Apricot, Orange and Almond Jam

Title:
Apricot, Orange and Almond Jam

Yield:
5 Jars

Categories:
Canning,
Fruits,
Jams,
Nuts




Ingredients:





     1 lb Dried apricots


     2 oz Split almonds


     3    Oranges


     2    Lemons


 2 1/2 lb Sugar


 2 1/2 ts Ground cinnamon






 Chop the apricots roughly.  Put them into a large bowl, sprinkling the fine


 grated zest of the oranges and the cinnamon between layers. Squeeze the


 juice of the oranges, measure and add enough water to make 3 pints in all.


 Pour the liquids over the fruit; leave to soak overnight in a cool place.


 


 Slide the contents of the bowl into a preserving pan and simmer gently


 until the fruit is beautifully tender. Check the fruit occasionally as it


 cooks and crush it down into the pan with a potato masher. It may need 1


     1/4    hours to become really soft.


 


 Warm the sugar.  Add it to the pan together with the juice of the lemons


 and the almonds.  Cook gently until sugar is melted, then fast-boil until


 the saucer test shows that the preserve will set. Pot, tie down and label


 the preserve in the usual way.


 


 From WWiVNet.  Reposted in Home Cooking by Cathy Harned.


 


 From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini