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Apricot Dressing

This Apricot Dressing recipe is sweet with just a hint of spice. These curried apricot preserves can be dolloped on a leafy green salad with goat cheese and pecans, or used as the perfect sauce for a chicken sandwich. Once you start making homemade salad dressing, you'll never go back to store-bought! 
Made in under 5-minutes with a food processor or immersion blender!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Course Appetizer, condiment, dressing, Salad, sandwich
Cuisine American
Servings 6 servings
Calories 11 kcal

Equipment

  • blender

Ingredients
  

  • 1 jar apricot preserves
  • 3 tablespoons red onion minced
  • 1 lemon large, juiced
  • 1 teaspoon curry powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
  • ¼ cup red wine vinegar

Instructions
 

  1. Pour the jar of preserves, minced onion, curry powder, red wine vinegar, salt, pepper and juice of one lemon into a blender. 
  2. Pulse until very smooth. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Notes

Hint: Save the jar the preserves came in and use it to store your dressing in the refrigerator! If you eat a portion right as you make it (or is it just me who cooks that way?), you'll have just the right amount for the jar!

VARIATIONS

This is a super simple recipe. Feel free to dress it up or down, depending on your taste!
  • Spicy - add chili pepper flakes
  • Sweet - add a tablespoon of honey and a pinch of ground cinnamon
  • Kid friendly - substitute a teaspoon of onion powder for the red onion to hide the source of the flavor from picky eaters. Warning, the mild onion powder isn't as delicious as the spicy kick of a fresh red onion. It's a trade off scenario.

STORAGE

Store the Apricot Dressing in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.

Nutrition

Calories: 11kcalCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 0.3gFat: 0.1gSaturated Fat: 0.02gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.03gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.02gSodium: 389mgPotassium: 42mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 8IUVitamin C: 10mgCalcium: 9mgIron: 0.3mg
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