The apricots are amazing food for rejuvenation.
The word that describes the apricots the best is warming. Apricots are warming food and an energy stabilizer. When you feel down, your reserves low, no energy to push yourself – turn to apricots – they are really life bringing-back food.
There are numbers and numbers of recipes where you can use apricots. Not only cakes and pies, but apricots are great to combine with meat, in sauces and casseroles too.
Apricots are incredibly high in minerals and rich in beta carotene and are one of the most healing fruits you can eat. Apricots are also wonderful for keeping the heart strong and healthy. They can improve the quality of your hair, skin, and nails.
Fresh apricots are the best. Be patient, do not eat them under ripe, the best are well ripened. But when fresh apricots aren’t available, you can use dry ones. Just make sure to buy sulfur-free dried apricots.
And of course there is very important role of our apricot-summer beauty – it is very important emotional supporter to our soul. Here is what Anthony William said about emotional support regarding apricots
“Apricots help us bring heart to life. They open us up, making us more kindhearted and helping those of us who have trouble with trust to tone down any nervousness or skittishness. Apricots calm us when we feel threatened and regulate a defensive nature, putting us in touch with our intuition so that we know when to keep our guards up and when to drop our defenses. When we become frustrated in any type of situation, apricots are excellent soothers.”
This apricot and marzipan pie is one of my family’s favourite pies. We can hardly wait apricots to appear on the market, so that we could bake a huge pie. As we are big family, baking the pie in a small round dish is never enough. So this time, here are the quantities for the tray 28x38cm – not that huge 🙂
300gr of flour
250gr of butter
200gr of brown sugar
4 eggs
1tsp of baking powder
1 sachet of vanilla sugar
100ml of milk
1kg of apricots
100ml of apricot jam
For the crumble:
160gr of marzipan
100gr of butter
100gr of brown sugar
1tsp of cinnamon
150gr of flour
Few drops of almond essence
50gr of almond flakes on the top
To make the pastry whisk the butter, sugar and vanilla sugar or vanilla extract. Add one egg at a time. Mix flour with baking powder and add it to the mixture. Stir in milk. Pour the mixture on the tray lined with baking paper.
Arrange the apricot halves on top and sprinkle with slightly warmed apricot jam.
Make the crumble by combining all the ingredients with hand, making crumbs with your fingers. Sprinkle the crumble over the apricots, and put the almond flakes on top all over the pie.
Bake in the preheated oven on 180°C for 45min or until is golden brown.
Now, one more thing, do not forget to share your apricot and marzipan pie with your loved ones.
Read more about apricots – how good they are 🙂