Apricot jam with kernels - 5 step-by-step recipes for the winter

Apricot jam with kernels is a delicious and healthy dessert for the winter, which is not jam in the usual sense, but fruit soaked in sugar syrup. Apricot kernels, if they are bitter, are sometimes replaced with nuts, and then the delicacy turns out to be truly royal.

Royal apricot jam with kernels for the winter

When preparing apricot jam according to this recipe, kernels extracted from the seeds are placed inside each fruit, which makes it a real royal dessert worthy of connoisseurs and gourmets. Before cooking, it is better to try the kernels: if they are not too tasty, they can be replaced with almonds or walnuts.

Cooking time: 1 hour 25 minutes.

Cooking time: 15 min.

Servings - 6.

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  Wash the apricots and dry them with a paper towel, cut them so that you can get the seeds, you can divide them into two halves.
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  Split the apricot kernels to extract the kernels. The skin must be removed from the nucleoli. This is easier to do if you put them in boiling water for a minute. Then the nucleoli must be put into each apricot.
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  Put the apricots with kernels inside in a separate container, and pour the sugar into a saucepan and pour the required amount of water there. Heat the syrup over medium heat. When it boils, leave it on the stove for another 5 minutes.
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  Fill the fruit with sugar syrup and leave to cool in a warm room.
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  After complete cooling, pour the syrup back into a saucepan and boil for another 3 minutes. We repeat the procedure 3 more times.
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  Transfer the apricots to suitable sterilized jars, fill them with ready-made syrup and close them with lids. It is better to keep the royal apricot jam in the cold.

Delicious apricot jam with kernels and orange

Apricots taste well with oranges, so even a small slice of citrus in apricot jam significantly improves the taste and aroma of the treat.

Cooking time: 1 hour 25 minutes - cooking, 24 hours - infusion.

Cooking time: 15 min.

Servings - 16.

Ingredients:

• Apricots - 3 kg
• Sugar - 2.5 kg
• Orange - 1 pc.
• Lemon - 1 pc.

Cooking process:

1. Wash the apricots and dry a little on paper towels, divide them into halves and remove the seeds, which will be needed later.
2. Cut the orange and lemon and grind in a blender or with a meat grinder.
3. Put the mass of citrus fruits and apricots in a heat-resistant dish, cover with sugar and leave to let the fruit juice.
4. Remove the nucleoli from the bones and fold them separately.
5. Bring the citrus apricots to a boil over very low heat and cook for 5 to 20 minutes. The duration of cooking depends on what color you want to get the jam: if you need a light jam, it is enough to warm it up for 5-10 minutes, for a darker color it is better to darken the delicacy for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Then turn off the stove and leave the jam to infuse for 8-12 hours.
6. After the specified time, bring the syrup with apricots and citrus fruits to a boil again, cook by analogy with the first time, and then leave again for 8-12 hours to "rest". Boil the jam for the third time, add apricot kernels to it and put the treat into dry sterilized jars. Seal containers with lids and leave warm until cool, then store in a cool place.

Apricot jam with kernels and lemon for the winter

Lemon gives apricot jam a pleasant sourness, but if desired, it can be successfully replaced with lime. The aroma will be even more intense, and the taste will be original and memorable.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Cooking time: 15 min.

Servings - 10.

Ingredients:

• Apricots - 2 kg
• Granulated sugar - 1 kg
• Lemon (or lime) - 2-3 pcs.
• Water - 1 l

Cooking process:

1. Wash the apricots and divide each into two halves, remove the seeds and put them in another dish.
2. We split the bones to get the kernels out of them.
3. We pass the lemons with the peel through a meat grinder or free them from internal films and use only citrus pulp.
4. Prepare syrup from the specified amount of sugar and water, add lemon mass to it, simmer under a lid over low heat for about 5 minutes. Leave to cool slightly, and then put the halves of fruit and apricot kernels in the syrup.
5. Bring the jam to a boil and heat until the mass is halved. Pour the finished jam into sterilized containers, seal them tightly and cool them at room temperature. In the future, it is better to store such jam in a cool place.

A simple and delicious recipe for five-minute apricot jam with kernels

This version of apricot jam is suitable for very busy housewives: it does not take a lot of time to make it. True, you will have to spend it to extract the nucleoli from the seeds, which give a special taste nuance to this delicacy.

Cooking time: 30 minutes - cooking, 24 hours - infusion.

Cooking time: 15 min.

Servings - 12.

Ingredients:

• Apricots - 2.5 kg
• Sugar - 2.5 kg

Cooking process:

1. Rinse and dry the fruits, remove the seeds from them, dividing the apricots into halves.
2. Place the halves in a container suitable for heating and cover with sugar. Leave for a few hours to let the fruit juice.
3. Break the seeds and remove the kernels from them. If the kernels are bitter in apricots, they can be replaced with nuts - walnuts or almonds.
4. When apricot juice appears in the saucepan, put it on the fire and heat the jam until the sugar dissolves. This can take no more than 5 minutes. Then we leave the jam in the same container for 8-12 hours. The next day, we repeat the procedure - bring it to a boil and cook for 3-5 minutes, and then let it cool again and brew.
5. After the third time, add kernels or nuts to the finished jam, lay out the delicacy in the jars and close the lids tightly. Let cool at room temperature, and then store in the cold.

Thick apricot jam with kernels in a slow cooker

You can also prepare aromatic apricot jam using a multicooker. The main thing is to observe the correct proportions of ingredients and choose strong, unspoiled fruits. Then the jam will stand for a long time and retain its taste and useful qualities.

Cooking time: 1 hour 10 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings - 4.

Ingredients:

• Apricots - 1 kg
• Granulated sugar - 500 gr.
• Lemon - 1 pc.
• Kernels of apricots or almonds - 50-100 gr.
• Vodka - 2-3 tbsp.

Cooking process:

1. Washed and dried with paper towels, cut the apricots into halves and remove the seeds.
2. If desired, use the kernels of the seeds for making jam: chop them and take out the cores, or pour boiling water over the almonds, stand for 15 minutes and peel them.
3. Squeeze the juice out of the lemon.
4. Put the apricots in a multicooker bowl, cover with sugar and add lemon juice, add nuts or apricot kernels. Leave for a while, so that the apricot juice will also stand out.
5. Turn on the "Stew" mode in the multicooker and leave the jam to cook for an hour. In this mode, with the lid closed, the jam will turn out to be quite liquid. If you need to achieve a thicker consistency, you should turn on the "Baking" mode and cook the jam for 1 hour with the lid of the multicooker open. At the end of cooking, in any of the modes, add vodka, which will enhance the taste of the ingredients. Put the finished jam in a prepared container and cork tightly. Bon Appetit!