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Tomato Preserves
Food Ingredients:
quart peeled small yellow, green, or red tomatoes – (abt 2 lbs) 1 tablespoon mixed pickling spices 1 piece ginger root – (½” long) 4 cups sugar 1 cup thinly-slicked lemons – (abt 2 med) cup water
Recipe preparation:
1 Wash and drain tomatoes. Do not core tomatoes. 2 Tie spices and ginger root in a bag. Combine spice bag, sugar, lemon and water in a large saucepan. Simmer 15 minutes. 3 Add tomatoes; cook gently until tomatoes become transparent, stirring frequently to prevent sticking. Remove from heat. Cover and let stand 12 to 18 hours in a cool place. 4 Remove spice bag. Remove tomatoes and lemon from syrup. Boil syrup 2 to 3 minutes or longer to thicken. Return tomatoes and lemon to syrup; boil 1 minute. Remove from heat. Skim foam if necessary. 5 Ladle hot preserves into hot jars, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Adjust two-piece caps. Process 20 minutes in a boiling-water canner. 6 This recipe yields about 6 half-pints. 7 Yield: 6 half-pints
Recipe source: Foodista recipe
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