Small Batch Spirited Apricot-Cherry Butter
 
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You can turn velvety apricots and sweet, juicy cherries into a spirited confection - with help from your liquor cupboard
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Recipe type: Jam
Serves: 4 half-pints
Ingredients
  • 10 large apricots
  • 1 cup sweet cherries, pitted
  • 2 ¼ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup Grand Marnier
Instructions
  1. Chop the apricots.
  2. Place in a large pot with the cherries and cook over low heat until soft, adding small amounts of water if necessary to prevent scorching.
  3. Puree fruit in a blender or food processor or using an immersion blender.
  4. Measure puree.
  5. Return puree to pot - you should have about 4 ½ cups of puree. Add sugar and Grand Marnier.
  6. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring often until mixture has thickened.
  7. Ladle into hot, clean jars leaving about ¼ inch head space. Top with the two-piece lids and rings, and process in a water bath for 10 minutes.
Recipe by Seed to Pantry at https://www.seedtopantry.com/2016/06/23/small-batch-spirited-apricot-cherry-butter/