{"id":1221,"date":"2015-06-10T17:57:58","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T17:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/?p=1221"},"modified":"2022-10-15T16:37:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T20:37:39","slug":"haitian-apricot-jam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/haitian-apricot-jam\/","title":{"rendered":"Haitian Apricot Jam"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, you are reading right. Caribbean apricots are back on this blog, and it\u2019s only been two weeks since this fruit was first featured here. I simply couldn\u2019t let this season end without sharing another of my favorite, if not my favorite way of eating this fruit that is typical to our Caribbean soil with you.<\/p>\n

If you have read my first article about Caribbean apricots<\/a> you remember that tiny square bowl with a red lid from my high school years. You are also aware of the fact that I ate its content with salted crackers for breakfast on the school ground. This bowl was always filled with my favorite jam, which makes for a real breakfast of the champs if you ask me.<\/p>\n

I am actually having some crackers and apricot jam with some freshly brewed Haitian coffee this morning as I commit these words to paper. And I am telling you, there is nothing quite like a spoonful of apricot jam spread onto your favorite crackers. It\u2019s a small taste of heaven\u2026and summer, of course.<\/p>\n

A taste I discovered early on during my childhood, as this particular jam was another one of my grandmother\u2019s specialties. Just like she made the chewiest and most gooey bonbon sirop<\/a>, she also made the best apricot jam I ever had in my lifetime. I don\u2019t think I am making that up or that I am biased. Her confiture abricots (apricot jam) was simply a delight.<\/p>\n

Grandma\u2019s jam was never too sweet. It always had just the right amount of fruits and sugar, and she always kept the fruits in chunks, which in my opinion made it even more successful. The fruit\u2019s flavor was not buried under a thick syrupy sauce as often happens with jams that are overly sweetened. With each spoonful you got a real piece of fruit and thus discovered the wonderful world of flavors the apricot has to offer. Just like the real fruit, her jam was sweet but tangy.<\/p>\n

I will forever treasure sweet memories of my grandmother\u2019s apricot jam and I hope to be able to replicate her recipe one day though, as I mentioned before, I am well aware of the fact that she had her own secret weapon: her love for whoever she was cooking for. Maybe when I start making it for my own children and grand children I will finally get it right.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, I leave you with this almost perfect recipe that helped me rediscover the very same Caribbean apricot jam that I am eating this morning.<\/p>\n

<\/div>
\n
\"A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The most delicious Mamey or Caribbean Apricot jam<\/h2>\n
<\/div>\n\n
<\/div>\n
The recipe below is based on a medium sized apricot. To get the water to fruit ratio right, make sure the water covers the fruits in the pot. Make necessary proportion adjustments using the one-to-one ratio: one part sugar for one part of water. <\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n\n
<\/div>\n
\n\t<\/path><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/svg><\/span> Print Recipe<\/a>\n\t<\/path><\/g><\/g><\/svg><\/span> Pin Recipe<\/a>\n \n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div><\/path><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/svg><\/span>
<\/div><\/div>\n
Prep Time <\/span>15 minutes<\/span><\/span> mins<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Cook Time <\/span>1 hour<\/span><\/span> hr<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n\t
\n \t
<\/div><\/path><\/g><\/g><\/svg><\/span>
<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\n <\/div>\n
\n
<\/div><\/path><\/g><\/g><\/svg><\/span>
<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

Ingredients
<\/div>  <\/h3>
  • 1<\/span> Caribbean apricot<\/span><\/li>
  • 1<\/span> cup<\/span> of sugar<\/span><\/li>
  • 1<\/span> cup<\/span> of water<\/span><\/li>
  • 1<\/span> Cinnamon Stick<\/span><\/li>
  • Star Anise<\/span><\/li>
  • 1<\/span> pinch<\/span> of salt<\/span><\/li>
  • 1<\/span> key lime peel<\/span><\/li>
  • 1<\/span> juice of lime<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n

    Instructions
    <\/div>