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Thomas a Kempis

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits		Desserts, Red wine	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Cinnamon stick,2"
1/2	c	Water
1/4	c	Sugar
1	pk	Mixed dried fruit(11oz)
6		Whole cloves
1/2	c	Sweet red wine
2	tb	Lemon juice
2		Bananas

INSTRUCTIONS

Tie cinnamon stick and cloves in cheesecloth bag. Heat cheesecloth bag,
water, wine, sugar and lemon juice to boiling in 2-quart saucepan. Stir in
dried fruit. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered, stirring
occasionally, until fruit is plump and tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
Refrigerate uncovered, stirring ocaasionally, at least 3 hours but no
longer than 24 hours.
Remove cheesecloth bag. Slice bananas and stir into fruit mixture until
coated with syrup. Drain fruit, reserving syrup. Serve fruit with some of
the reserved syrup.
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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