Sweet Dried Fruit Soup
A super-wholesome, vitamin-rich fruit soup. The name might raise an eyebrow or two, but yes—soup can be made from dried fruit, not just vegetables and the usual ingredients. It's a real treasure trove of nutrients, and it helps support your immune system through the fall and spring months.
Cooking method
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Step 1:
Gather the ingredients for the sweet dried fruit soup.
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Step 2:
Wash the dried apricots, prunes, and raisins thoroughly. My dried apricots were large, so I cut them in half, but I left the prunes whole.
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Step 3:
Bring 500 ml of water to a boil in a pot, add the dried fruit, and let it return to a boil. Cook at a moderate boil for 10 minutes.
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Step 4:
If you like, add cinnamon for a lightly spiced flavor and aroma. Cook the dried fruit until soft, but ideally not overcooked.
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Step 5:
Stir the cornstarch into 50 ml of water until the lumps disappear.
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Step 6:
To thicken the soup slightly, pour the cornstarch slurry in a thin stream into the boiling soup, stirring in a circular motion so it distributes evenly.
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Step 7:
Right away, before the starch sets, pour the apple juice into the soup and stir.
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Step 8:
Add sugar to taste and stir.
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Step 9:
Bring the soup to a boil and immediately take it off the heat. Let it rest, covered, for 15 minutes. You can serve the fruit soup warm or chilled. Enjoy!
- Dried apricots and prunes are high in potassium salts, which makes them especially good for kidney health and for the cardiovascular and circulatory systems. Dried fruit also aids digestion and supports immunity. You can adjust the ratio of dried fruits to taste and go with whatever mix you like best. You can swap the apple juice for dried apples—in that case, cook the apples until soft first, let them steep a bit, remove them from the pot, and then continue cooking the soup with the dried fruit added. You can also replace the juice with water, which makes a great version for light, low-calorie days; in that case it's best made without sugar. Instead of cinnamon, you could add a vanilla pod. I used unsweetened apple juice, which gave the soup a noticeable tartness; next time I'll try making it with an apple decoction. Dried fruit soup is a good thing to include in a kid's menu as a snack, and it works for meatless days too.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Cinnamon - 247 kcal/100g
- Granulated sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Starch - 320 kcal/100g
- Dried apricots - 215 kcal/100g
- Uryuk - 290 kcal/100g
- Dried peaches - 254 kcal/100g
- Raisins - 280 kcal/100g
- Kishmish - 279 kcal/100g
- Prunes - 227 kcal/100g
- Water - 0 kcal/100g
- Apple juice - 42 kcal/100g
