Dishes made with dried fruit

17 dishes from around the world that list dried fruit as a main ingredient.

Christmas pudding 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreSteamed or boiled sweet pudding with dried fruit, served at Christmas dinner Sweet or dessert, Dinner

StollenVegetarian 🇩🇪 Germany and 2 moreGerman fruit bread with dried fruit, nuts, spices and a sugar-dusted crust Sweet or dessert, Tea time, Snacks

Stuffing 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreA seasoned mixture used to fill meat, poultry, seafood, or vegetables before cooking Main dish, Dinner

KutiaVegetarian 🇧🇾 Belarus and 5 moreSweet grain porridge with honey, poppy seeds and nuts for winter feasts Sweet or dessert, Dinner

BobotieMeat 🇿🇦 South Africa and 5 moreSpiced minced meat baked with an egg topping, often with dried fruit Main dish, Lunch, Dinner

Christmas cake 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreCakes served at Christmas, often rich with fruit, nuts or cream Sweet or dessert, Tea time, Snacks

Mince pie 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreSmall sweet pies filled with spiced fruit mincemeat, eaten at Christmas Pie or savoury pastry, Tea time, Snacks

Kaju katliVegan 🇮🇳 IndiaIndian sweet made from ground cashews and sugar, cut into diamond shapes Sweet or dessert

MazurekVegetarian 🇵🇱 PolandA sweet, flat Polish pastry decorated for Easter with fruit and nuts Pie or savoury pastry, Tea time, Snacks

Simnel cakeVegetarian 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreFruitcake with a marzipan layer and marzipan balls, linked to Easter and Lent Sweet or dessert, Tea time, Snacks

ThekuaVegetarian 🇳🇵 Nepal and 1 moreFried sweet made from wheat flour, ghee and sugar or jaggery Sweet or dessert, Snacks

Shirin poloVegetarian 🇮🇷 IranPersian rice pilaf with saffron, nuts, and dried fruits for festive occasions Main dish, Dinner, Lunch

CapirotadaVegetarian 🇲🇽 MexicoMexican bread pudding with syrup, cheese, nuts and dried fruit, eaten during Lent Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Dinner

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Stollen: Gürgi, Public domain, source
Muesli: Original description was: I, VirtualSteve took this photograph on Febr, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Bobotie: Olga Ernst, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Kutia: Віщун, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Capirotada: PlumaLila, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Mince pie: Alcinoe, Public domain, source
Tajine: Bawdeep2010, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Christmas pudding: James Petts, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Stuffing: Biskuit, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Ashure: Maderibeyza, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Mazurek: Anwar2, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Kaju katli: Unknomics, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Simnel cake: No machine-readable author provided. Edward assumed (based on copyrigh, Public domain, source
Christmas cake: Martin Belam, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Thekua: Magadhkingdom, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Shirin polo: Yallayallaletsgo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source