[Sca-cooks] Uses for fresh apricots???

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Aug 2, 2008, at 1:59 PM, S CLEMENGER wrote:

> Hello, all!
> I'm looking for recipes (period or not) that make use of fresh  
> apricots.  While doing my cardio yesterday (I walk outside, using  
> the hiking/trail system in town), I found a gi-NORMOUS tree with  
> almost-ripe apricots, quite free for the picking.  I'll use about a  
> half-gallon of them for liqueur, and probably more for a batch of  
> conserves, or maybe some sort of simple, fresh tart? (a gallete,  
> maybe? did I spell that correctly?)
> After that, I run out of ideas....


Here's a clafoutis recipe that seems the most like the ones I'm  
familiar with from my time doing Provencale stuff. It's basically a  
baked, glorified apple pancake cooked in a tart pan, but generally  
made with cherries or apricots. There's a lot of weird nouvelle  
variations out there, but this one looks more like the real deal:

http://rosas-yummy-yums.blogspot.com/2006/08/apricot-clafoutis.html

Adamantius



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