SPICED PUMPKIN PRESERVES

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Feel free to halve the vinegar in this recipe if you want a sweeter version. The longer these set, the better they are!

Provided by Aroostook

Categories     Vegetable

Time 30m

Yield 3 pints

Number Of Ingredients 8

6 cups raw peeled pumpkin (1 1/2 in. cubes)
2 teaspoons whole cloves or 1 tablespoon ground cloves
1 cup water
1 cup cider vinegar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
3 cinnamon sticks
1/2 teaspoon allspice

Steps:

  • Prick pumpkin chucks with a fork.
  • Combine rest of the ingredients in a sauce pan and boil 5 minutes to make the syrup.
  • Add fruit (in batches if necessary) and simmer until pumpkin is slightly tender.
  • Spoon hot pumpkin in clean hot pint jars.
  • Fill with hot syrup leaving 1/4 inch head space.
  • (Prepare more syrup if necessary).
  • Seal and process in a hot water bath for 15 minutes.
  • *If you use whole cloves, spike the pumpkin pieces with them.
  • **Try to even out the stick cinnamon among the jars.
  • ***This recipe needs to age.
  • Best if left.

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