Syrian apricot paste

Fruit roll-ups, eat your heart out

by Stephen Heuser

NOSHING & SIPPING

One of the coolest things we've ever seen in a supermarket is Dried Apricot Paste, a one-pound brick of Syrian fruit leather wrapped in orange cellophane. It's sold in the "international" section of the Fenway Star Market; there is no brand name, although the label says the stuff was made in Damascus by Mohamed El ShaLati. The packaging unfolds into sticky shingles of concentrated orange goo -- sweet, tart, totally impractical, and wonderfully rich. The only ingredients are apricots, sugar, and olive oil. Just get ready to wash your hands.

Dried Apricot Paste is available for $1.99 at the Fenway Star Market, 33 Kilmarnock Street (at Boylston), in Boston.

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