Snacks & baking

Stuffed dried apricots

Soft dried apricots filled with a sweet, fragrant walnut paste. These are traditional little treats, offered at celebrations and served with coffee.

25 min
6 servings
Advanced
Moderate
🇦🇲 Armenia

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Ingredients

Spices & seasoning

Cinnamon (a pinch)

Optional extras

30 g Caster sugar (for rolling)

Nutrition facts

371 kcal per serving

Protein: 4.8 g
Carbohydrates: 50.3 g
of which sugars: 36.8 g
Fat: 17.1 g
of which saturated fat: 1.7 g
Fiber: 5.8 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

Quickly rinse the dried apricots in cold water, then dry them thoroughly with kitchen paper.
In a bowl, mix the ground walnuts, icing sugar, cinnamon and honey until you have a soft paste.
Add the orange blossom water and knead to bind the mixture well.
Slit each apricot open and press a small ball of walnut filling into it gently.
If you like, roll the stuffed apricots in caster sugar so they are less sticky.
Arrange them on a plate and chill for 1 hour before serving.

Variations and tips

Pistachio apricots. Replace half the walnuts with ground pistachios for a greener, more fragrant filling.

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Original Ecomely recipe.