Recipe(tried): Kaymakli Kayisi Tatlisi (Apricots Stuffed with Cream) - Welcome, Yeliz

Dear Yeliz,

So glad you joined the group. In your honor, I am posting for the rest of the gang my recipe for Kaymakli Kayisi Tatlisi (apricots stuffed with cream). I love Middle Eastern cooking and am looking forward to your postings.

KAYMAKLI KAYISI TATLISI
(Apricots Stuffed with Cream)

1/2 pound large dried (whole pitted) apricots, soaked in water for 1 hour or overnight
1 1/4 cups water
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 Tbsp rose water
1 cup Kaymak, clotted cream or mascarpone
3 Tbsp finely chopped pistachios

Drain the apricots. Make a syrup by boiling the water with the sugar and lemon juice.

Add the rose water and the apricots and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes, then leave to cool.

Make a slit along one side of each apricot and stuff with a little of the cream or mascarpone.

Arrange on a dish and serve sprinkled with chopped pistachios.