Apricot pastille

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   To make a pastille at home, we need only two ingredients: apricots and sugar. You can make it without sugar at all, but it will be sour. Honey can be used instead of sugar.

2. Step 2:

   

   Apricots should be washed well, sorted, selecting spoiled and unripe fruits. Then remove the bone by breaking it into halves. It's fast and not difficult at all.

3. Step 3:

   

   Then the fruits should be crushed. You can use a meat grinder, you can use a blender. It will turn out like this puree.

4. Step 4:

   

   You may miss this step, but I advise you to do it. Grind the resulting puree through a sieve. It will take some time, but it will save your future pastille from hard inclusions of cake.

6. Step 5:

   

   Add sugar or honey. Mix well. At the same stage, you can add chopped nuts or any other additives that you want.

7. Step 6:

   

   The baking sheet or other dishes in which you plan to dry the pastille are lined with oiled parchment. Pour out the puree, level it with a spatula, the layer should be tried to make thin and uniform so that the pastille dries the same. If you have a silicone mat, you can use it instead of parchment.

8. Step 7:

   

   Next, you need to put the pastille in the oven to dry, at a temperature of 60 degrees with the door ajar. It took me three times three hours of time. I dried it intermittently, only in the evening. It may take you less time. Focus on readiness by appearance, the pastille will become glossy and firm to the touch.

9. Step 8:

   

   Cut the finished pastille into strips, I did it right with scissors, separate it from the paper and roll it up with tubes. You can leave it in a layer, it's a matter of taste. Such a live pastille should be stored in a closed glass container, preferably in a cold place.