Lela Kornberg's Upside-down Apricot Pudding

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 16 dried apricots
• 1 lb pitted prune, cut up
• 1 cup warm water
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup matzo meal
• 1 teaspoon potato starch
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 4 apples, finely sliced
• 1/2 cup honey

Recipe

• 1 in a medium bowl, soak dried apricots in warm water to cover until plump, about 1 hour. drain well, and set aside.
• 2 in another bowl, soak prunes in 1 cup warm water to cover until plump, about 1/2 an hour. do not drain (you need to add the soaking water to the batter along with the prunes).
• 3 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 4 in a large bowl, beat eggs, sugar, cinnamon, and salt until well blended.
• 5 add matzah meal and potato starch; mix well. let stand for 30 minutes.
• 6 add oil, apples, and prunes, along with their soaking water; mix well.
• 7 grease a 9x13 inch glass baking dish. pour honey evenly into the bottom of the baking dish, then arrange the drained apricots in the honey.
• 8 pour the batter over, and bake at 350 for 1 hour, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• 9 turn upside down down on a serving platter while still warm. can be served warm or cold.