The Best Source For Dried Appricots [Split from Home Cooking thread]

[rootlesscosmo]

The best dried apricots (also peaches, cherries, plums etc. etc.) I've ever had were from

http://www.bellaviva.com/

Bella Viva Farm. Their "tangy" apricots make fantastic apricot filling--Barack Lekvar (I think) in Hungarian, to be rolled in Palacsinta (crepes.)

[TexasToast]

The sulphared ones are gonna be bright orange and less sticky. I prefer those, but the natural ones are growing on me.

TT

[sivyaleah]

Trader Joe's carries pretty good dried apricots - those wonderful california ones. Sulfured and unsulfured.

[rootlesscosmo]

A couple of types are identified on the site as "no-sulphur"--the others are sulphured. The tangy apricots are sulphured. My personal preference is for the sulphured ones--the no-sulphur are really chewy, almost hard. Besides the apricots I really recommend the (sulphured) white nectarines, but everything from those folks is good, in my experience.

[cheryl_h]

Thanks, I prefer sulphured apricots as well. I bought some California dried apricots when I was in San Francisco last December and loved them, but they're difficult to find locally. I guess everyone buys the Turkish ones because they're about half the price but have no taste.

[cheryl_h]

Thank you for the link. Do you know if their apricots are sulphured or unsulphured? The website doesn't mention this.