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Apricot jelly

Name: Apricot jelly
Prep time: 2 h 18 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 2 h 53 min
Yield: 5 jars
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 kg apricots; 800 g caster sugar; 40 g jam gelling agent; ½ lemon

An apricot jelly is made using only the pulp of the fruit, removing the skin and any fibrous parts, which requires some cooking.
The result is a much smoother, more pleasant preparation, a little less tart than a classic jam.

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Duration

2 hours 55 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: July 16^th 2023

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

For 5 jars, you will need:

1 1 kg apricots
2 800 g caster sugar
3 40 g jam gelling agent
4 ½ lemon (optional)
Total weight: 1,840 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

20 min.

Resting

2 hours

Cooking

35 min.

All in all

2 hours 55 min.

Preparation 20 min.

Resting 2 hours

Cooking 35 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 2 hours

Prepare 1 kg apricots, cut the quarters or small pieces, and pour them into a large saucepan with 3 or 4 tablespoons of 800 g caster sugar.

Mix and leave to stand for 1 or 2 hours (this can be done the day before).

Stage 2 - ⌛ 10 min.

Place the pan over medium heat and bring to the boil.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 5 min.

Leave to simmer for 5 minutes.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 5 min.

Then run through the food mill...

Stage 5

...to remove all skin.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 5 min.

Pour the apricot pulp back into the saucepan, weigh to see how much pulp you have, then return to the heat to bring to the boil.

After weighing, make sure you have the right fruit-sugar-gelling agent ratio. If you don't have 800g of apricot pulp at this point in the recipe, recalculate the correct weights with this little calculator:

Stage 7 - ⌛ 2 min.

Take 2 tablespoons of sugar and mix with 40 g jam gelling agent in a small bowl.

Set aside.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 2 min.

Pour all the remaining sugar into the pan and whisk to combine.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 7 min.

Bring back to the boil, and boil for about 3 minutes.

Stage 10 - ⌛ 1 min.

Squeeze the ½ lemon juice into the saucepan and whisk to bring out the apricot flavour.

Stage 11

Add the sugar+gelling agent mixture, whisking to combine.

Stage 12 - ⌛ 8 min.

Bring to the boil one last time, then boil for about 4 minutes.

Stage 13 - ⌛ 4 min.

Pour the hot jelly into jars.

Stage 14 - ⌛ 4 min.

Close the lids, then turn the jars upside down, to force any air remaining in the jar through the burning jelly.

This sterilizes the jar of jelly and keeps it out of the fridge.

Stage 15

Allow to cool before storing in a cupboard or a cool, dry place.

Remarks

You can mix and match this recipe by blending apricots with other seasonal fruits, such as peaches.

Keeping: Several months in jars.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	0 g	51 g RDI=19 %	0 g	207 kcal RDI=10 %	871 kJ RDI=10 %
Per jars	2 g RDI=3 %	189 g RDI=71 %	0 g	765 kcal RDI=38 %	3,204 kJ RDI=38 %
Whole recipe	10 g RDI=16 %	945 g RDI=357 %	0 g	3,826 kcal RDI=191 %	16,019 kJ RDI=191 %