Swedish Fruit Soup

Name: Swedish Fruit Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4-5 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups prunes; water; grape juice; 1 cup raisins, seedless; 1 lemon, sliced; 2/3 cup sugar; 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup quick-cooking tapioca

Submitted by Maryland Jim

"This recipe is from a 1989 Garden Club fundraising cookbook."

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Ready In:: 30mins
Ingredients:: 9
Serves:: 4-5

ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ cups prunes
water
grape juice
1 cup raisins, seedless
1 lemon, sliced
²⁄₃ cup sugar
¹⁄₄ teaspoon cinnamon
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ cup quick-cooking tapioca

directions

Combine prunes and enough water to cover in a large saucepan, boil until soft. Drain, reserving prune juice.
Snip prunes from pits; set aside.
Add enough grape juice to prune juice to make four and one-half cups.
Heat fruit juices and add prunes, raisins, lemon and sugar. Add cinnamon and salt; cook for several minutes.
Stir in tapioca slowly, making sure grains remain separate.
Cook, stirring constantly until tapioca is clear.
Serve hot or cold.

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Reviews

Easy preparation & a nice tasting soup! This was just for myself, so I enjoyed it both hot & cold, but prefer it cold! Used pitted prunes, golden raisins & one large, not terribly tart lemon for a great tasting soup! Thanks for sharing! [Tagged, made & reviewed in Stone Soup: A Cooking Game]

Sydney Mike