Apricot jam made from apricots

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to cook apricot jam from apricots? Prepare the necessary ingredients for this. Choose apricots ripe, juicy, without traces of spoilage. Depending on the sweetness of apricots, the amount of sugar can be changed slightly to your liking.

2. Step 2:

   

   Wash apricots well in running water from dirt. Remove the bones and cut them into several pieces so that they cook faster. It is not necessary to grind much. Place the chopped apricots in a bowl.

3. Step 3:

   

   Cover the apricots liberally with sugar. Shake so that the sugar is distributed more evenly. Leave to stand for a few hours so that they let the juice. It is best to leave them overnight.

4. Step 4:

   

   During this time, a lot of juice appeared from apricots. You can start cooking.

6. Step 5:

   

   Put the whole mass into a cooking bowl and put it on the fire. Bring to a boil. Stir until the sugar is completely dissolved. Boil the apricots for 15 minutes so that they become soft.

7. Step 6:

   

   Then grind everything in any convenient way. You can put it through a meat grinder, grind it in a stationary blender or use an immersion blender. Return the crushed mass to the fire and boil for another 10-15 minutes. If foam appears, it must be removed. The longer the apricots are cooked, the thicker the jam will turn out.

8. Step 7:

   

   Prepare the jars. Rinse them well in running water and rinse. Then sterilize in any convenient way. This can be done in a microwave oven, in the oven or naked with hot steam. Cover the lids with boiling water.

9. Step 8:

   

   Pour apricot jam into prepared jars and cover with lids. Cool and put away in a cool storage place. In winter, it will be very nice to open a jar of summer! Have a nice winter treat!!!