yamagata no 3 jam

I should have tried the apricot before turning it into jam

But, after seeing the recipe that was tucked in the package of apricots I took it as a sign that they were tart…

Here’s the recipe

500 grams of apricots

300 grams of sugar

After pitting the apricots I only had 450 grams (before pitting it was 480 grams), so I cut the sugar back by 50 grams (250 grams)

Since I had 1/2 a lemon, I squeezed it and added it to the fruit and sugar, even if the recipe didn’t call for it

The recipe had said to let it macerate overnight, but I have something to do today, so since I had started macerating the fruit early Friday morning, I made the jam in the afternoon.

I brought the mixture to a boil then turned it down to a simmer, and scraped the scum off 

I simmered the mixture for about 30 minutes.

And was left with about 300 milliliters of jam

We look forward to trying this soon.

I hope it will be tasty.