Make an enticing apricot jam.
Ingredients
- 400 g dried apricots
- 1.5 l water
- 1 kg sugar
- 1 grapefruit or 2 lemons
Method
- Boil the water, place the apricots in a large bowl and cover with the boiled water.
- Leave to soak over night. The apricots will become soft and swollen.
- The next day simmer the fruit and water in a large pot until tender; add the juice of the grapefruit or lemons and then the warmed sugar.
- Stir until sugar has melted, turn up the heat and boil until temperature reaches setting point... Pot, seal and cover.