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Pâtes de Fruits

By Elizabeth LaBau, About.com

Definition: Pâtes de fruits are chewy candies with intense fruit taste made from purees of fresh fruit. To prepare, fruit is boiled and cooked down with sugar to an extremely concentrated, almost jam-like consistency before being poured, cooled and cut into small squares rolled in sugar.
Pronunciation: PAHT duh fruit

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