The easiest and most win -win way to prepare home sweets is to make them from nuts and dried fruits. They are tasty, satisfying and healthy. This is not only a great dessert for tea, but also a full -fledged sweet snack in a hurry.
Fragrant and piquant prunes have been known to humanity since ancient times. For the first time they began to dry the plum in the Caucasus, and gradually the fruits spread in Asia and Europe. Later, they got to America - only by the 19th century. Previously, fruits were dried to extend their storage, but experiments with prunes were so successful that the technology finally took root.
The fruits even began to slows down so that they did not burst in the future. The prunes have an expressive sweet taste with a slight smoked aroma and sourness. They should not be bitterness - this is a sure sign of improper processing. The prunes are perfectly combined with meat and poultry, especially in baked or stewed form.
It is added to salads and desserts, jelly prepares from it, make a filling for baking, and in Norway there are even the famous first dishes with prunes. It is added to pilaf, to stewed vegetables, cottage cheese, in cereals and mugley. You can safely mix it with other dried fruits and nuts. Separately good lickers, wine and tinctures on the prunes!
