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I have a recipe for a fruit cake that uses 2lb of mixed fruit plus 11oz currants and 15oz raisins
In the UK, mixed dried fruit is usually a mixture of sultanas, raisins, currants, and chopped candied peel, with little variation. If it is the same in America then I don't understand the addition of more currants and raisins, which would work only to halve the proportion of candied peel and sultanas
Is mixed dried fruit composed differently in the US?
My best guess would be wampee fruit - has roughly the same size, shape, and stem colour, and obviously comes from the same region, although I'm not sure about the interior:
It's hard to tell from the low contrast in the photo but it could also be loquat, AKA "Japanese Plum".
Only problem with the second choice is that loquat usually has full-on brown branches as opposed to green stems - so it's probably the wampee.
It looks like a honeybell. Also known as a tangelo.
Best Answer
From a Google search, I found several brands of mixed dry fruits available in the US. Some do contain raisins and/or currants, but not most. Typically, they contain apricots, apples, peaches, plums, pears and sometimes nectarines. Like This