Homemade dried apricots, which will be more useful than the store at times

The first thing you remember about blanks for the winter from apricots is jam, jam, compote. Then I decided to see what else can be made from honey apricots, which our mother-in-law overwhelmed us. And found - dried apricots at home or apricot.

Wikipedia told me that the popularity of candied fruit came hundreds of years ago. For the first time candies were cooked in such hot countries as Egypt, Turkey and Greece. Well, over time, candies have become popular in Europe.

In the XVII century, the delicacy was actively used in French cuisine to decorate exquisite desserts. After that, I decided: like a French cook, I will prepare this sweet for the winter!



Kurag at home today editorial office "Site" will tell you how to prepare dried apricots and candies at home. To always have natural and healthy sweets at hand!

The ingredients

• 1 kg of sugar
• 300 ml of water
• 0.5 tsp citric acid
• 1kg apricots

Preparation

1. For drying candies from apricots, you need to choose moderately ripe fruits with strong and healthy flesh. From green fruits, the delicacy will not taste good. Overripe fruits will be boiled in the cooking process. Wash the apricots, cut them in half and remove the bones.
   
   
   
   
2. Pour water into the pan and add citric acid and sugar. Let the syrup boil for 5 minutes, and then add half the apricots. Note that during the cooking process, the syrup should become transparent.
   
   
   
   
3. Boil the apricots in the syrup for 15 minutes. Let the apricots cool in the syrup.
   
   
   
   
4. Put the apricots on a pan covered with parchment paper. Sushi apricots in the oven at 50 degrees for 2 hours.
   
   
   
   
5. Put the apricots on a net or trays. It is better that the place where the candied fruit will dry was on the balcony on the sunny side. To prevent dust from gathering on candied fruit and to protect against flies and wasps, it is worth covering trays or a grid with glass. Sushi kuragu within 2 days. From time to time, halves of the fruit must be turned over. The drier and windier the weather, the faster the fruit is dried at home. Ready candy from apricots do not stick to the hands, but remain elastic.
   
   
   
   
   
   
6. If you want candied fruit, then you should dump every half of apricots in sugar. If it's sugar-free, it's dried apricots. Keeping this treat. Better in the fridge under the lid. Bon appetit!
   
   
   
   

And to become more familiar with the preparation of candied fruit from apricots, watch the video with cook-channel Claudia Korneva. On the Canal of Claudia there are a lot of recipes for homemade dishes, which are easy to prepare and with which even an inexperienced cook can cope! We sincerely thank you, Claudia, for your wonderful culinary discoveries!

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Editorial Board I also suggest to learn how to make crispy candied fruit from plums. This is a portion of vitamins, which is so lacking in winter!



As you can see, the cooking process itself is simple, but quite a lot of time is spent on the drying itself. In the oven in the heat is unreal. Therefore, an assistant in this process will be our hot summer sun.

Apricots at home are very tasty and appetizing. We eat her instead of candy or baking cakes and desserts with her. I also love it. sweeten cheesecakes. Delicious!