Free Recipe Mixed Fruit Cocktail
Recipe Type: F Recipes
Recipe Preparation: boil
Cooking Temperature:
Recipe Serves: 6
Ingredients for Mixed Fruit Cocktail Recipe
3 lb Peaches
3 lb Pears
1-1/2 lb Seedless green grapes
-(slightly underripe)
10 oz Jar of maraschino cherries
3 c Sugar
4 c Water
Mixed Fruit Cocktail Preparation
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 From Gemini”s MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini
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