How to Make Concentrated Apricot Juice

The First Method:

Ingredients:

2 kilos of apricot
A kilo and a half of coarse sugar
one lemon juice

Tools:

Clay Cooking Pot

Cheesecloth

Method:

Wash the apricot well.
Bring a clay cooking pot and soak apricot with sugar for 12 hours.
Stir from time to time, then strain the juice by using a clean cheesecloth, then add lemon juice to the apricot juice.
Cook over medium heat to boil for 20 minutes.
Leave the juice to cool and then put it in a clean bottle with a tight lid.

The Second Method:

Ingredients:

Kilo washed apricot
3 and a half cups of sugar
one lemon juice
Orange food coloring (optional)

Method:

1- Put the apricot in a blender and mix well

2- Put the sugar in a saucepan over a medium heat, then add the apricot juice directly on it, stirring from time to time. And remove the foam which appears on the surface of the pot for 10 minutes.

3- Then add the orange color and lemon juice with stirring for a few minutes

4- Leave the juice to cool, strain the juice by using a strainer, and put it in a bottle with a tight lid. Then put it in the fridge.

How to prepare the drink for serving:

3 tablespoons of juice per glass of water with ice cubes.

Note: The shelf life of this juice is from (3-5) months if kept it in the refrigerator, or freezer.