Recipes with apricots

Fruit basket cookies packed with candied cherries, dates, dried apricots, golden raisins, pecans, and walnuts in a brown sugar butter dough. A chewy, fruited holiday cookie.

Parsi chicken curry with dried apricots, whole spices, and crispy potato straws. A sweet-tangy Indian dish with cinnamon, cumin, cardamom, and a vinegar-sugar balance that makes the sauce unforgettable.

Try this new and delicious spin on Thanksgiving where the pumpkins are stuffed with pine nuts, celery and apricots.

Crisp baked tortillas stuffed with a mixture of apricot and orange kissed cream cheese and ricotta enveloped with an apricot basting sauce. This breakfast fruit chimichanga recipe is a hit.

Paprika-rubbed chicken breasts chargrilled until smoky, sliced over fluffy couscous tossed with toasted pine nuts, dried apricots, and fresh coriander. A vibrant 40-minute dinner with North African flair.

Broiled sirloin steak sliced thin and topped with fresh apricot relish simmered with red onion, rice vinegar, and Chinese five spice.

Layers of soft pound cake soaked in sweet Marsala wine, lush apricot purée, and silky vanilla custard come together in this classic British trifle that's easier to make than you think.

Gingerbread cream pie with a spiced molasses cake split and filled with an apricot-vanilla custard set with gelatin. A unique two-component dessert for gingerbread lovers.

Fresh fruit smoothie with apples, apricots, banana, and yogurt blended with honey for a quick healthy breakfast or snack ready in 5 minutes.

Pajas are flourless coconut cookies loaded with butter-toasted pecans, dried apricots, and chopped chocolate, bound with sweetened condensed milk. No eggs, no flour, all flavor.

Traditional German Rumtopf: a layered preserve of summer fruits, sugar, and rum that builds up over the season and matures into a boozy Christmas dessert by winter.

Roast loin of pork with apricot glaze: a honey-sweetened apricot and citrus glaze brushed onto pork loin as it roasts. Elegant holiday main with a microwave shortcut for the sauce.

This is a sweet/tart accompaniment to mild main dishes, or a not-too-sweet dessert with slices of pound cake.

Duck pilaf that makes the most of leftover roast duckling: rice toasted golden, simmered in stock with celery, then baked with diced duck and sweet dried apricots. A smart, savory-sweet second act for last night's roast.

Turkey and rice in a warm-spiced tomato sauce with sweet dried apricots and a little green chile heat. A sweet-and-savory, Moroccan-leaning skillet served over fluffy rice, lean and quick to fix.

Romaine salad with grilled chicken, fresh apricots, mint, and toasted almonds in a dried apricot-mint dressing. A Mediterranean main-course salad where the dressing doubles as the chicken marinade.