Recipes
From the Balkans east to Afghanistan, this sweet pastry appears at all holiday and festive occasions. The following recipe comes from the Balkans. Variations include substituting sugar for the honey in the syrup in Yugoslavia and Greece, flavoring the syrup with cardamom, rose geranium, or rose essence in the Middle East and Afghanistan, substituting pistachios for half the walnuts in Lebanon and Afghanistan, or using hazelnuts instead of walnuts...
Fruit compotes—sometimes of dried fruit, sometimes of fresh—are served throughout Ramadan and other Muslim feasts. This version has seven fruits (counting the almonds), which is the traditional number for the new year. Other suitable ingredients to add or substitute are fresh or dried cherries, walnuts, pistachios, and prunes.
Ingredients
½ pound dried Turkish or other apricots
12 dried Turkish or California small figs
½ cup gol...
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