Apricot jam (2)
Instructions
Wash the apricots and split in half.
Put them in the pot with the lemon juice and with bits of Peel.
Add sugar and cook on a low heat for 40 minutes.
Add a few apricot almonds.
Put in jars and cover with cellophane.
Note some general rules about jams: take only healthy fruits for the preparation of jams; wash the fruit, remove the stones or the berries; counted 1000 g of sugar for every 1000 g fruit; don't compromise overcook at a time; take 1000 g for cooking: the sugar crystallizes and the jams will retain their beautiful color; Cook over medium heat until it forms a slight froth on the jam, then fill the jars; pour liquid paraffin on jam or stretch a cellophane paper pots; Let cool slowly the jam and keep it in a dry place with low light.
Ingredients and dosing for 8 persons
- 2000 g of apricots
- 1500 g of sugar
- 1 lemon
- Some of apricot almond