Best 4 Apricot Marmalade Recipes

APRICOT PINEAPPLE MARMALADE

Steps:

• Rinse apricots, remove stems, cut or break in half and remove pits. Finely chop or run apricot halves through a meat grinder using the large holes; there should be about 8 cups. Place in a large pot with the pineapple and orange zest.
• Mix 1/4 cup sugar with pectin and stir into apricots. Bring to a boil over high heat. Add remaing 4 3/4 cups sugar. Return to a boil and boil for 1 - 5 minutes, depending on how firm you would like the marmalade to be (longer = thicker and stronger flavour).
• Remove from heat; stir and skim foam for 5 minutes (important step that removes unsightly foam and also prevents floating fruit in your marmalade). Ladle into warm sterilized canning jars leaving 1/4" headspace. Cap, seal and process ina water bath for 10 minutes. Makes about 8 cups.

APRICOT ORANGE MARMALADE

Steps:

• Coarsely grate and keep the zest.
• Separate the orange segments.
• Combine orange segments (minus membranes), zest, apricots and sugar.
• Bring to a boil over medium heat.
• When mixture begins to boil, start mashing.
• Reduce the heat to maintain a low boil and cook for 15 minutes, stirring constantly--apricots like to burn.
• Hot pack and seal.
• Hot water bath 15 minutes.

STUFFED FRENCH TOAST W/ APRICOT & ORANGE MARMALADE

Steps:

• 1. Prepare Apricot and Orange Marmalade sauce. Preheat oven to 475 degrees F.
• 2. Beat cream cheese in medium bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until smooth. Beat in ricotta, marmalade and sugar.
• 3. Trim ends from bread; discard. Slice into 8 (1 1/2 inch thick) slices. Cut pocket in each slice by cutting through top crust and almost to bottom. Carefully fill each pocket with 3 tablespoons cream cheese mixture.
• 4. Beat eggs in large shallow dish. Add milk and vanilla, whisk until blended. Dip 1 piece of bread at a time into egg mixture; turn over and allow to soak up egg mixture.
• 5. Place filled slices onto lightly greased baking sheet. Sprinkle with nutmeg. Bake 5 minutes or until golden on bottom. Turn slices over sprinkle with nutmeg. Bake 3-5 minutes or until golden on bottom . Baked toast should feel just slightly crisp on surface. Serve with Apricot and Orange Marmalade Sauce. Makes 6-8 servings

APRICOT, CARROT AND GOJI BERRY MARMALADE

Steps:

• Put the apricots into a pan of boiling water and boil for 5 minutes.
• Drain and rinse in cold water then put in the blender with the water. This boiling and draining process not only softens the apricots but removes some of the sulphur in which they have been preserved.
• Blend until smooth and add the blended apricots to a pan with the sugar and carrots.
• Bring to the boil and simmer for 20minutes or until setting point is almost reached. (you can test this by putting a spoonful onto an ice cube or cold saucer, if it jellifies, it is done)
• Meanwhile, soak goji berries in the orange and lemon juice. Towards the end of cooking time add the goji berries and the juice.
• Bring back to the boil and skim off any scum that forms on the surface. Add the butter and boil for just a few more minutes.
• Do not pot the jam until it is almost cool to allow for even distribution of the carrot and berries (see canning notes, follow the link on the home page of this site) or store in the fridge for upto 1 month.