Stewed apricots
Here is how to make delicious stewed apricots, both an easy and a more sophisticated way.
Last modified on: July 12th 2023
Keywords for this recipe:For 500 g, you will need:
- 1
0 kg 2 g apricots - 2
1 tablespoon water - 3
0 kg caster sugar - 4
1 teaspoon Vanilla sugar
How long will it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 47 min. | 30 min. | 1 hour 17 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 25 min.
Prepare 0 kg 2 g apricots.
Stage 2 - 2 min.
Put 1 tablespoon water in a saucepan and pour the apricot pieces over it, then 0 kg caster sugar and 1 teaspoon Vanilla sugar.
This may seem like a lot of sugar, but that's because apricots, even ripe ones, are quite acidic when cooked.
This may seem like a lot of sugar, but that's because apricots, even ripe ones, are quite acidic when cooked.
Stage 3 - 30 min.
Cover and put over medium heat, and leave to cook slowly, stiring from time to time.
Stage 4
Stewed apricots are cooked when they reach the right consistency for your taste, which means with or without any bits of apricot still showing.
Stage 5
Your stewed apricots are ready.
Stage 6 - 10 min.
As a refinement, you can pass the apricots through a strainer with a soft spatula...
Stage 7
...to remove all skins and small hard parts.
Stage 8
You will then get very smooth stewed apricots, a purée, almost a coulis.
Stage 9 - 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.
Keeping
Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 740 Kcal or 3,098 Kj | 5 gr | 200 gr | 0 gr |
| 37 % | 2 % | 19 % | 0 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 115 Kcal or 481 Kj | 1 gr | 31 gr | 0 gr |
| 6 % | <1 % | 3 % | 0 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 500 g : 3.23 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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Other way: peel your fruits, dispose cores, cut in pieces, add sugar, no water, cover and let rest for the night. This will make a syrup during the night, useful for cooking the day after, and no need of water.