{"id":5640,"date":"2025-08-12T12:04:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T12:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/?p=5640"},"modified":"2025-08-14T15:13:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:13:16","slug":"making-apricot-passata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/?p=5640","title":{"rendered":"Making Apricot Passata"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5640\" class=\"elementor elementor-5640\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-73237b8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"73237b8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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So I tought why not make a passata out of them and use it as tomato sauce?\u00a0<\/p><p>We have so much sun in summer,so I went with the Sicilian way of making it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b9dfbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9b9dfbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.7 - 03-07-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250724_1024052515717356999045931-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>-I passed all the pitted apricots through a food mill,so they&#8217;re free of their outer skin and spread the puree on a shallow dish (oven tray works great) and\u00a0 I sprinkled some salt.<\/p><p>-I put it under the sun, covered it with a strainer or cloth to keeps bugs away.<\/p><p>-I stirred it every now and then(3-4 times a day).Traditionally it&#8217;s stirred with fingers.<\/p><p>-At nights I brought them inside,so there would be no mildew.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94628b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"94628b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"677\" 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