Apricot Purée Recipe
A lightly spiced fresh apricot purée to use with your favorite sweet or savory foods. Easy and quick to prepare, a perfect recipe for a batch of apricots that needs to be used up.
Servings: 1.5 Cups
Calories: 672kcal
Equipment
- 8" Chef Knife
- Hand Blender
Ingredients
- 1 Pound Apricot
- 1 Cup Sugar
- ⅛ Teaspoon Cinnamon Ground
- 2 Green Cardamom Pods or a pinch of Cardamom
- Juice of ½ lime optional
- Pinch Salt
Instructions
- Wash apricots, quarter them, and discard the seed core. Place apricots into a saucepan.1 Pound Apricot
- Keep the apricots over a lower heat setting and add the sugar, cinnamon, cardamom pods, lime juice (optional), and salt.1 Cup Sugar, ⅛ Teaspoon Cinnamon Ground, 2 Green Cardamom Pods, Juice of ½ lime, Pinch Salt
- Mix it all up and keep it on a medium-high heat setting.
- Bring to a boil, reduce to a medium heat setting, and cover to cook for about 5-7 minutes.
- Uncover and cook for another 5-7 minutes until the apricots are falling apart and get mushy.
- Take out the whole cardamom pods and remove the pan from the heat.
- Blend the apricot into a smooth purée with a hand blender.
- Use it hot or let it cool.
Notes
Lime juice is optional. Add it only if you want it to be tart or if your apricots are very sweet.
Makes about 1-2 cups.
Nutrition
Serving: 236g | Calories: 672kcal | Carbohydrates: 170g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 5mg | Potassium: 840mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 161g | Vitamin A: 5835IU | Vitamin C: 37mg | Calcium: 55mg | Iron: 2mg