DessertApricots

Stewed apricots

Name: Stewed apricots
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 200 g dried apricots; 2 cups water; 2 tablespoons sugar or honey, or to taste; 1 green cardamom pod, lightly crushed; A few saffron threads, if you like; Cream or thick yoghurt, to serve

Written 7 Oct 2026Serves 430 minutes, plus soakingUpdated 19 Oct 2026

Soft stewed apricots in amber syrup with a spoonful of yoghurt — AI-generated illustration of Stewed apricots.

Dried apricots come back to life with a long soak and a slow simmer. The result is soft fruit in its own amber syrup: good served warm or chilled.

You will need

200 g dried apricots
2 cups water
2 tablespoons sugar or honey, or to taste
1 green cardamom pod, lightly crushed
A few saffron threads, if you like
Cream or thick yoghurt, to serve

Method

Rinse the apricots and soak them in the water for at least four hours, or overnight.
Tip the apricots and their soaking water into a pan. Add the sugar and cardamom.
Simmer gently for twenty to twenty-five minutes, until the fruit is soft and the liquid has thickened to a light syrup. Add the saffron for the last five minutes.
Cool, take out any stones, and serve with a spoonful of cream or yoghurt.