Quick Apricot Sauce

This Apricot Sauce is delightfully spectacular!  I’m always grateful when the apricot season rolls around because this is one of my annual treasures. Prime apricot season is May through August. So make time to fit this 20 minute recipe into your life.

Why You’ll Love This Quick Apricot Sauce

Not just fast and easy, but dang good too! All you need are 3 ingredients and 20 minutes.  Then a little touch of heaven awaits you.

I like to make enough to enjoy for as long as possible, so I order a few cases and stockpile this delicious apricot jam. If you want to make it into jam, hold back a few apricots and chop them into chunks, add the chopped apricots to the sauce, and cook your ingredients for ten extra minutes for a thicker result.

Thee Simple Ingredients are all you need!

• Apricots - fresh in season
• Sugar - I like raw granulated for this recipe
• Lemon - the juice from a one whole lemon

How to Make Apricot Sauce

1. Weigh out the washed apricots, and pull out the stones with clean long nose pliers.
2. Add everything to a blender, skin and all. 
3. Pour into a saucepan. Stir constantly over medium-high heat for 5 minutes. 
4. Reduce heat to simmer, and let simmer for 10 minutes.  Stirring occasionally.  Ten minutes will achieve a pourable texture.  Allow 10 more minutes for a thicker result. 
5. Allow to cool a bit, transfer to two standard mason jars.  

Serving Ideas

• Over pancakes
• On top of cream cheese-stuffed baked French toast
• Inside baked oat apricot bars
• Over fresh vanilla ice cream
• Over grilled pork chops

Clever Facts

• The quantity of sugar in this recipe has been calculated based on the natural pectin levels of ripe apricots. Apricots have enough natural pectic that the added sugar during cooking will thicken without extra pectin. 
• Fresh lemon juice not only adds tart flavor to balance the sugar, but also helps the fruit's pectin set into a perfect jam texture.

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Quick Apricot Sauce

Apricots are in season and this Apricot Sauce is delightfully spectacular! I’m always grateful when apricot season rolls around because this is one my annual treasures.

Course All Recipes, Condiment, Jams and Jellies

Cuisine American

Keyword Apricot Sauce, Quick Apricot Sauce

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Transfer to Jars & Clean Up 5 minutes

Servings 1

Calories 1970kcal

Author Bite Me Industries

Ingredients

• 2 pounds apricots
• 14 oz sugar
• 2 tbs lemon juice from a one whole lemon

Instructions

• Weigh out the washed apricots, pull out the stones with clean long nose pliers.
• Add everything to a blender, skin and all.
• Pour into a saucepan. Stir constantly over medium high heat for 5 minutes.
• Reduce heat to simmer, let simmer 10 minutes. Stirring occasionally. Ten minutes will achieve a pourable texture. Allow 10 more minutes for a thicker result.
• Allow to cool a bit, transfer to two standard mason jars.

Notes

• The quantity of sugar in this recipe has been calculated based on the natural pectin levels of ripe apricots. Apricots have enough natural pectic that the added sugar during cooking will thicken without extra pectin.
• Fresh lemon juice not only adds a tart flavor to balance the sugar but also helps the fruit's pectin set into a perfect jam texture.

Nutrition

Serving: 1jar | Calories: 1970kcal | Carbohydrates: 498g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 13mg | Potassium: 2388mg | Fiber: 18g | Sugar: 481g | Vitamin A: 17474IU | Vitamin C: 102mg | Calcium: 124mg | Iron: 4mg