Recipe - Classic Apricot Sweet (Mudur Chere)

1 pound Dried apricots
2 cup Water (or more)
One fourth cup Sugar
2 tablespoon Blanched almonds; halved
4 Cardamom pods; cracked
3 sl Ginger (thin)
1 3inch cinnamon stick
halved

Soak apricots in 2 cups water in heavy medium saucepan 5 hours.

Add remaining ingredients to apricots and bring to boil. Reduce heat and
simmer until thick, adding more water if syrup becomes gummy, about 15
minutes. Cool completely, cover and refrigerate. Remove cardamom, ginger
and cinnamon before serving.

* Source: Bon Appetit April 1986 * Typed for you by Karen Mintzias

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