Apricot Jelly Roll With White Chocolate Recipes

APRICOT AND WHITE CHOCOLATE SCONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Lightly grease cookie sheet with shortening or cooking spray. In large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until mixture looks like fine crumbs.
• Reserve 2 tablespoons apricots for topping. Stir remaining apricots and 1/3 cup vanilla baking chips into crumbly mixture. Stir in egg and just enough half-and-half so dough leaves side of bowl and forms a ball.
• On lightly floured surface, knead dough lightly 10 times. Pat or roll into 8-inch round on cookie sheet. Cut into 8 wedges, but do not separate.
• Bake 14 to 16 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet; carefully separate wedges.
• Place melted baking chips in small resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag. Cut off small corner of bag; pipe small amount of melted chips over scones. Sprinkle with reserved 2 tablespoons apricots. Pipe remaining melted chips over scones. Serve warm or cool.

APRICOT JELLY ROLL WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Bring a small saucepan of water to a boil.
• For the chiffon cake: In a medium bowl, whisk together the cake flour and 1/4 cup of the sugar. Add the baking powder and salt to the bowl and whisk together. Set aside.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the 3 egg yolks, milk, vegetable oil and vanilla until combined.
• Add the wet mixture to the dry ingredients and whisk together to form a loose batter. Be sure to continue whisking until all the clumps of flour have been completely incorporated and the batter is smooth. Fold in the yellow food coloring to reach the desired color. Set aside.
• Meanwhile, add the 4 egg whites to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment and begin to beat on medium speed until foamy. Add the cream of tartar and continue beating. Begin slowly streaming in the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and continue beating until the meringue holds stiff, glossy peaks, 2 to 3 minutes.
• With a rubber spatula, incorporate a third of the meringue into your batter, folding it in to preserve as much air in the egg whites as possible. Gently fold in the remaining meringue and continue to stir until completely incorporated.
• Line a quarter sheet pan with parchment paper and butter the parchment and the sides of the pan. Pour in the cake batter and smooth out to fill all the corners. Bake until a cake tester comes out clean, about 15 minutes.
• While the cake is baking, prepare your fillings: Melt the white chocolate in a medium heatproof bowl set over a small saucepan of simmering water (don't let the bowl touch the water). When the chocolate is melted, allow it to cool slightly and whisk in the mascarpone and confectioners' sugar. Remove one cup of this mixture and add to a piping bag fitted with a star tip.
• Before the cake comes out of the oven, dust a tea towel larger than the pan with a nice layer of confectioners' sugar. When cake is done, using a knife, loosen the sides of the cake from the pan. While the cake is still warm, invert it onto the prepared tea towel and carefully remove the parchment paper. Roll up the cake with the tea towel from short end to short end and move onto a wire rack and to cool, seam-side down, for 20 minutes.
• While the cake is still somewhat warm, unroll it and smear the inside with a thick layer of apricot jam.
• On top of the jam, add the mascarpone filling from the bowl (save what is in the piping bag for decorating at the end). Cover the jam with mascarpone filling from end to end.
• Reroll the cake, removing the tea towel as you roll. Allow the cake to completely cool and set, seam-side down.
• Decorate the cake by piping the remaining mascarpone mixture down center of the cake and around the base. Add white chocolate curls all over.

APRICOT FILLED CAKE ROLL

Steps:

• Apricot Curd:.
• Heat apricots and wine for 1 minute in microwave oven.
• Add to blender and puree apricots, sugar adding zest and juice of lemon blend till smooth.
• Mix eggs and yolks together add mix some of the puree to the eggs then back to blender blending all ingredients except butter together.
• Put into a microwave dish and cook for 3 minutes whisking every minute till thick and smooth.
• Add butter and whisk till melted and mixed. Microwave for 1 more minute and chill covered till ready to use.
• Cake:.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Mix all cake ingredients together to blend then beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Bake in a 15x10-inch cookie sheet pan lined with parchment paper and then butter paper for 15 minutes.
• Do not over bake.
• Frosting:.
• In a food processor process till smooth, airy and creamy.
• Assembly:.
• Immediately turn cake out onto towel.
• Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.
• Roll cake along with towel.
• Cool.
• Unroll.
• Spread with apricot curd.
• Roll again.
• Wrap with plastic wrap.
• Cool.
• Unwrap and place seam side down on cookie sheet.
• Spread frost over roll and garnish with coconut and cashews.

APRICOT JELLY

Steps:

• Combine apricots and water.
• Over medium heat bring mixture to a boil.
• Reduce heat to a simmer gently for 5 minutes
• Take pan off heat; skim and let set 30 minutes.
• Sieve the apricots and strain juice from pulp (use pulp in apricot jam).
• Line sieve with 4 layers of clean damp cheese cloth.
• Strain; cover the juice and refrigerate overnight.
• Ladle the juice from container, being careful not to disturb the sediment from bottom using 3 cups of juice.
• To make the jelly, combine juices when they are warm add sugar.
• Stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved, bring to a rolling boil.
• Pour pectin in, bring to a rolling boil again, stirring constantly (apricot LOVES to burn) for 1 minute.
• Remove pan from heat; skim off foam.
• Ladle into hot jars, leaving 1/4 inch head space.
• Water bath for 15 minutes.