Making apricot jam

[Old Crank]

Or as we call it here Aprikosmarmelada.
In to the store early to pick up fruit which was priced well.
Had to endure the stares of Omas judging how well I chose the apricots.
Just over a kilo of apricots, pitted and chopped and into the pot.
I use the canning sugar mix that takes 2 parts fruit to 1 part sugar
and then you boil for 4 minutes.
Into the prepped jars and a short water bath.
I like putting the jars in a 120C oven instead of a water bath. Lids and tools get the water bath
as the water heads to boiling.

the sacrificial altar

[Diamond_Dog]

1. YUM!

[Old Crank]

4. Unfortunately

My wife thinks it is delicious so I won't get all of it.......
One is going to an Oma who made Hausgemacht Stollen for me 3 times.

[Diamond_Dog]

5. How nice. 🙂

I have made just about every kind of jelly and jam in my lifetime …. Peach, pear, grape,strawberry, elderberry, mint, raspberry, cherry, apple butter, but I’ve never made apricot.

Homemade stollen. Now you’re talkin’.

[Old Crank]

6. I'm limited to some degree

Because my wife can't tolerate fruits with high fructose concentrations. Most berries fit that except blue, cranberries and currants. Citrus is fine. Cherry, so so.
Apricot is easy

[Jilly_in_VA]

2. Yummy

Can't get decent apricots anywhere near here.

[Old Crank]

3. Germany

can be hard for decent fruit. These were from Spain. I'm happy to get fruit at under 5 euro a kilo here. Have to look for sales and then test. Which is somewhat surprising given the canning culture here.
Don't ask me about avocados. Are those ever hit and miss here.

[chowmama]

7. Fruit:sugar

2:1 - is this by weight or volume, or does it matter?

I assume that you measure the fruit after it's pitted?

[Old Crank]

8. Sorry Chowmama

about being slow to get back.

I usually buy about 10-20% more than a kilo. then pit and toss any bad spots. I don't weigh after that. So I probably use about 5-10% more fruit than the normal ratio. I have been using the 2-1 sugar I get at my local supermarket. I don't know if that mix is available in the US. We have a 1-1, 2-1, 3-1 choice of fruit to sugar mixes on the shelf.