for a pie as a basis: biscuit, kefir, chocolate. And we suggest using black tea as a basis! Especially good varieties with additives, for example with bergamot or jasmine. Tea is not only responsible for the fragrance. Thanks to him, it turns out also a shade, which is so decorated with a pie with dried fruits.

The recipe with the photo will help to prepare the dough quickly. Brew tea (300 ml), add a couple of spoons of sugar and cover it with a saucer to insist. Take half the orange and lemon, remove the crust from the orange, chop the citrus fruits with a blender or meat grinder. You can even just chop the flesh with a knife, and then knead. Combine tea and citrus fruits in a bowl. Add a couple of teaspoons of honey, 20 ml of olive oil, 0.5 tsp. Ordinary soda. Stir and start in small portions to add flour. It will need 1 glass.

It remains to add the sliced fruit and bake in the oven until cooked. If desired, you can add to this pie with dried fruits and a handful of fried nuts. Wonderful fit walnut, forest, cedar, cashew. But peanuts, most likely, will get wet and will not crackle. But it can be used to decorate a ready-made pie, pre-calcining in a dry frying pan.

Dried fruits for pie

For the specified amount of products you will need about 1 cup of dried fruits. Many stores sell sets consisting of different varieties. You can also make your mix, focusing on the tastes of the household. For this baking, the following is perfect:

• raisins;
• Dried apricots and prunes;
• Homemade dried fruits from plums, pears, apples, cherries;
• Dried bananas;
• Smoked figs;
• Tropical dried fruits (pineapple, kiwi, mango), which are sold in the form of multi-colored cubes.

The more varieties you use, the more beautiful you will get a pie with dried fruits.

Before loading into the dough, thoroughly rinse the drying, steal for a while with boiling water and cut everything except the raisins into pieces.

Decoration

Remove the prepared pie from the oven and allow it to cool. By and large, he is so beautiful. One glance is enough to make any water drooling!

But if you are preparing a pie with dried fruits and nuts for the holiday, you can give it an even more solemn look. For this you can use caramel, icing, ganache or sweets. You can make your choice, and we recommend a win-win option in the form of chocolate glaze. It is perfectly combined with fruits, and with nuts, and with citrus sourness, which is inherent in such a test.

Mix in a bowl of 3 tbsp. L. Sugar, as much cocoa and 50 ml of milk. If you use ghee, it will be even tastier. Stirring, heat the mixture, let it boil and immediately remove from heat. Fill with hot glaze the cooled pie and smooth the surface of the spawning. To prepare the glaze instead of cocoa, you can also use black and white chocolate or confectionery drops.

Feed to the table

A cake with dried fruits is beautiful in all seasons. In the summer, it is served with chilled fruit and berry juices, and in winter it can be an excellent addition to tea, coffee, cocoa or mulled wine. This cake can be an excellent gift or a treat that you take with you on a visit. And it keeps freshness for 2-3 days, so you can take slices with you to a snack - of course, if something stays in the morning. Usually this delicious cake for the evening tea party is bursting with a bang.