Description
In our farm, Prunotto Mariangela, we take great care with our apricots, allowing them to ripen on the tree rather than in cold storage, and we process them immediately after they are picked.
The tender little apricots, about the size of a walnut, aregently cooked and placed in glass jars in light syrup made just with water and pure cane sugar.
There are no preservatives or flavorings added, and indeed, no other ingredients whatsoever are used.
The result is luscious fruit bursting with sweet, nutty flavor, an über apricot, the like of which one could only match by eating the ripe apricots directly from the tree.
But then you’d miss the lovely rich syrup that, because of its almond-like flavor, could find second life as a sweetener for cocktails.
But don’t stop there.
Use these succulent apricots to top almost any dessert, ice cream, or with Piemontese cheeses.
They are also the perfect complement to savory foods like pork chops, pork loin, duck breasts and even roast chicken.
Elementary information
Name of product: Apricot in syrup
Category: Canned fruit
Net weight: 700 g.
Ingredients: Apricots, cane sugar
Raw materials
Origin: Piemonte
Variety: Apricots (Prunus armeniaca L.)
Period of harvest: end June
Way of picking: by hand
Varietal characteristics
The Apricots (Prunus armeniaca L.) are the fruits of a tree belonging to the family Rosaceae, subfamily Prunoideae, genus Prunus, has an uncertain origin. There is infact a triple area of origin where it is more widespread: Chinese, Central Asian, iranocaucasica.
The tree is widespread in China for over 4000 years and has had its spread in Europe by the Romans.
The plant can reach 10/11 meters but we are grown by the method called “little tree” reaching a maximum height of 2.5 / 3 meters.
The flowers, 5 petals, are white to pink colored. The leaves are elliptical, with sharp tips and serrated edges. The fruits are round in shape with yellow skin / glowing red.
The pulp is juicy and rich in vitamin A.
The fruits are great to taste freshly picked but are well suited to the preservation and processing in order to be deguistati season.
Way of production
The entire production process is done manually according to the old country tradition of home production of fruit in syrup consumed in winter-spring, in the absence of fresh fruits.
The freshly picked fruit is selected, washed and put into jars by hand.
All the production is do in less than 24 hours frm the harvestiong of the fruits.