Stewed apricots
Step by step recipe:
- 5 min.
Wash 1 kg apricots. 
Cut each apricot in two by passing a knife all round the stone.
Open apricot.- 20 min.
Remove stone and set aside.
Do this with all the apricots. 
With a knife, cut out the hard part where the stalk was, and discard.
Then cut apricot into small pieces.- 10 min.
Prepare all apricots like this. Put 2 tablespoons water in a pan and tip in apricots, then 250 g caster sugar and 10 g Vanilla sugar.
It might seem like a lot of sugar, but that's because apricots become very acidic when cooking. - 30 min.
Cover and put over medium heat, and leave to cook slowly, stiring from time to time. 
Stewed apricots are cooked when they reach the right consistency for your taste, which means with or without any bits of apricot still showing.
Your stewed apricots are ready.- 10 min.
As a refinement, you can pass the apricots through a strainer with a soft spatula... 
...to remove all skins and small hard parts.
You will then get very smooth stewed apricots, a purée, almost a coulis.- 10 min.
Another refinement: you can use the kernels inside the stones which are edible.
Remarks:
Stewed apricots can be used like jam for breakfast - delicious on buttered toast.Recipes which use it: 1
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