Macerated Stone Fruit

• 2 pound dried fruit stone fruit (apricots, plums or cherries, for example)
• 1/2 pound blanched almonds
• 2 tablespoons pine nuts
• 2 cups fresh orange juice
• 2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon rosewater
• 1 tablespoon anise liquor or 2 or 3 star anise (optional)

1. Mix fruit, almonds, pine nuts, orange juice, water, cinnamon, rosewater and anise liquor or 2 or 3 star anise, if using.
2. Cover and stir every few hours for 12 to 24 hours.
3. Serve when fruit is tender.

cherries, almonds, nuts, orange juice, water, ground cinnamon, rosewater, anise liquor

Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/12557 (may not work)