Apricots & Plums

Last week, I picked 10 gallons of plums in my backyard - that resulted in 3 gallons of juice and nearly 2 gallons of puree - and I picked about 150 apricots on Wednesday. Today is going to be a big canning day. If you'd like to visit to see how I do it - drop a line here!

In priority, this week's projects will include:

• Apricot infused vodka (first because it's the easiest!)
  
• Apricot jam (plain apricot, apricot chipotle)
  
• Apricot chutney
  
• Apricot fruit leather
• Candied apricots (they can hang out on the back burner)
  
• Plum fruit leather (might be tart, though!)
  
• Plum jelly (plain plum, plum serrano, plum habanero)
  
• Plum sauce

Before I get started, I want to inventory current preserves still on the shelf. Then, Wash and prep all the jars. Next, a quick trip to BevMo to get the vodka, and then I will swing by Oakland's Chinatown to get the ginger (you can't argue with 50 cents a pound and ginger is not a highly pesticided crop, so...).

These apricots are massive - they are the size of small peaches! I put some into the dehydrator last night, so we'll see how they come out, if at all dried!