Dried apricot jam for winter

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   There are several different recipes. They make jam from dried apricots with the addition of nuts: walnuts or almonds, citrus fruits, with apples or pumpkin. Let's prepare the ingredients for jam according to the classic recipe. According to this recipe, lemon or lemon juice is added to dried apricots. Those who like sweeter desserts can add sugar to taste.

2. Step 2:

   

   Dried apricots are better to buy in a store or on the market of good quality, without artificial gloss. Let the dried fruits be not bright in color and nondescript in appearance, this will indicate that the product is natural. Dried apricots are thoroughly washed under running water or changing the water several times.

3. Step 3:

   

   Put dried apricots in a saucepan, pour clean cold water. We put a saucepan with dried apricots on the fire. When the water boils, turn down the heat and boil the dried apricots for 15 minutes so that the dried fruits swell. We drain the water in which the dried apricots are. Fill the dried apricots with another portion of water so that it covers the dried apricots by a couple of centimeters.

4. Step 4:

   

   Add the lemon cut into pieces. Bring the mixture to a boil again, reduce the heat to slow and cook for about 40 minutes. The liquid should evaporate almost completely. If the water began to evaporate before the dried apricots were ready, then the water should be added a little so that the jam does not burn and does not acquire bitterness.

6. Step 5:

   

   Using a blender, chop dried apricots with lemon.

7. Step 6:

   

   Add sugar, to give a light pleasant aftertaste, you can add a couple of nails. Mix it up.

8. Step 7:

   

   Put the mixture back on the fire. Cook on low heat for about 1 hour. Dried apricot jam should thicken. The jam is ready. Jam is laid out in pre-prepared jars, washed with salt solution and sterilized in one of the convenient and proven ways: in a water bath, in a microwave oven or in an oven. We roll up the jars with lids, let the jam cool down and put it away for storage in a cool place if the jam was prepared for the future.

9. Step 8:

   

   Or you can serve dried apricot jam directly to the table. However, you need to be careful with this delicacy for those people who have any diseases, for example, allergies or those with elevated blood sugar levels. Bon appetit!