Apricot jam is a dessert made from apricots and sugar by boiling.
In ancient times, jam was one of the most popular desserts
. It was baked with pies and served with pancakes.
With jam baked pies, served it with pancakes. Now this dessert is less attention due to the many alternatives.
There are many recipes for apricot jam, but the basic steps of preparation include cleaning apricots from the pips, boiling the fruit with sugar until thickened and sterilizing jars for storage.
Jam can be served with tea or used as a filling for pies and other desserts
.
Let’s tell you how to make homemade apricot jam
Ingredients:
- apricots – 1,5 kg;
- sugar – 1 kg;
- lemon – 1/2 part.
Preparation of apricot jam:
Clean apricots from the pips, in a deep saucepan lay out in layers. We alternate each apricot layer with sugar.
Leave the apricots with sugar for 1.5 hours under a lid. Then lightly stir the apricots, cook over high heat until boiling
. Constantly stir the apricots with sugar while cooking. Gradually pour the lemon juice into the mixture, use a sieve to strain
. After the foam has formed on the surface, cook the apricots for another 5 minutes.
Then
leave the jam to cool for 8 hours.
Then cook the jam again over high heat for 5 minutes.
Pour the finished jam into sterilized jars. In advance, remove the foam from the surface of the jam.
You get a thick sweet jam from apricots. After pouring into jars, turn them upside down and leave to cool.
