Preserves and pickles
Apricot Jam
Traditional apricot jam made at home—fresher and tastier than store-bought. Great on winter mornings with butter on warm bread; kids will love it.
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Apricot jam.. homemade recipe
Ingredients
- For each kilogram of apricots, you need
- 750 g regular sugar
- Juice of a lemon
- 1 tablespoon butter
- Apricot jam recipe from a friend and the site’s cook on Shou Tabkhin Today:
- Rania Sloum
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- For more jam recipes, try this link: Pumpkin or Squash Jam without Peel
- For more homemade jam recipes, check out this apricot jam: How to Make Fresh Fig Jam
Method
- Wash the apricots, drain them and remove the pits
- Put the apricots in a pot, cover them with sugar and let them soak until the next day
- After the time has passed, put the pot on the heat and remove all the foam that appears on the surface after boiling
- Stir well, and after removing all the foam add the (lemon) acid and let the jam boil for one hour and a quarter
- Add the butter, stir and remove the pot from the heat
- When the jam cools, transfer it into Pyrex trays and sun them for three consecutive days, turning occasionally until they dry well
- Store the apricot jam in jars or airtight glass containers
- Rania Salloum
- To make pumpkin jam without lime, click this link: Pumpkin or squash jam without lime
- For more homemade jam recipes, try fig jam at this link: How to prepare fresh fig jam
Notes and serving ideas
- Pumpkin or Squash Jam without Peel
- How to Make Fresh Fig Jam






