Apricot jam: 17 delicious recipes

Summer is the time not only for active recreation, but also for the active manufacture of all kinds of supplies for the winter, first of all, in the form of delicious jam. And apricot jam, among others, is not at all in last place. Even those few who have never stood under a live apricot tree know and remember the taste of apricot jam. But you will be surprised when you find out what a variety of recipes for its production exist in the world. This article is an attempt to display all the possible most delicious recipes for apricot jam, including with a variety of additives.

Preservation tips

To make the jam not only tasty, but also well stored, consider the following recommendations:

• For jam, you can take fruits of different sizes, but they must be healthy, firm and intact.
• It is best to cook the jam in a copper basin, but in the absence of one, stainless steel dishes, better with a thick bottom, are also suitable. The jam often burns in enamel pans.
• Jars for storing jam must be washed well, preferably using soda, and not ordinary detergents and, having sterilized in any way available to you (in boiling water, in an oven, in an airfryer, in a microwave), dry. Jam should not be poured into wet jars.as moisture can cause mold and deterioration of the product.

• If you want the apricots or their slices to remain intact, then cook the jam in several stages at intervals. In this case, sugar gradually replaces the water in the fruits and their pulp becomes denser.
• Mixing the jam should be very gentle, it is better to shake the bowl from time to time.
• The readiness of the jam can be determined by applying a thin trickle of it on a plate - the trickle should not be interrupted and spread on the plate.
• The jam cannot become sugared if you put a small amount of lemon juice or citric acid in it at the end of cooking.
• When the jam is rolled up with the help of tin lids, it is laid out in the jars while hot.
• But traditionally, they wait for the jam to cool and only then put it in a bowl for storage - in this case, you can use nylon lids or parchment paper.

Pitted Apricot Jam Recipes

Of course, recipes for making pitted apricot jam are distinguished by the maximum variety. This happens for various reasons:

• due to the traditional fear of poisoning with certain substances that can be contained and accumulated in apricot pits,
• due to the fact that apricot pieces are better saturated with syrup than whole fruits,
• finally, it is the halves and even slices of apricots that are ideally combined with various berries, fruits and other additives.

If someone still does not know how to cook seedless apricot jam, then from this chapter he will receive comprehensive information about all the variety of ways to make such jam.

Thick Jam Recipe - Classic

This recipe is both the simplest and fastest overall cooking time. Although the result is a classic apricot jam - thick and viscous, which can be spread on bread and used as a filling for pies.

In this recipe, no additional ingredients are used at all, except for apricots and sugar, even water is unnecessary.

Take 1 kg of pitted apricots and 1 kg of sugar. Prepare a wide bowl or saucepan and begin to lay out the apricots in layers, carefully sprinkling with sugar. Everything on top should be completely covered with sugar. Let the fruit sit in a cool place for 12 hours. It is convenient to do this in the evening so that they stand like this all night.

In the morning you will see that the apricots have produced a large amount of juice. It's time to put them on the heat and, stirring constantly, bring them to a boil. After the jam has boiled over a fairly high heat for about 5-10 minutes, reduce the fire and evaporate the apricot mixture for another 40-50 minutes, constantly stirring it and removing the resulting foam. The jam is considered ready if:

• Foam gradually ceases to form;
• The syrup and the apricots themselves become transparent;
• If you put a drop of syrup on a saucer, it does not spread, but keeps its shape.

Now the jam is cooled and already cold laid out in sterile containers. It can be closed with either nylon caps or parchment paper, tightening it with an elastic band.

Jam from apricot slices "Yantarnoe"

This recipe is also considered a classic, but despite the fact that it takes quite a lot of time, the result is so amazing that it is worth it. However, it does not take much time to actually make it, rather, you need to be patient in order to withstand constant communication with a beautiful and tasty delicacy and not eat it.

2 kg of fully ripe, juicy apricots are washed in cold water, dried and cut into halves. The bones are removed and slices suitable for your taste are cut from the halves. In a large wide saucepan, sprinkle the apricot slices with sugar and leave to soak for 10-12 hours.

After this time, the apricots filled with juice are put on the fire and brought almost to a boil, but are set aside again. After complete cooling, the apricots are carefully removed with a slotted spoon into a separate container, and the remaining syrup is brought to a boil again and cooked for about 5 minutes. After that, the apricots are again placed in it, and again the jam is put to cool. A similar operation is performed as many times as possible, but not less than three. As a result, when the cooled syrup thickens so much that a drop of syrup placed between the index and thumb stretches into a strong thread, the apricots are no longer removed from the syrup. And the jam along with the fruits is brought to a boil for the last time and boiled for about 5 minutes. At this moment, half a teaspoon of citric acid or the juice of one lemon is added to it.

The jam is laid out in jars in an already completely cooled state.

Pitted apricot jam "Pyatiminutka"

In the modern world, where there is often not enough time even for the most necessary things, jam cooking has been somewhat modified. True, the name does not accurately reflect the cooking time - it will still take a little more than five minutes. Nevertheless, interest in apricot five-minute jam is growing more and more.

There are two main ways of making jam - apricot five-minute jam.

1 way

For 1 kg of peeled apricots, about 500 g of sugar is taken.First, the syrup is prepared - literally 200 g of water is poured into a saucepan and all the sugar put in the recipe gradually dissolves in it on a slow heating. Then the syrup is brought to a boil and the halves of the apricots are placed in it. The whole mixture is brought back to 100 degrees and boiled for exactly five minutes, however, with continuous stirring over moderate heat. At the end, the resulting jam is laid out in sterile jars and rolled up with metal lids.

2 way

This method allows you to better preserve the color, aroma and taste of apricots, and also contributes to the preservation of large amounts of nutrients. Well-washed apricots are cut into halves, freed from seeds, and sprinkled with the required amount of sugar. The container with apricots is set aside for 3-4 hours. After the juice appears in the apricots, a container with them is placed on the stove and the jam is brought almost to a boil with constant stirring so that the sugar does not burn. Immediately after the appearance of the first bubbles, the jam is removed from the heat and set aside until it cools completely.

Then it is again heated to a boil and again set aside until it cools under room conditions. For the third time, the jam is already boiled from the moment the foam appears for exactly five minutes.

When hot, a five-minute apricot jam is laid out on heated sterile jars, rolled up and stored in a cool place.

Apricot kernel jam recipe

It turns out very tasty to cook apricot jam, if you do not throw away the seeds from it, but after removing the kernels from them, mix them with fruits when heated. The kernels give the jam a peculiar almond aroma and a slightly noticeable aftertaste.

For 1 kg of fruit, 1 kg of granulated sugar, 200 g of water and 150 g of apricot kernels are taken.

Apricots are poured with boiling syrup, boiled for 2-3 minutes and left to soak overnight or 12 hours. The next day, the jam is brought to a boil again, the nucleoli are added to it and it is boiled until the fruits become transparent.

Royal Jam

This recipe is so popular that it also has several varieties, both in manufacturing methods and in a variety of additives. The main highlight of royal apricot jam (or royal, as it is sometimes called) is that apricot stone it is extracted imperceptibly and changes to some kind of nut or to a nucleolus from the stone itself. As a result, the apricots appear to be whole, but with a delicious edible filling inside. Various additives, which give royal jam a special noble aroma and taste, are not superfluous.

But first things first. For royal jam, it is advisable to choose the largest and highest quality apricots - but they should not be overripe, but should retain their density and elasticity. To remove the bone, you can make a small incision along the groove of the fetus. Or you can use a wooden stick or a handle from a wooden spoon, which you gently pierce through each apricot, thereby extracting the pit.

To extract the contents from the seeds, you can pour boiling water over them for five minutes, and then they easily break into two parts, keeping the shape of the nucleolus. Apricot kernels are usually sweet with almond aroma, but there are also varieties with bitter kernels, so be sure to check them before using.

Now kernels extracted from seeds or almonds are inserted into the middle of each apricot.

The next step is to prepare the filling for the apricots.It is necessary to mix 0.5 liters of water with 1 kg of sugar and 100 ml of dark rum, cognac or amaretto liqueur. The mixture is put on fire, brought to a boil and a cinnamon stick and two star anise stars are added to it. The syrup with all the additives is boiled for 5-7 minutes and then cooled. After cooling, fill it with stuffed apricots and leave to soak for 12 hours.

The next day, the future royal jam is placed on a very low heat, covered with a lid and brought to a boil.

As soon as the jam boils, remove it from the heat and set it to cool again for 12 hours. This process is repeated three times. On the third day, the last time the jam is brought to a boil, a cinnamon stick and star anise stars are removed from it, and it is poured hot into the jars.

Apricot jam with lemon

Lemon gives apricot jam some sourness, and it is very good to add a little cognac to this jam as well for a sophisticated aroma.

For 1 kg of apricots, as usual, 1 kg of sugar is taken, as well as 2 lemons completely grated with the peel (but without seeds) and 100 ml of brandy.

Apricots are covered with sugar, and grated lemons and cognac are added to them. In this form, they are kept for 12 hours, after which they are put on heating and boiled either immediately until tender (transparency of the syrup), or at intervals of three passes, each time bringing to a boil, boiling the fruit for 5 minutes and cooling them.

Apricot jam with orange

Oranges form a very good combination with apricots and are used whole with the peel. You only need to remove the seeds after grating the whole orange, as they can add bitterness to the jam.

The rest of the cooking process is simple. 1 kg of pitted apricots is filled with 1 kg of sugar, infused overnight. Then the jam is brought to a boil and at this moment the orange mass from one large orange, grated through a grater, is added to it. The jam is boiled over medium heat for 15-20 minutes, then cooled down and put back on the fire. This time it is boiled down to the transparency of the fruit, with constant stirring.

With gooseberries and bananas

This version of jam will surprise anyone with its unusualness, although the sour gooseberry is surprisingly suitable for sweet apricots and bananas.

You need to prepare:

• 1 kg of apricots;
• 3 kg of gooseberries;
• 2-3 pieces of bananas;
• 2.5 kg of sugar.

The apricots must be washed, pitted and cut into large cubes.

The gooseberries are freed from tails and twigs, and most of them are ground with a blender or mixer. About 0.5 kg of berries can be left for beauty.

Bananas are peeled and also diced.

All fruits and berries are laid out in a saucepan, covered with sugar and the pan is placed on low heat. After boiling, the fruit mixture is cooked for 15 minutes and cooled. Foam must be removed. The jam should stand for about 12 hours in a cold place. Then it is reheated and boiled again, stirring, for about 15-20 minutes. In sterile jars, the jam is laid out hot, and it is better to store it in a cool place.

With strawberry

Strawberries belong to berries with a dense, but delicate pulp, so they will perfectly combine with each other in jam.

Naturally, berries and fruits must be thoroughly washed and cleaned of all excess - strawberries from twigs, apricots from seeds. It is better to cut apricots into quarters, so they are better suited in size to strawberries.

For such a combined jam, it is best to take 1 kg of strawberries and apricots. Sugar in this case, you need to add about 1.6 -1.8 kg. A good addition to jam would be zest, grated from one lemon and a small packet of vanilla.

Strawberries with apricots are covered with sugar, infused for several hours before the juice is released and heated to a boil. After 5 minutes of boiling, the jam is removed from the heat and left to infuse for 3-4 hours.Then vanillin and lemon zest are added to it, everything is mixed and boiled again for about 10 minutes. After which the jam is again removed from the heat and left overnight. In the morning, the jam is finally boiled for another 4-5 minutes and hot is packaged in jars and rolled up.

With raspberries

In almost the same way, you can cook apricot jam with raspberries. Only the proportions of the ingredients are somewhat different - for 1 kg of raspberries, 0.5 kg of pitted apricots are taken, and, accordingly, 1.5 kg of sugar. In addition, for a better combination with raspberries, it is recommended to cut apricots into smaller pieces.

The resulting cooled jam will look more like confiture, since both raspberries and apricots contain a significant amount of a natural thickener - pectin.

With coconut

Another recipe for a very original apricot jam with a unique aroma and taste. In addition, it is prepared quite simply and quickly.

Prepare:

• 1.5 kg of apricots;
• 200 ml of water;
• 0.5 kg of sugar;
• Half a lemon or half a teaspoon of citric acid;
• Vanilla pod or half a teaspoon of vanilla sugar
• 4 tablespoons fresh or dry coconut flakes
• 1 teaspoon curry powder

Cut the apricots into small slices after freeing them from the seeds. Boil the syrup from water, sugar, vanillin, lemon juice and pour over the apricots. Bring the jam to a boil over very low heat and, stirring constantly, simmer for 5-7 minutes. Add the coconut flakes and curry to the apricots, bring to a full boil again, and place in glass jars while hot.

In a multicooker

A slow cooker can significantly make life easier for housewives, since a full-fledged apricot jam is prepared in it in just a couple of hours. For 1 kg of apricots, 0.5 kg of sugar and the juice of one lemon are taken.

Pitted apricots, cut into halves, put in a multicooker bowl, pour lemon juice and cover with sugar. Then let the fruit brew and juice with the lid open. After the apricots are juiced, set the time to 1 hour, close the lid and put the multicooker to work in the "Stew" mode. As a result, you get a jam of a rather liquid consistency. It can already be laid out in banks and rolled up.

Sugarless

Making apricot jam without sugar is not difficult at all, but this dessert is useful for people who, for health reasons, cannot afford to consume sugar.

1 kg of ripe sweet apricots are pitted, poured into a glass of water and placed in a saucepan over low heat. The fruit is boiled for at least 20 minutes until tender. Then they are laid out in sterile jars, filled with hot juice and twisted. You can heat the apricots only until they boil and release the juice, and then put them in jars and sterilize for 10-15 minutes.

With stevia

If the use of sugar is contraindicated, but you want to try real sweet apricot jam, then you can use a vegetable substitute for sugar - stevia leaves.

For 1 kg of apricots, take half a glass of stevia leaves or a similar amount of the preparation from it and 200 ml of water. The rest of the manufacturing process is the same as described above. Syrup is cooked from stevia with water, with which the halves of apricots are poured, and infused with three times boiling.

Green apricot jam

In recent years, it has become fashionable to prepare preparations from unripe fruits and vegetables. For fans of such experiments, the following recipe is offered.

To make jam from 1 kg of green apricots, you will also need 1 kg of sugar, half a lemon, a bag of vanilla sugar and 2.5 glasses of water.

Unripe apricots have not yet had time to finally form a stone, therefore, for a good impregnation of the fruit with syrup, they must be pierced with an awl or a long needle in several places through and through. Then they need to be thoroughly blanched in a colander, dipping them into boiling water several times and holding in it for one minute. Then dry the apricots.

From the other ingredients according to the recipe, cook the syrup and, after boiling, put the apricots in it. Cook the jam for about an hour, stirring constantly, until the syrup is thick and clear at the same time.

Spread hot in sterile jars and close with screw caps.

Dried apricot jam

If you have a lot of dried apricots and want to find a better use for them, try making jam with them. It's not difficult at all.

For 500 g of dried apricots, you need to take the same amount of sugar and 800 ml of water. Adding zest from one orange will improve the taste and aroma.

First, the dried apricots should be rinsed well with cold water. Then they are filled with the amount of water according to the recipe and left for 5-6 hours. In the water in which dried apricots were soaked, you need to boil the syrup. While it is boiling, cut the soaked dried apricots into small pieces. Place pieces of dried apricot in boiling syrup and cook for 10-15 minutes. At the same time, the top layer - the zest - is removed from the orange with the help of a special grater, cut and added to the boiling jam.

It is necessary to boil for about 5 more minutes and the dried apricot delicacy is ready.

Pitted Jam Recipes

Most often, apricot jam with seeds means recipes in which the seeds are carefully removed from the fruit and instead of them, kernels from apricots or other nuts are placed.

But you can also make jam from absolutely whole fruits, but it is only recommended to eat it in the first season, otherwise the accumulation of toxic substances may occur in the bones.

Traditional

Small apricots, such as a pole or even wild, are best suited for this recipe. Despite their small size, they are very sweet and aromatic. You will need 1200 g of apricots, 1.5 kg of sugar and 300 ml of water.

After washing, apricots are pricked in several places with a wooden toothpick. At the same time, a syrup is prepared, which, after boiling, is poured into the prepared apricots. In this form, they are infused for at least 12 hours, then brought to a boil and again placed in a cool place. For the third time, the jam is cooked until cooked, which is determined by the transparency of the syrup. This can take 40 to 60 minutes. It is recommended to shake the jam during cooking sometimes along with the fruits. In the jars, the finished jam is laid out in a cooled form.

With cherry

Jam from whole apricots with whole cherries is prepared in the same way. If you are not too lazy to defend the jam between boils for several hours and do such repetitions for at least 5-6, then as a result you will get a delicious jam with fruits that have almost completely retained their shape. In this case, the last boil should not last more than 10 minutes.

Conclusion

Apricot jam can be cooked in a wide variety of ways and anyone can choose a recipe to their liking.

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