Miche’s Apricot Jam
This is the best jam that ever was, has been, will be.
A Thousand Years of Apricots (Put them on the Grill)

I plucked a small, red-freckled apricot off the tree, looking furtively around as I did so.. I’d been gazing at these apricots for days, watching them turn gradually from greenish orange to orangish red. We’d been debating, my friends and I, whether they were ready and the answer was non, non, non. But when no […]
APRICOTS AND CREAM SHORTCAKE

APRICOTS AND CREAM SHORTCAKE – – Fruit:: apricots (pit removed, sliced into 6ths, 500g), vanilla sugar, For the shortcake:: all-purpose flour (130g), plus 2 tablespoons cake flour, salt, baking powder, sugar (70g), unsalted butter (chilled, 3 oz.; 90g), heavy (non ultra-pasteurized cream, 250ml), For the Crème Fraîche:: heavy (non ultra-pasteurized cream, 250ml), vanilla sugar (ground […]
APRICOT BULGUR

APRICOT BULGUR – This is a very, very simple version of a Turkish side dish that resembles pilaf. It is ideal on its own or as an accompaniment to roast lamb. – Bulgur:: dried bulgur, ½dried apricots (preferably unsulfured), Fine sea salt, fresh bay leaf (or dried (imported)), ¾cooked garbanzo beans, To garnish:: Turkish pepper […]
Apricot Shortcake

I was preparing to make my favorite apricot tart for dessert tonight when I stopped, as though held back by an invisible hand. This never happens to me. I love everything about the process of making a tart, from measuring the flour (I know, but I love to do it!), to rolling out the pastry, to […]