10 Ways to Cook with Dried Fruit - Dairy Free
DRIED FRUIT
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I love dried fruit in both savoury and sweet dishes. During the summer I love making carrot and raisin couscous salad. I love added them to cakes and cookies, there sweetness lets me reduce the sugar in the recipes. As someone with IBS and food intolerance's, my digestive system is a lot happier with the sweetness of dried fruit rather than sugar.
Have I mentioned I love dried fruit!!!!!
All these recipes are dairy free, or easy to make dairy free by substituting your favourite free from milk and spread.
1. On the Side
Adding dried fruit to side dishes just makes them look more special.
2. Salads
Carrot & Raisin Couscous
I love making Couscous salad, the tiny grains of pasta soak up any flavour you add to them. My personal trick is to add 1 tsp of vegetable oil to the dry grains and mix through before adding the stock. It makes the grains less clumpy.
Broccoli au Tournesol (Broccoli & Raisin Salad)
3. Preserves
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Mission fig Jam
Dried fruit are a commonly added to both jams and chutney recipes. However until I did a little research I didn't know you could make a jam from just dried fruit.
Dried Apricot Jam
Mission Fig Quick Jam
4. Drinks
Fresh fruit is added to Spanish sangria and festive punches, so why not Dried fruit.
Dried Fruit & Grapefruit Smoothie
Dried Fruit in Cocktails
Kompot with dried apricots
Coconut & Date smoothie
This recipe calls for coconut water & homemade Almond milk. Coconut water is a bit too expensive for me. So I would make this recipe just using coconut milk. (Not the canned Variety, but the dairy free milk substitute found in the chill aisle at the supermarket.
5. Soup
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Fruit salad isn't really appealing in the winter months so why not try a lovely warm fruit soup.Fruktsoppa - fruit soup
Scandinavian sweet soup
Lentil Soup with a hint of fruit
6. Winter warming Stews
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I really Love Love Love Love Love stews, especially in winter. Next too soup there the ultimate comfort food. On a cold winter night, eating one is like getting a lovely big hug.
Vegetable Tagine with Apricots
Five a day Tagine
Sweet potato, lentil & Raisin stew
Dried fruit and Lima bean stew (Broad beans) The cream in the recipe is optional so this one is easy to make dairy free.
7. International
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Adding dried fruit to savoury dishes is not a new foody fad. It's also not limited to one global cuisine but many.
Bulgar pilaf with toasted Almonds & Dried fruit
Savoury curried rice with dried fruit Use Vegetable stock to make this vegetarian.
African inspired Peanut curry
Dolmades
8. Sweets & Candy
Ina Gartens
French chocolate Bark
If your really craving something sweet why not something that counts towards your Five fruit and vegetables a day goal.
Dried Fruit Gums
Dried fruit & nut bites
French Chocolate Bark
Chocolate covered Raisins
9. Snacks
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Peppered Fruit
Hot Curried Dried Fruit
Lightened up Granola
- It might not seem like a snack to everyone, however I love to snack on dry cereal. It's just like eating popcorn but with a lot more Vitamins and minerals.
10. Traditional Scottish Recipes
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Normally I would end my 10 ways to cook blog with dessert. Doesn't all good things end with dessert. However there some of the best traditional Scottish recipes make excellent use of the humble dried fruit.
My mum used to cook Clootie Dumpling every New year, for folk popping in to First Footing our house. I personally loved it covered in Custard. It's one of the few recipes that I would never attempt to make myself, It just wouldn't be as good as my mums.
Clootie Dumpling
Black bun
Fly Cemetery slice - Named such as not because it tastes like it, more that it resembles one
Dundee Cake This recipe uses Flax seeds/Linseed's as an egg substitute.
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