The blend of sweet and sour flavors always brings a pleasant feeling to everyone. Today, TasteVN will bring you a dessert with 2 delicious apricot jam recipes. Let’s get cooking right away!
1. Apricot jam with sugar
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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
45 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Apricot Jam with Sugar Serves 4
Apricots 500 gr Ginger 80 gr (sliced) Lemon juice 2 teaspoons Cold water 500 ml Brown sugar 250 gr Salt 1 teaspoon
How to Make Sugar-coated Apricot Jam
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Prepare the Apricots
First, prepare 500ml of cold water in a bowl, add 1 teaspoon of salt, and stir until the salt dissolves. Use a knife to cut 500g of apricots in half and place them in the salted water to soak for 15 minutes, then remove and let them drain.
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Marinate and Soak the Apricots
After the apricots have drained, place them in a bowl, add 250g of brown sugar, and mix well so that the sugar coats each piece of apricot, then let them soak for 4 – 5 hours.
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Cook the Apricots
Remove the soaked apricots, place a pan on the stove, add the soaking water from the apricots and 2 teaspoons of lemon juice, and bring to a boil. Remember to stir constantly with a ladle while cooking to prevent the sugar from clumping at the bottom of the pan.
Next, add the soaked apricots, add 80g of sliced ginger, stir well, and cook for another 20 – 30 minutes, then turn off the heat.
Drying apricots
Next, you line a baking tray with parchment paper and arrange the cooked apricot pieces on top. Place it in the oven to dry at 125 degrees Celsius for 2 – 3 hours.
Finished product
With these simple steps, we have a batch of apricot jam coated with sugar ready. The jam is soft, chewy, with a beautiful shiny brown color.
The faint aroma of ginger, the tangy sourness of apricots, combined with the gentle sweetness of sugar, all blend together to create a wonderful jam!
2. Apricot jam for spreading on bread
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
1 hour
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Apricot Jam Spread on Bread Serves 8 people
Apricots 1 kg Granulated sugar 1 kg
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How to Make Apricot Jam Spread on Bread
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Prepare the Apricots
After buying the apricots, wash them thoroughly with water. Use a knife to remove the pit and chop the flesh of 1 kg of apricots into a bowl.
Prepare a large bowl, place 500g of chopped apricots inside, and spread a layer of 500g of granulated sugar on top. Next, pour the remaining 500g of apricots in and cover with another 500g of granulated sugar, then mix well to combine the apricots and sugar.
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Cook the apricots
You put the prepared apricots into a pot, place it on the stove over high heat, and use a ladle to stir continuously to prevent the sugar from burning.
About 5 minutes when the sugar starts to dissolve, you reduce the heat. When the jam boils again, use a ladle to skim off the foam that rises and cook for another 45 – 60 minutes.
Put a dipping plate for seasoning in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes. To check if the apricot jam is ready, scoop a teaspoon of the jam onto the chilled seasoning plate, tilt the plate to one side; if you see the apricot jam flowing slowly, has a sticky consistency and is thickening, it means the apricot jam is ready. You turn off the heat and wait for the jam to cool down.
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Final product
When the apricot jam is completely cool, you put it in a glass jar to use gradually. Now you have delicious apricot jam ready! The jam is thick, sweet, with a mild sourness, perfect for spreading on bread or enjoying with yogurt!
How to choose delicious apricots
- To enjoy delicious apricots, you should choose fruits that are evenly sized, not too small or too large. The apricot skin is orange-yellow, covered with a thin layer of white powder, and the apricot is plump and juicy.
- When ripe, apricots will have a faint, characteristic aroma. Gently squeeze with your hand to feel the firmness; the outside should not be soft or bruised.
- You should not buy apricots that are too hard, have many black spots on the outer skin, or feel mushy when held.
Thus, TasteVN has shared with you 2 ways to make apricot jam that are both delicious and simple! Hope you are ready to get into the kitchen and make sweet jam to treat the whole family. Wishing you success!
