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Dried out sultanas - can they be revived?

tjp70 · 2012-06-03 11:49:55

Stupidly, I didn't seal my bag of sultanas properly last time I used them and they have dried out. They are still in date. Can I soak them in something to revive them?

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VfM4meplse Posts: 34,269 Forumite

2 December 2012 at 8:28PM

DawnW wrote: »

I think it would be better in a cake than in mincemeat, 'cos you can soak it first in tea or alcohol, as mentioned above. I wouldn't worry about dried fruit being in date (I don't think I have ever checked tbh ). Sometimes I dry fruit, tomatoes etc myself, and that doesn't even have dates :rotfl:

Agreed.

I always made a point of soaking my fruit in alcohol for several weeks before making the cake - now I've realised what a waste of time that is, when you can just heat it with some liquid in a saucepan for 10 mins! Saves a lot of time, makes for a really moist cake and means more alchol can go in the cake itself.

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