Valais apricot jam

Ingredients

• 1 kg Valais apricots
• 750g sugar
• ½ a lemon
• Spices according to your taste (cinnamon or vanilla)

Recipe

1. Wash the fruits in warm water and leave them to dry on a tea towel.
2. Cut the apricots in two and remove the stone.
3. Slice the fruit, add the sugar and lemon juice and mix together well.
4. Cook in a saucepan over a strong heat whilst stirring for approximately 5 minutes until it boils, then skim.
5. Fill the jars after sterilizing them in boiling water. Close them straight away.

Tasty tip: Add 1 or 2 soup spoons of AOC apricot brandy!