Nutritive Information
- Energy: 196 Kcal
- Fat: 2.84 g
- Cholesterol: 0
- Fibre: 6.82 g
Ingredients
- 200g/7oz kumquats
- 200g/7oz dried apricots
- 30ml/2 tbsp sultanas
- 400ml/14fl oz water
- 1 orange
- 2.5cm/1 in piece fresh root ginger
- 4 cardamom pods
- 4 cloves
- 30ml/2 tbsp clear honey
- 15ml/1 tbsp flaked almonds, toasted
Instructions
- Wash the kumquats and, if they are large, cut them in half. Place them in a saucepan with the apricots, sultanas and water. Bring to the boil.
- Pare the rind thinly from the orange, peel and grate the ginger, crush the cardamom pods and add to the pan, with the cloves.
- Reduce the heat, cover the pan and simmer gently for about 30 minutes, or until the fruit is tender.
- Squeeze the juice from the orange and add to the pan with honey to sweeten to taste, sprinkle with flaked almonds, and serve warm.
