21 Apricot Recipes for Luscious Desserts, Sweet-Tart Salads, and Tangy Drinks
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Almond-Apricot Food Processor Cake
This apricot recipe masterfully packs stone fruit flavor into a wonderfully moist cake. It all comes together quickly in a food processor, with some apricots puréed and some folded into the batter, infusing their summery flavor throughout. Bring this one along to a backyard gathering; even gluten-free friends can enjoy it. See recipe.Photo by Chelsea Kyle - 2/21
Chicken Salad With Apricots, Celery, and Blue Cheese
Apricots add juicy flavor to this summery salad. A mild goat cheese brings out the fruit's sweetness, while a shredded rotisserie chicken makes it main-course worthy. See recipe.Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell - 3/21
One-Hour Apricot and Almond Galette
Put those apricot center stage with this showstopper of a dessert. A luxurious almond cream makes this one-hour summer stone fruit dessert taste like an all-day labor of love. See recipe. 
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- 4/21
Stone Fruit Custard Tart
Apricots and other stone fruits pair wonderfully with nuts. This summer tart from Epi contributor Tara O’Brady has an easy press-in pistachio crust filled with a few pounds of peaches, plums, and/or apricots. See recipe.Photo & Food Styling by Tara O'Brady - 5/21
Radicchio–Stone Fruit Salad
This pretty salad is packed with contrasts: strident bitter greens, juicy stone fruit, toasty walnuts, and creamy sheep's cheese. Serve with any of your favorite grilled mains—perhaps some cedar plank salmon? See recipe.Photo by Alex Lau - 6/21
Grilled Apricots with Almond Cream and Fregolotta
Juicy apricots love a crispy topping. For this summer dessert from Samin Nosrat, the dough for fregolotta, an Italian cookie, is broken up into small pieces, then baked. See recipe. Yahoo News is better in the app
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- 7/21
Stone Fruit Clafoutis
This fuss-free French dessert doesn't require much in the way of equipment, so it's the perfect vacation option. Choose juicy cherries or fragrant apricots—or a mix of both. See recipe.Photo by Joseph De Leo - 8/21
Rumtopf
Rumtopf is a traditional German tipple that you build over the course of the entire harvest season. Add halved and pitted apricots, sugar, and rum to a clean crock, then rest for a month or more before eating the fruit on top of pound cake and sipping the flavored spirit. See recipe.Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Micah Marie Morton - 9/21
Stone Fruit Slaw
Slightly underripe apricots and nectarines work well in this crunchy slaw. Serve with grilled pork chops. See recipe.Maren Caruso Yahoo News is better in the app
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- 10/21
Almond Praline Semifreddo With Grappa-Poached Apricots
You don't need an ice cream maker for this cool, creamy frozen dessert, served with grappa-poached apricots. See recipe.Photo by Mikkel Vang - 11/21
Apricot, Cherry, and Graham Cracker Crumble
When summer fruit is at its best, just roast it with a little sugar, a pinch of salt, and some cornstarch, plus a crunchy graham cracker topping. Easy does it. See recipe.Linda Xiao - 12/21
Apricot Pandowdy
Here's an old-school apricot dessert, made up of cooked fruit covered with a pie crust or biscuit crust that is often cut up halfway through baking and pushed into the fruit. For this easy version, we leave the crust whole. See recipe.Photo by Romulo Yanes Yahoo News is better in the app
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- 13/21
Little Apricot Cakes
These mini cakes are baked in a muffin pan, and they're perfect for bringing along to a picnic. See recipe.Peden + Munk - 14/21
Grilled Maple-Butter Apricots with Vanilla Ice Cream
Maple syrup, butter, and vanilla enhance the flavor of grilled apricot halves. Serve the fruit with ice cream as the fireflies come out. See recipe.Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Ali Nardi - 15/21
Apricot Compote
Simply glazed apricots are wonderful served over yogurt or ice cream—a few tarragon leaves make this easy dish feel fancy. See recipe.Photo by Christopher Testani Yahoo News is better in the app
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Apricots with Amaretto Syrup (Albicocche Ripiene)
In this luscious dish, fresh apricots with a seriously over-the-top syrup, made with amaretti cookies and amaretto liqueur. A sprinkle of pine nuts enhances the nutty flavor. See recipe.John Kernick Yahoo News is better in the app
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- 19/21
Yogurt with Pistachio Brittle
Get your favorite dessert bowls out, then fill them with creamy Greek yogurt, sliced apricots, and homemade pistachio brittle. See recipe.Photo by Con Poulos - 20/21
Apercot Spritz
Don't want to fuss with finding fresh apricots, but still want to make an apricot cocktail? This summery spritz leans on apricot nectar to add stone fruit flavor to sparkling wine, Aperol, and fresh lemon. See recipe.Photo by Eric Medsker - 21/21
Chicken Tagine With Apricots and Almonds
Here's some good news. Some of our favorite apricot recipes can be made year-round—because they rely on dried apricots instead of fresh. Don't miss this Gourmet classic, a tagine that's a little bit savory and a little bit sweet. See recipe.Photo by Joseph De Leo, Prop Styling by Anne Eastman, Food Styling by John Bjostad
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