Apricots, To Dry In Halves
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United Kingdom
Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
Ingredients 3 ingredients
Cook safely
Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.
- 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.
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- Take two pounds of apricots, pare them quite thin, halve them, remove the stones and lay them in a dish ;
- powder over them one pound and a half of fine white sugar, when the sugar has dissolved place the fruit upon a stove, let them do gently, as each half becomes tender remove it, and put it in a china bowl;
- when they are all done and the syrup cooled a little, pour it over them.
- In a couple of days remove the syrup, leaving a little only clinging to each half, turn them in a day or so, and continue until they are quite dry, this may be achieved more quickly by laying them in the sun or a very dry place.
- They may be kept in boxes, with layers of white paper over them.
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