Best 11 Apricot Cranberry Lamb Recipes

APRICOT/CRANBERRY CHUTNEY

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, mix together the apricots, cranberries, raisins, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, and cloves.
• In a medium saucepan, boil water and sugar, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved. Add the dried fruit mixture and vinegar. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat, and allow to cool for 5 minutes. Serve immediately, or refrigerate in a covered container.

APRICOT CRANBERRY CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Place tomato sauce, cranberries, apricots and honey in medium saucepan; mix well.
• Cook over medium heat until gently bubbling around edges; reduce heat if necessary to maintain this rate of cooking. Continue for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until most of liquid is absorbed.
• Serve warm or at room temperature with roasted turkey, chicken or pork.

APRICOT CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, orange zest, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a small bowl, beat egg, water and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in the cranberries., Pour into a greased and floured 9x5-in. loaf pan. Cut apricots in the preserves into small pieces; spoon preserves over batter. Cut through batter with a knife to swirl. Bake at 350° for 65-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack.

MOROCCAN LAMB WITH APRICOTS, ALMONDS & MINT

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large flameproof casserole. Add the lamb and cook over a medium-high heat for 3-4 minutes until evenly browned, stirring often. Remove the lamb to a plate, using a slotted spoon.
• Stir the onion and garlic into the casserole and cook gently for 5 minutes until softened. Return the lamb to the pot. Add the stock, zest and juice, cinnamon, honey and salt and pepper. Bring to the boil then reduce the heat, cover and cook gently for 1 hour.
• Add the apricots and two-thirds of the mint and cook for 30 minutes until the lamb is tender. Stir in the ground almonds to thicken the sauce. Serve with the remaining mint and toasted almonds scattered over the top.

CRANBERRY-APRICOT BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line 8-inch square pan with foil; spray foil with cooking spray. In large bowl, beat crust ingredients with electric mixer on low speed until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Press in pan.
• Bake 28 to 30 minutes or until light golden brown. Meanwhile, in medium bowl, mix filling ingredients.
• Remove partially baked crust from oven. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F. Spread filling evenly over crust.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes longer or until mixture is set and appears glossy. Cool completely, about 45 minutes. For bars, cut into 4 rows by 4 rows.

APRICOT AND CRANBERRY JELLY

Steps:

• Boil the water and sugar together for 5 minutes. Add the cranberries and apricots. Simmer until the cranberry skins burst, about 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in the orange zest and cool.
• Note: A viewer, who may not be a professional cook, provided this recipe. The FN chefs have not tested this recipe and therefore, we cannot make representation as to the results.

CRANBERRY SAUCE WITH DRIED APRICOTS AND CARDAMOM

Steps:

• Coarsely crush cardamom in mortar with pestle or place in resealable plastic bag and crush with rolling pin; discard skins.
• Bring next 5 ingredients and cardamom to boil in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Add apricots; cook 2 minutes. Add cranberries and cook until berries pop, stirring occasionally, about 9 minutes. Transfer to bowl. Mix in lemon peel. Cover and refrigerate overnight. (Can be made 1 week ahead. Keep refrigerated.) Serve cold or at room temperature.

ALMOND CRANBERRY APRICOT BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Mix flour and baking powder together& set aside.
• In a separate bowl whisk together eggs, sugar, butter, vanilla and grated orange rind.
• Add almonds, cranberries and apricots.
• Add flour mixture to wet mixture.
• The dough will be sticky.
• Transfer onto a lightly floured work surface.
• Divide dough into two pieces.
• Flour your hands and roll one piece into a log almost the length of your cookie sheet.
• Place on the cookie sheet and flatten to about ½ an inch.
• Both logs should fit lengthwise on your cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350°F for 20 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and let rest 5 minutes.
• Transfer to a cutting board and cut diagonally into ¾" slices.
• Stand cookies on their side and return to a 300 degree oven for 10 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and flip each cookie onto the other side.
• Bake another 10 minutes.
• Let cool on a rack.
• You can use 1 cup of dried fruit mixture in any amount of each that you choose; it doesn't have to be 1/3 of each.

LAMB WITH APRICOTS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute onion in oil until tender. Add the lamb and seasonings. Cook and stir for 5 minutes or until meat is browned. Add apricots, orange juice, almonds and orange zest. , Transfer to a 2-1/2-qt. baking dish. Stir in broth. Cover and bake at 350° for 1-1/2 hours or until meat is tender. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

APRICOT CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, orange peel, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In small bowl, beat egg, water and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in the cranberries. Pour into greased and floured 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan. Cut apricots in the preserves into small pieces; spoon preserves over batter. Cut through batter with a knife to swirl.
• Bake at 350 for 65-70 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove bread from pan to wire rack.

APRICOT-CRANBERRY NOODLE KUGEL

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Liberally butter a deep 8-inch square baking dish.
• Fill a large pot with generously salted water and bring to a rapid boil. Cook egg noodles at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, 7 to 9 minutes.
• Drain egg noodles and rinse in cold water to stop the cooking. Drain again and mop up any excess moisture with paper towels.
• Beat sour cream, cream cheese, eggs, salt, and vanilla with an electric mixer until well combined. Mix in apricot preserves and cinnamon.
• Crush cereal in a food processor or by hand until it's broken up enough that it's no longer identifiable as cereal. Mix in softened butter until well distributed.
• Place noodles in the prepared baking dish. Pour sour cream mixture over top and stir to combine. Mix in cranberries. Sprinkle crushed cereal mixture evenly over top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the top is browned and crusty, 1 to 1 1/2 hours, checking every so often starting at 45 minutes. If the top looks like it's headed towards burning, stick some foil on the top. At the end, if the top's not crusty enough, put it under the broiler until the butter bubbles a bit and the the color gets nice and rich looking, 1 to 3 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and let it sit for 15 minutes before serving.