Probably, many people know about the healing qualities of apricots. It is even recommended for patients with diabetes mellitus and with digestive disorders. This delicious, juicy fruit is a leader in the content of such an irreplaceable trace element as iron. It saturates the body with vitamins, in a word, you can talk about the healing properties of apricot for a long time.
If you regularly consume these fruits, then heart diseases will not be scary for you. But where, you ask, do apricots come from in the winter season? Today we will prepare a very healthy apricot jam, which you will enjoy with pleasure in both winter and summer. In an epidemic of colds, healing jam will help strengthen the immune system and relieve vitamin deficiency.
Even after cooking, vitamins remain in the jam. Especially there is a lot of carotene in it, and this most valuable element is responsible for cleansing the body of free radicals. Apricot jam does not cause an allergic reaction and has no contraindications. Finally, this is a real dessert that will delight you with excellent taste. We proceed to the cooking process.
We need: a kilogram of fresh apricots, a little citric acid (a teaspoon) and, of course, granulated sugar - 1 kg.
From washed apricots we take out the seeds (dividing into two parts), put them in a deep bowl, fill them to the top with water and put on fire. It is necessary to cook fruits for about half an hour, constantly observing and stirring, but not allowing to boil. After that, they must be wiped through a sieve, you can twist in a meat grinder.
We don’t pour water from the fruits, we add citric acid, sugar there and spread the rubbed apricots. We set the fire to the slowest mode and leave the mass to languish for 1.5 hours. The jam must be observed and periodically stirred to obtain a uniform consistency. Roll the cooled apricot jam into the jars . The recipe is very simple and useful. Try to make jam yourself, and you will see for yourself.
Second recipe
To make apricot jam, take two glasses of sugar, apricot fruit (500 g), lemon juice (50 g).
Rinse the fruits well, cut into two parts (remove the seeds), cover them with sugar, pour over lemon juice and add a little boiled water (20 g). Place the fruit bowl in the refrigerator for at least six hours. After a certain time, pull out and put on fire to boil for 15 minutes.
To add a piquant taste, you can put cloves, vanilla pod or cinnamon in the jam at your discretion. After the fruits are ready, they can be rolled up in jars. If you want to get a homogeneous mass, then before cooking, scroll the fruits in a meat grinder. Bake an apricot jam pie and your family will be happy.
The third recipe with pepper
Products: a glass of apricots, sugar (1/2 cup), cinnamon (5 g), apricot juice (150 ml), crushed red pepper (5 g).
Remove seeds from the fruits, move the halves into a cup, add sugar there, add cinnamon and red pepper. Bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes. Such an unusual apricot jam can be transferred to plastic bags or containers and frozen, or you can roll it up. An unusual sweet-bitter taste goes well with meat dishes and flour products.