It is believed that so beloved by many home baking requires significant material costs, time and effort. But there are many recipes that can be easily implemented even in the evening after a hard day. Dried fruit tart is a great example. He will need the simplest products, some of which are probably always at hand. A spectacular and striking addition - fruits - can be bought at any supermarket on the way home from work.
But the result is so good that it can take its rightful place on the festive table. In many countries of the world, this delicacy is served at the main holidays of the year, so the name "Christmas cake with dried fruits" is very common.
How to cook this healthy and beautiful home-made cake? Our article will help you figure it out.
Dough recipe
You can use any bulk dough for a pie as a base: biscuit, kefir, chocolate. And we suggest using plain black tea as a base! Varieties with additives, such as bergamot or jasmine, are especially good. Tea is not only responsible for aroma. Thanks to him, a shade is obtained that decorates a cake with dried fruits.
A recipe with a photo will help to prepare the dough quickly. Brew tea (300 ml), add a couple of tablespoons of sugar into it and cover with a saucer to insist. Take half an orange and a lemon, remove the peel from an orange, chop citrus fruits with a blender or a meat grinder. You can even just chop the flesh with a knife and then knead. Combine tea and citrus in a bowl. Add a couple of teaspoons of honey, 20 ml of olive oil, 0.5 tsp. ordinary soda. Stir and start adding flour in small portions. She will need 1 glass.
It remains to add chopped fruit and bake in the oven until cooked. If you wish, you can add a handful of fried nuts to this pie with dried fruits. Perfectly suitable walnuts, forest, cedar, cashew. But peanuts are likely to get wet and won't crack. But it can be used to decorate the finished cake, previously calcined in a dry frying pan.
Dried Fruits For Pie
For the specified number of products, you will need about 1 cup of dried fruit. Many stores sell sets consisting of different varieties. You can also make your own mix, focusing on the tastes of households. For this baking, the following is perfect:
- raisins;
- dried apricots and prunes;
- home-made dried fruits from plums, pears, apples, cherries;
- sun-dried bananas;
- smoked figs;
- tropical dried fruits (pineapples, kiwi, mangoes), which are sold in the form of multi-colored cubes.
The more varieties you use, the more beautiful the dried fruit pie will be.
Before loading into the dough, thoroughly rinse the dryer, steam for a while with boiling water and cut everything except raisins into pieces.
Decoration
Take the finished cake out of the oven and let it cool. By and large, he is already beautiful. One glance is enough to make anyone drool!
But if you are preparing a cake with dried fruits and nuts for the holiday, you can give it an even more solemn appearance. To do this, you can use caramel, icing, ganache or fondant. You can make your choice, and we recommend a win-win option in the form of chocolate glaze. It goes well with fruits, and nuts, and with citrus acidity, which is inherent in such a test.
Mix in a bowl 3 tbsp. l sugar, as much cocoa and 50 ml of milk. If you use melted, it will be even tastier. Stirring, heat the mixture, let it boil and immediately remove from heat. Pour the cooled cake with hot glaze and smooth the surface with spatula. Instead of cocoa, you can also use black and white chocolate or pastry drops to make icing.
Serving to the table
Pie with dried fruits is perfect in all seasons. In summer, it is served chilled fruit and berry juices, and in winter it can be a great addition to tea, coffee, cocoa or mulled wine. This cake can be a great gift or treat that you will take with you on a visit. He also retains freshness for 2-3 days, so you can take pieces with you for a snack - of course, if something remains in the morning. Usually, this delicious pie for an evening tea party scatters with a bang.