Whether you use it fresh. straight off the tree when it’s in season, incorporate dried apricots in your baking, or go for the sweet, canned variety, the humble apricot can be incorporated in both sweet and savoury recipes. We’ve gathered together some of our favourite apricot recipes, including cakes, tarts and muffins, plus savoury dishes like apricot chicken and glazed ribs.
There’s also a recipe for homemade apricot and mandarin jam, plus bliss balls and slice recipes for tasty lunch box snacks. Finally, we share some Test Kitchen tips for this seasonal summer stonefruit.
Apricot chicken tray bake
Apricot crumble with extra crumble
Air fryer pork with apricot, fetta & pistachio stuffing
Date and apricot loaf
Nutty apricot cake
Apricot bliss balls
One-pot apricot chicken with creamy rice
Apricot choc-chip muesli bars
Apricot muesli cookies
Lamb and apricot tagine
Homemade muesli bars
Apricot muesli bars
Fresh apricot jam
How to make apricot danish in your pie maker
Slow-cooker apricot chicken
Sticky apricot chicken with rainbow rice
Turkey with apricot & hazelnut stuffing
Apricot and almond scones
Apricot upside-down cakes
Apricot and tahini bliss balls
Plum and apricot chocolate crumble
Pistachio and apricot baklava cake
Apricot Danish pastries
Sticky apricot and lime ribs
Apricot coconut bars
Apricot and mint stuffed pork with rocket, mint and radish salad
Apricot slice
Apricot cheesecake slice
Best sosaties (South African-Malay kebabs)
Moroccan lamb and apricots with scented pearl couscous
Apricot and rosewater tart
Gluten-free glace fruit cakes
Apricot sour cream cake
Lamb and apricot tagine with citrus couscous
Apricot crumble slice
Apricot cheesecake
Almond and apricot stuffed pork leg
Apricot chicken on turkish
Cardamom savarin with apricots in dessert wine syrup
Nutty rice with figs and apricots
Spiced apricot and chicken tagine
Julie Goodwin’s apricot coconut slice
Apricot and pistachio tart
Apricot almond crumbles
Chocolate, apricot and hazelnut cake
All about apricots
How to choose fruit for apricot recipes
Choose undamaged, well coloured fruit — though neither colour nor softness are reliable indicators of well-flavoured apricots. The best indicator is a sweet aroma. Store ripe apricots in a covered container in the fridge and use them within a day or two. Dried apricots will keep well in the cupboard, in their original packaging or a covered container, for months.
Dried apricots are always available and are one of the best of dried fruits. They make a delicious snack, or stew and serve with rice pudding or ice-cream.
How to ripen apricots
Ripen apricots by standing them at room temperature, and speed up the process by enclosing them in a paper bag. They will soften and may colour up but they will never have the flavour of tree-ripened fruit. Their season is short, peaking in summer when there is the best chance of finding tree-ripened fruit.
If they turn out to be disappointing in flavour or woolly in texture, all is not lost. Even mediocre apricots are transformed into something quite delicious when cooked. Their sharp-sweet flavour is particularly accommodating and will marry beautifully with pork, chicken, lamb and turkey, as well as other fruits, nuts and spices.
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