Snapdragon preserve
A fruit preserve to be served with plain yogurt, crepes, waffles… or, to be honest, just eaten by the spoonful!
Ingredients
- 1 cup dark rum
- 1¾ cup dried apricots
- 2 cups dried figs
- 2 cups raisins
- 1¼ cups cane sugar
- zest and juice of 1 lemon
- zest nd juice of 1 orange
- ½ cup whole almonds
- 5 cm cinnamon
- 1 vanilla bean
Method
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1
Sterilize five 250 ml jars.
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2
Put the rum and ¾ cup water in a large pot. Add the other ingredients, except the almonds.
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3
Cover the pot and bring to a boil. Mix well, reduce heat, and simmer for 5 minutes.
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4
Turn off the heat and fill the jars halfway. Put about a dozen whole almonds in each jar, then fill with the rest of the preserve. Immediately cover with sterilized lids. Let cool.
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5
Additionally, you can also divide a vanilla bean and cinnamon stick into each of the jars.
