Apricot Jam Recipe, Classic Variant with Jelly Sugar
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Thomas Sixt is a chef, food photographer and cookbook author.
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Here I show you my Apricot Jam Recipe prepared in the classic way with preserving sugar.
Since the fruits remain completely in the jam, it is an apricot jam.
Apricot jam is a classic in Austria. But elsewhere, too, one loves the noble, sweet taste.
The popularity comes from the fine balance of sweetness and acidity of the fruit, where you can taste the sun.
Cooked with jam sugar, the jam has a shelf life of more than one year, and sterility is a prerequisite for preparation.
So you have a tasty spread for your breakfast table in stock for a long time. If not, then you’ll have to cook new jam and it’s great fun!
Here now the step by step instruction with many photos. I wish you good luck!
Table of Contents
1. Recipe Apricot Jam
Now it goes to the preserves 😉 Have fun, it’s not difficult, I promise!
Soon you will have a great spread for a long time, which you can also use for salad dressings (hmm… e.g. green salad, goat cheese, orange fillets, walnut and apricot jam with mustard in the dressing), cake supplement, meat marinade etc.
Apricot Jam with Jelly Sugar
Cooked, photographed and written down by chef Thomas Sixt.
Simple guide for preserving apricot jam.
Preparation Time
30 Min.
Cook Time
20 Min.
Ingredients
| 3 | kg | apricots |
| 1,5 | kg | jelly sugar (jam sugar 2:1) |
| 3 | pc | lemons (juice and lemon abrasion from the peel of organic lemons) |
| 2 | pc | vanilla beans |
Instruction
Prepare jars
Clean heat-resistant jars well for the jam.
Disinfect jars
Rinse the glasses well with vinegar essence.
This prevents the infestation of mould.
Wash apricots
Wash the apricots well under running water.
Halve apricots
Halve the washed apricots.
Pit apricots
Using light pressure, remove the apricot kernel from the half of the apricot with your fingers.
Apricots ready
Cut all apricots in half, stone and place ready.
Prepare lemon peel
Grate the lemon zest or lemon grater from the lemon peel with a grater.
Prepare lemon juice
Squeeze the lemons for lemon juice.
Prepare vanilla
Scrape the pulp from fresh vanilla beans:
Press the vanilla pod flat with a knife, then cut it open and scrape the pith of the pod away from your fingers.
Provide ingredients
Pour the lemon juice, lemon dust, vanilla pulp and scraped vanilla pod into the pot.
Add apricots
Add the prepared and pitted apricot halves.
Gelling sugar
Use gelling sugar 2:1:
Here 3 kg apricots and 1.5 kg gelling sugar.
Add sugar
Add the jam sugar to the apricots, lemon juice, lemon grater and vanilla in the pot.
Boil apricots
Slowly bring the apricots and other ingredients to the boil while stirring.
Simmer Apricots
Simmer the apricots on a low heat for about 20 minutes until the fruit is tender.
Mix
Finely chop the jam with a hand blender.
You can take out the vanilla beans that have been boiled along with the jam beforehand.
Filling
Now carefully pour the prepared apricot jam into the heat-resistant glasses using a ladle while boiling hot.
You can also fill the jam into a beak cup and then pour into the glasses.
Clean the edges of the jars well with a new, clean cloth.
Close jars
Quickly close the jars with the hot jam so that a vacuum is created and the jam remains sterile.
Serve
Finest apricot jam is now ready for you and all your loved ones. Enjoy your meal!
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3. Shopping List Apricot Jam with Preserving Sugar
3.1 Ingredients and Shopping List
Apricots are called apricots in Bavaria and Austria. The season starts in June. Apricots you find in the supermarket from December to March come from overseas. I recommend the following ingredients:
- apricots
- lemons (aha, that’s where the fine acid comes from)
- vanilla beans
- jam sugar 2 : 1 (2 parts fruit – 1 part sugar)
You should have the following tools and accessories in the kitchen:
- jam jars
- large saucepan
- sharp knife
- wooden spoon
- scoop
- lemon squeezer
- grater for lemon zest
- vinegar essence or other strongly acidic vinegar
- clean kitchen towels
- hand blender
3.2 Preparation and Hygiene
At this point I would like to refer you explicitly to the hygiene of the preparation. Only if everything is sterile, you achieve a result which is durable over 1 year!
- I like to use jam jars several times. Therefore I clean the jars thoroughly before filling.
- In addition, I use a strong vinegar, from which I put 2-3 tablespoons into the empty glasses, screw the lid on or close with a lever.
- Then I shake the glasses, so that the acid is distributed everywhere inside.
- Then I open the glass again and pour the rest away from the vinegar.
- When filling the jars with the hot finished jam something goes wrong and stains the edge and the glass.
- This I wipe with a new kitchen cloth or wet kitchen paper quickly clean again.
- Especially the edge of the closure has to be picobello clean.
4. Variant Ideas for Apricot Jam
In my recipe I add lemon zest, lemon juice and vanilla to the jam.
Here are some more suggestions to complement the jam and for the kick on the palate:
- some amaretto or rum
- some Grand Manier or Cointreau
- some orange peels – fine as zest or coarse to fish out after cooking
- some lavender blossoms – only the individual blossoms on the panicle or in the tea egg cooked and then removed again
- some fresh rosemary – the needles very finely chopped or remove the twig after cooking again
5. More Recipe Ideas
With Apricot:
Apricot tart with shortcrust pastry
Apricot tart with puff pastry
Apricot cake with sponge mixture
Apricot jam without preserving sugar
For Jam:
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