Apricot Bites
4oz cream cheese, softened
12 fresh apricots, halved
1/2 cup pistachios, chopped
1) Stir cream cheese until smooth.
2) Spoon into apricots.
3) Sprinkle with nuts.
4) Serve as an appetiser, snack or dessert.
Apricot Jam
40 apricots, peeled and chopped
4 cups sugar
5 tablespoons lemon juice
2 cups water
1) Mildly boil all ingredients for 30 minutes.
2) Skim and discard the foam at the end of cooking.
3) Fill jars and seal within 1 hour.
Apricot Mango Chutney
4 medium apricots, diced
3 medium mangos, peeled & diced
8oz sugar
1 pint white wine vinegar
1 teaspoon cardamon
1 teaspoon dried ginger
1 tablespoon coriander seed
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon white pepper
1 red pepper, finely diced
8oz raisins or 12oz diced grapes
1/2 red onion, finely diced
1) Combine all the ingredients in a saucepan and simmer, uncovered, for 45 minutes.
2) Place in clean jars and refrigerate up to 3 hours.
