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Apricots Stewed.— Compote D'abricots

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France

Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. Apricots
  2. a pound of sugar
  3. Water

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Scald the apricots in boiling water.
  2. When they are soft put them into cold water.
  3. Melt a quarter of a pound of sugar in a heater in water.
  4. Put the apricots mto it.
  5. Boil them up two or three times.
  6. Arrange them in the dish, and pour their syrup over them.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife