Apricot crumble with extra crumble (recipe below).
Whether you use it fresh. straight off the tree when it’s in season, incorporate dried apricots in your baking, or go for the sweet, canned variety, the humble apricot can be incorporated in both sweet and savoury recipes. We’ve gathered together some of our favourite apricot recipes, including cakes, tarts and muffins, plus savoury dishes like apricot chicken and glazed ribs.
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There’s also a recipe for homemade apricot and mandarin jam, plus bliss balls and slice recipes for tasty lunch box snacks. Finally, we share some Test Kitchen tips for this seasonal summer stonefruit.
This quick and easy apricot crumble slice makes a great afternoon snack, and is perfect for packing in lunch boxes. For something slightly fancier, serve warm with a spoonful of sour cream.
Densely packed with the sweetness and texture of dried fruit, this date and apricot loaf is a perfect accompaniment to your morning cuppa. Serve with lashings of butter.
Apricot halves pressed into the top give this mouth-watering cake its sweetness and attractive look. It gets its nuttiness from processed walnuts, giving it a pleasant buttery consistency. Thanks to it’s moist texture – replacing the flour with gluten-free flour will easily make it gluten-free. Looking for more apricot desserts? Suitable to freeze. Not suitable […]
Fresh, wholesome apricot and mint stuffed pork cutlets with a fresh rocket, mint and radish salad – a simple and delicious dinner idea. Suitable for the 2-Day Fast Diet.
Bring this version of an african specialty to the table, threading tender lamb onto skewers then barbecuing or grilling them to perfection with a spicy curry and apricot jam marinade.
This decadent slice showcases all the wonderful features of a delicious classic cheesecake, plus a beautiful apricot swirl throughout the creamy centre.
Cut a slice of this fruity tart and enjoy the fragrant undertones of rosewater. Best served with thick, whipped cream and a collection of family or friends.
This lamb and apricot tagine with citrus couscous has so many of the characteristics we love; spicy, fragrant, savoury and sweet. The traditional lengthy cooking method ensures a depth of flavour and tender, juicy meat.
Interestingly enough, due to its shape, a tagine actually cooks by steaming, just like your microwave oven. Serve the tagine with steamed couscous with plumped raisins and finely chopped fresh coriander tossed into it.
The perfect balance of sweet and tart, this sticky dessert is perfect for those who want to delight their guests. The added ingredient of cardamom provides unique flavour and spice that’ll have people begging for more.
To make chocolate curls, run a cheese slicer down the back of a slightly warmed block of chocolate. For smaller curls, run a vegetable peeler down the side of a block of chocolate. Note
Choose undamaged, well coloured fruit — though neither colour nor softness are reliable indicators of well-flavoured apricots. The best indicator is a sweet aroma. Store ripe apricots in a covered container in the fridge and use them within a day or two. Dried apricots will keep well in the cupboard, in their original packaging or a covered container, for months.
Dried apricots are always available and are one of the best of dried fruits. They make a delicious snack, or stew and serve with rice pudding or ice-cream.
How to ripen apricots
Ripen apricots by standing them at room temperature, and speed up the process by enclosing them in a paper bag. They will soften and may colour up but they will never have the flavour of tree-ripened fruit. Their season is short, peaking in summer when there is the best chance of finding tree-ripened fruit.
If they turn out to be disappointing in flavour or woolly in texture, all is not lost. Even mediocre apricots are transformed into something quite delicious when cooked. Their sharp-sweet flavour is particularly accommodating and will marry beautifully with pork, chicken, lamb and turkey, as well as other fruits, nuts and spices.