Fruit soup made from dried fruit, grandma's style

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 100 g dried fruit (apples, apricots or plums)
• 1,250 ml water
• 3 drops of lemon flavor
• some cinnamon
• 20 g cornstarch
• 1 tbsp water, cold, for mixing
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar
• 75 g sugar
• e.g. macaroons

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Rest time approx. 12 hours; Cooking/baking time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 12 hours 45 minutes

Wash the fruit and soak it in 1250 ml of water for 12 hours. Then bring the fruit to a boil with the soaking water, lemon flavoring, and cinnamon, and simmer over low heat for 30 minutes until soft. Strain the soup through a sieve, bring back to a boil, and thicken with the cornstarch. Add the vanilla sugar, season to taste, and add macaroons, if desired.