Preserve (Green Apricot)

Ingredients

• 100 whole green or unripe apricots
• sugar
• about 1 dessertspoon salt
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup sugar
• green vine-leaves

Instructions

1. Prick the fruit with a steel pin and lay them in a deep dish.
2. Sprinkle about a dessertspoon of salt over them.
3. Pour boiling water over the fruit.
4. Cover with green vine-leaves to keep them green, and lay a plate on top.
5. Make the syrup by taking a cup of water to a cup of sugar.
6. Boil and clarify the syrup.
7. Take the apricots out of the salt water and wash them.
8. Pour the boiling syrup over the apricots and leave overnight.
9. The next day, gently simmer the fruit until it is nice and clear.