Spiced Dried Fruit Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

30 g dried apples
50 g dried apricots
30 g dried figs
30 g dried pears
30 g dried peaches
1/2 cinnamon stick
2 cloves
1 teaspoon honey
1 pinch powdered saffron
1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or 1/2 vanilla bean, split
1 strip lemon zest
20 g slivered almonds (or flaked)
20 g shelled pistachios
orange flower water or orange oil, essence

Preparation

Put all the dried fruit plus the cinnamon, cloves, honey, saffron, vanilla and lemon zest into a sauce pan. Add cold water to just barely cover the fruit.
Place on stove on a low-medium heat and slowly bring to simmering point. Cook for 15 minutes, gently stirring once during this time. Remove from heat.
Cool to desired serving temperature - remove cinnamon & cloves (if you can find them). Just before serving stir in the almonds, pistachios and a few drops of orange flower water (or to taste).
Note: if you prefer you can place the cinnamon & cloves into a muslin bag to make removal easier.