This my version of making - actually baking - jam. Baking it in the oven with butter and oatmeal makes it pleasantly homey. A handful of oatmeal can be added to anything from soups to baked goods to stews to morning smoothie, it really makes a difference.
This recipe can be used with ripe peaches as well, and should yield about a quart of jam + some syrup.
Ingredients
4 pounds of very ripe apricots, pitted, halved
3 pounds of sugar
Juice of a lime or lemon
4 tablespoons of oatmeal
4 tablespoons of butter
Half a teaspoon of salt
Optionally - 1 vanilla pod, inside scraped along with the pod
Directions
Place the halved apricot and the sugar and salt into a large oven safe pot, use your hands or wooden spoon to mix and cover all the apricots. I added a slice of beetroot for fun - so disregard that
Cover with the lid and leave in the fridge overnight. This will release the natural juice of the apricots - so you don't need to add any water.
Next day, turn the oven to 350 F
Add the lemon juice, butter and oatmeal, mix it once and place the pot into oven without the lid
Immediately turn the oven down to 250 F and let it bake/poach for 2 hours.
After two hours take the pot and mix well, and put it back for another 2 hours.
At this point it should be nicely baked, colors bit darkened, syrup is reduced. If not you can bake another hour
Take the pot out and stir apricots.
This is optional; If you have a nice (not imitate) vanilla add a tablespoon or two. We want apricot to shine and not masked by vanilla, so it's up to you
Turn the oven off, put the pot back to oven and leave it there overnight to cool down to room temp.
Next morning, use slotted spoon to move the apricots and oatmeal to a bowl with whatever syrup comes with it, leave the remaining syrup behind.
In a nutribullet or food processor pure the jam. Now it's ready to use, should be easily spreadable.
The remaining syrup can be used in mix drinks, but I don't like adding it to the jam. It makes it too sweet and runny. It's true that I could have used 2 pounds of sugar instead of 3, but i like all the fruit covered with sugar not just some of it.
I suggest use the jam with buttery biscuits and if you haven't tried making maybe try with Coronation chicken.
Tansu
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