Apricot syrup: 2 recipes at home

Fragrant and delicious apricots are an excellent basis for making homemade syrup.

Apricot syrup can be used for a wide range of purposes: as a lubricant for cake cakes, as an additive to pancakes or ice cream, and as a popular ingredient for alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails.

It's also made from apricots: brandy, brew and moonshine, liqueur, liqueurs, tinctures, wine

The classic apricot syrup recipe

Ingredients

1. Apricots - 2 kg (pitted)

2. Water - 500 ml

3. Sugar - 400 g (for every 600 ml of juice)

Method of preparation

1. Put the water and fruit in a heavy-bottomed saucepan.

2. Put on medium heat and cook until they are cooked down, about 30-40 minutes, depending on the fruit. While cooking, stir the fruit from time to time and crush it with a spoon.

3. Tip the apricots into a fine sieve lined with two layers of cheesecloth or muslin cloth. Strain for 8 hours in the refrigerator, without squeezing out more juice, otherwise the syrup will be cloudy.

4. After the specified time, measure the amount of apricot juice, pour it into a clean saucepan, also measure the required amount of sugar and add to the juice. 

5. Bring everything together to a boil and boil for 5 minutes, over high heat, stirring from time to time, so that the syrup reaches the desired consistency and the sugar is completely dissolved.

6. Pour the hot syrup into hot sterilized jars.

7. Close with sterilized lids, turn upside down.

8. Wrap the jars warmly and leave them in this state until they cool down.

Recipe for rich syrup without water

Ingredients

1. Apricots - 1 kg (pitted)

2. Granulated sugar - 1.3 kg

Method of preparation

1. Cut the apricots into small pieces and cover with sugar.

2. Then pour the prepared apricots and sugar into a thick-bottomed saucepan, cover with a lid and put in the cold for 10-12 hours. During this time, the fruit slices will give juice. It will not be very much, but it will be enough so that the mass does not burn on minimal heating.

3. Warm the sweet mass with fruit for no more than 5 minutes. After that, the fire is turned off, and the apricots in sugar are allowed to cool.

4. After that, continue cooking at the same pace. Boil apricots for 5 minutes 4-5 times in total. Finally, strain the fruit pieces through a sieve, and boil the syrup for a few more minutes before filling the jars.

Update: 18.08.2019

Category: Syrup recipes