Mixed Fruit Cocktail Recipe
Yield: 6 PintsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
3 lbs: Peaches,
3 lbs: Pears,
1 1/2 lbs: Seedless green grapes, slightly underripe
10 ounce: Jar of maraschino cherries,
3 cup: Sugar,
4 cup: Water,
Directions:
Yield: About 6 pints
Procedure: Stem and wash grapes, and keep in ascorbic acid solution
(See "Ensuring High-Quality Canned Foods"). Dip ripe but firm
peaches, a few at a time, in boiling water for 1 to 1-1/2 minutes to
loosen skins. Dip in cold water and slip off skins. Cut in half,
remove pits, cut into 1/2-inch cubes and keep in solution with
grapes. Peel, halve, and core pears. Cut into 1/2-inch cubes, and
keep in solution with grapes and peaches. Combine sugar and water in
a saucepan and bring to boil. Drain mixed fruit. Add 1/2 cup of hot
syrup to each jar Then add a few cherries and gently fill the jar
with mixed fruit and more hot syrup, leaving 1/2-inch headspace.
Adjust lids and process according to the recommendations in Table 1.
Table 1. Recommended process time for Mixed Fruit Cocktail in a
boiling-water canner.
Style of Pack: Raw. Jar Size: Half-Pints or Pints. Process Time at
Altitudes of 0 - 1,000 ft: 20 min.
1,001 - 3,000 ft: 25 min.
3,001 - 6,000 ft: 30 min.
Above 6,000 ft: 35 min.
======================================================= ===== * USDA
Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 539 (rev. 1994) * Meal-Master
format courtesy of Karen Mintzias
Source from luhu.jp
Procedure: Stem and wash grapes, and keep in ascorbic acid solution
(See "Ensuring High-Quality Canned Foods"). Dip ripe but firm
peaches, a few at a time, in boiling water for 1 to 1-1/2 minutes to
loosen skins. Dip in cold water and slip off skins. Cut in half,
remove pits, cut into 1/2-inch cubes and keep in solution with
grapes. Peel, halve, and core pears. Cut into 1/2-inch cubes, and
keep in solution with grapes and peaches. Combine sugar and water in
a saucepan and bring to boil. Drain mixed fruit. Add 1/2 cup of hot
syrup to each jar Then add a few cherries and gently fill the jar
with mixed fruit and more hot syrup, leaving 1/2-inch headspace.
Adjust lids and process according to the recommendations in Table 1.
Table 1. Recommended process time for Mixed Fruit Cocktail in a
boiling-water canner.
Style of Pack: Raw. Jar Size: Half-Pints or Pints. Process Time at
Altitudes of 0 - 1,000 ft: 20 min.
1,001 - 3,000 ft: 25 min.
3,001 - 6,000 ft: 30 min.
Above 6,000 ft: 35 min.
======================================================= ===== * USDA
Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 539 (rev. 1994) * Meal-Master
format courtesy of Karen Mintzias
Source from luhu.jp