Apricot is one of the most nutritious and delicious summer fruits. With apricots, you can prepare a variety of tarts, cakes, pastries, cheesecakes, jams, preserves, and marmalades. You can preserve the fresh flavor of summer in a luscious apricot jam to eat all year long.
Why You Will Love This Recipe
- Simple ingredients: Homemade jam is one of the simplest ways to preserve the taste of summer fruits for the rest of the year. You do not need fancy ingredients or special cooking tools to have a sweet jar of jam. To make this jam, you only need apricots, sugar and fresh lemon juice. Yes, there is no need to add artificial flavors or preservatives!
- Straightforward recipe: Apricot jam has a simple and easy to follow recipe and by following the steps carefully, you can be sure that you will get a good result.
- Tastes amazing: It’s almost apricot season and a slice of warm buttered bread paired with perfectly sweetened apricot jam is my dream breakfast. If you haven’t tried this heavenly combination with a cup of coffee, don’t hesitate.
About This Recipe
It’s almost the apricot season! You can find apricots at local grocery stores from May to August. Use ripe golden, orange color apricots highlighted with blush with a sweet smell. Isn’t it a fantastic idea to make jam with these sweet yellow fruits? Trust us, you’ll be surprised at how easy it is to make this apricot jam.
What You Need to Apricot Jam
- Apricots: Use fresh, soft, and ripe apricots. Unripe apricots are not typically used to make jam due to their tart and bitter flavor.
- Sugar: This recipe uses granulated sugar to sweeten the jam.
- Lemon juice: The addition of lemon juice is one of the factors that helps the jam firm up. The other two are the cooking time and the amount of sugar you have added.
Instructions
- Wash the apricots and pat dry. slice them in half and remove the stones.
- Next, add the apricots to a large heavy-bottomed pot and add the lemon juice and a small amount of water.
- Cook for 15 minutes or until the apricots are soft and the juices are released.
- Add sugar, and stir until dissolved.
- Increase the heat and bring the fruit to a simmer, stirring continuously.
- After a few minutes reduce the heat to medium and cook for about 30 minutes.
- Put a small plate in the freezer to cool completely. When you feel the jam has reached the required concentration place a dollop of hot marmalade on the plate. Push the dollop with your finger, if it wrinkles, it is done. Otherwise, boil the jam for a few more minutes and try again. Note that the jam becomes thicker when placed in the refrigerator.
Variation and Flavorings
- Cinnamon apricot jam: Warm and earthy flavor of cinnamon pairs well with a sweetness of apricot jam. In order for the jam to taste like cinnamon, just add 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon to it.
- Vanilla apricot jam: To boost sweetness and flavor you can use 1 or 2 vanilla pods in this recipe. To do this just slit the vanilla pods open lengthways and extract the seeds and add to pan with the pod. Discard the vanilla pods when the when jam reaches setting point.
Can I Make This Recipe With Frozen Fruits?
It is always better to make jams with with in-season fruits. But if you don’t have access to fresh fruit, you can also use frozen fruit. In this case, the jam may be a little runny, in which case you need to use pectin to get the jam to set up.
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Ingredients
- 2 pounds Apricots
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Instructions
Step 1
Wash the apricots and pat them dry. slice them in half and remove the stones.
Step 2
Next, add the apricots to a large heavy-bottomed pot and add the lemon juice and a small amount of water.
Step 3
Cook for 15 minutes or until the apricots are soft and the juices are released.
Step 4
Add sugar, and stir until dissolved.
Step 5
Increase the heat and bring the fruit to a simmer, stirring continuously.
Step 6
After a few minutes reduce the heat to medium and cook for about 30 minutes.
Step 7
Put a small plate in the freezer to cool completely. When you feel the jam has reached the required concentration place a dollop of hot jam on the plate. Push the dollop with your finger, if it wrinkles, it is done. Otherwise, boil the jam for a few more minutes and try again. Note that the jam becomes thicker when placed in the refrigerator.
