Apricot jam with vanilla
A really flavoursome apricot jam, minimally sweetened, with a hint of vanilla and the discreet crunch of the almond-like kernels.
22K 7 2.4
Last modified on: July 12th 2023
Keywords for this recipe:For 750 g, you will need:
- 1
¼ cup caster sugar - 2
1 tablespoon jam gelling agent - 3
2 1⁄3 cups apricots - 4 1 ½ cup caster sugar
- 5
½ lemon - 6
¼ vanilla pod
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 min. | 4 hours | 25 min. | 4 hours 53 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1
Stage 2 - 4 min.
Prepare 2 1⁄3 cups apricots and place in a bowl.
Weigh your apricots to ensure the right fruit-sugar-gelling ratio. If you don't have 1 kg of apricots at this point in the recipe, recalculate the correct weights with this little calculator:rec=1366
Weigh your apricots to ensure the right fruit-sugar-gelling ratio. If you don't have 1 kg of apricots at this point in the recipe, recalculate the correct weights with this little calculator:rec=1366
Stage 3 - 4 hours
Add 1 ½ cup caster sugar, mix rapidly, then cover and leave for at least 4 hours or overnight.
Stage 4 - 15 min.
Stage 5
After the apricots have been left to steep with the sugar, the juice will have made a syrup.
Stage 6 - 5 min.
Tip the contents of the bowl into a high-sided pan (ideally a jam kettle) on high heat and bring to the boil.
Stage 7
A lot of froth will form to begin with; this is quite normal.
Stage 8 - 15 min.
Then the froth will subside or reduce to just a thin coating on the fruit. This is the sign that it's sufficiently cooked.
You can remove any remaining froth with a skimmer.
You can remove any remaining froth with a skimmer.
Stage 9 - 2 min.
Ad the sugar+gelling agent mixture to the pan with the juice of ½ lemon, amonds, and the inside scraped from ¼ vanilla pod.
Stage 10 - 5 min.
Bring back to the boil, stirring from time to time. Continue boiling for 3 minutes and your jam is ready.
Stage 11 - 4 min.
Divide out into jars and put the lids on while still hot.
Stage 12 - 1 min.
Turn the jars upside down so that the remaining air in the jar passes through the scalding hot jam to sterilise it.
Stage 13 - 2 min.
Turn right way up and leave to cool before storing in a cupboard. There is no need to refrigerate this jam.
Remarks
If your apricots are not very ripe, you can cut down or leave out the lemon juice.
Do you like the idea of almonds in jam? If so, add the same weight (or more) of flaked almonds to the apricot kernels.
Do you like the idea of almonds in jam? If so, add the same weight (or more) of flaked almonds to the apricot kernels.
Keeping
Several months.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,928 Kcal or 8,072 Kj | 6 gr | 476 gr | 0 gr |
| 96 % | 2 % | 45 % | 0 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 187 Kcal or 783 Kj | 1 gr | 46 gr | 0 gr |
| 9 % | <1 % | 4 % | 0 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 750 g : 4.67 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Apricots: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Apricot jelly, Apricot and pistachio clafoutis, Crisp apricot and pistachio tart, Dried apricots, Apricot and almond cream tart, ... All |
 | Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Poppy seed and lemon cake, Crème caramel, Apple and almond cake, Angevin plum pâté, Fruit paste : Blackcurrant, ... All |
 | Jam gelling agent: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fruit paste : Blackcurrant, Apple paste, Blackberry and almond fondant tart, Jelly-style plum jam, Passion fruit jellies, ... All |
 | Lemon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mushroom buckwheat pancakes, Peach and mint salad , Fish in a salt crust, Strawberry sorbet, Quince jelly, ... All |
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