The Women's Institute: Complete Christmas (Simon and Schuster UK, Ltd) has over 130 recipes for a perfect Christmas, and this is one of them! A simple and tasty way to prepare apricots, make this well in advance for use over the Christmas season.
Ingredients
Before you start...
To sterilise a jar, wash in hot soapy water, then rinse thoroughly in very hot water and drain. Put onto a baking sheet and place in an oven preheated to 140C/Gas 3/fan oven 120C for 10 minutes, then remove and cover with a clean tea towel until use.
- 225 g8 oz whole dried apricots
- Juice of 1 large orange or 4 tbsp fresh orange juice
- 100 g3½ oz granulated sugar
- 100 ml3½ fl oz brandy
- Ice cream or Greek yoghurt, to serve
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Method: How to make Apricots in brandy
Soak the apricots in 700ml of water and the orange juice overnight. Drain the liquid from the apricots and measure 300ml into a saucepan. Arrange the apricots in a sterilised jar.
Make a light syrup by dissolving the sugar in the drained liquid. Bring to the boil for 2 minutes, then cool. Add the brandy to the syrup and pour over the fruit, making sure that all the fruit is covered.
Seal, cool and store in a cool place for 3 weeks before using.
