Apricots On Toast

Stewed apricots on sweetened toast, garnished with whipped cream (called apricots au crouton).

Apricots And Rice Fritters

Half an apricot, the other half formed of rice croquette mixture, put together, breaded, fried and served with apricot sauce (called apricots a la Colbert).

Apricots With Rice

Stewed or canned apricots in syrup, bordered with sweetened rice, whipped cream over the apricots, sprinkled with chopped pistachio nuts (called apricots a la Conde).

Apricot Bavaroise

Stiff apricot marmalade with whipped cream containing a little gelatine mixed in, filled into molds, set till firm, turned out on a dish, and the edge piped around with whipped cream.

Apricot Charlotte

A pan or mold lined with lady fingers, strips of buttered bread or toast, filled with stewed apricots, covered with the same material as the lining, baked, turned out, and served with a fruit sauce

Apricot Cobbler

(Sometimes called "Apricots D'Artois.") Two sheets of puff paste baked, one spread with apricot marmalade, the other laid on top, then cut in squares, diamonds or with a fancy shaped cutter, the edge ornamented with piped meringue, dried in the oven to a straw color, the centre of top decorated with jelly.

Apricot Compote

Apricots simmered in thick syrup till done, served with the syrup they were cooked in.

Apricot Chartreuse

A centre jelly mold decorated at bottom with stiffened cream, sides coated with jell", halves of cooked apricots fancifully placed around the mold, these again coated with jelly, the mold then filled with jelly, set, turned out, and the centre filled with Bavarian cream.

Apricots In Cases

Fresh apricots halved, stoned, simmered in raspberry syrup, served in rice cases with angelica sauce.

Apricot Fritters

Halves of apricots or spoonfuls of apricot marmalade laid on a thin circle of paste, another circle placed on top, edges pinched together, trimmed, fried till done. Also halves of apricots laid in diluted brandy and sugar for half an hour, then dipped in batter, fried, dusted with sugar, and served with a syrup sauce.

Apricot Patties Or Vol-Au-Vents

Very light patty shells, nearly filled with apricot marmalade, finished by filling and decorating with whipped cream.

Apricot Marmalade Or Jam

Raw apricots stoned and rubbed through a sieve. To every pound of the pulp is added ten ounces of sugar with a few of the kernels blanched and skinned; boiled till thick enough to coat a spoon.

Apricot Sherbet

Apricots boiled in syrup; when done rubbed through a fine sieve, the syrup and pulp then poured into a freezer and frozen; when nearly done, a flavoring of maraschino and some whipped whites of eggs are added, then frozen five minutes.

Apricot Sauce

Water, sugar, apricots, lemon juice and a little grated orange rind, boiled, thickened with corn starch, then rubbed through a fine strainer.

Apricot Tartlettes

Small tartlette molds lined with puff paste, filled with apricot marmalade, baked; when done, the edges decorated with crystalized cherries, and the center piped with whipped cream.

Apricot Omelet

Beaten eggs with a flavoring of vanilla made into an omelet, the inside enclosing some apricot marmalade or compote, omelet then placed on dish, dusted with sugar, marked with a hot wire, or glazed under a salamander.