Lightly Spiced Mixed Stone Fruit
 
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Combine tasty stone fruits and a bit of unusual spice for a mixed fruit treat.
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Recipe type: Canned Fruit
Serves: 6 pints
Ingredients
  • 12 cups chopped mixed fruit (I used nectarines, cherries, plums, and apricots)
  • 2 ¼ cups sugar
  • 5 ¼ cups water
  • ½ tsp ground mace
Instructions
  1. In a large pot, combine sugar, water, and mace. Bring to a boil, stirring until well combined.
  2. Reduce heat to a simmer.
  3. Drain fruit and add ½ of it to syrup mixture. Continue simmering until fruit is heated through.
  4. Spoon fruit into clean pint jars.
  5. Fill each jar with the hot syrup leaving ½ inch head space.
  6. Repeat with remaining fruit.
  7. Remove the bubbles (I use a chop stick but there is an actual tool for this process).
  8. Wipe the tops of the jars with a damp paper towel, and cover with two-piece caps. Process in a water bath for 20 minutes.
  9. Makes 6 pints with some syrup left over (use it for another batch or to make sorbet or to sweeten iced tea).
Recipe by Seed to Pantry at https://www.seedtopantry.com/2016/08/11/lightly-spiced-mixed-stone-fruit/