Vegetable - Fruit Tzimmes

Ingredients

• 3 large carrots, thickly sliced
• 3 yams or 3 sweet potatoes, peeled and thickly sliced
• 1/2 lb prune, pitted and soaked until softened
• 3 granny smith apples, peeled, cored and thickly sliced
• 8 tablespoons brown sugar
• salt, to taste
• fresh ground pepper, to taste
• 3 3 tablespoons margarine or 3 tablespoons schmaltz
• 1 cup water or 1 cup orange juice