Ambrosia Conserve With Toasted Pecans |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 120 Minutes |
Ready In: 120 Minutes Servings: 1 |
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A Conserve is a Marmalade with nuts or raisins. Ambrosia Conserve reminds me of Christmas dinner. Remember it's not just for breakfast. Would make a beautiful addition to that Christmas basket you're preparing for a Christmas gift. Read more . Add a pretty piece of cloth to the lid then secure with a ribbon. Or remove just the ring, place on the pretty cloth then add back the ring to hold the cloth on, Ingredients:
6 good sized oranges, nice unblimished peel |
4 cups crushed pineapple , can be canned or fresh and chopped |
1 lemon |
3/4 cup toasted pecans |
1/2 to 1 cup coconut , put an amount that looks nice, not too much, not too little |
10 cups water |
Directions:
1. Wash and peel oranges and lemon
2. Pul peelings in pan with a ittle water and boil for 5 minutes
3. Drain and discard liquid
4. Scrape as much pith as you can from the orange and lemon peels
5. Slice lemon and oranges and the peelings
6. DO NOT GRIND the fruit. The is a clear lightly colored Conserve and you want to be able to see pieces of fruit.
7. Add fruit and peelings to large pan and add 10 cups of water
8. Bring to a slow boil and cook for one hour stirring frequentlly. Be careful as it will burn easily.
9. Let fruit mixture stand over night. you can put in fridge or not.
10. Next morning add pineapple, coconut and toasted pecans
11. Measure fruit mixture and for each cup of fruit and liquid you have add one cup of sugar. Stir well to incorporate sugar
12. Bring to a soft boil and continue cooking until mixture gets thick , stirring frequently and then almost constantly near the end.
13. While still boililng ladle into pint jars. check the top of jar for liquid or fruit, and place on lid and ring and tighten ring firmly tight.
14. Process in boiling bath for 10 minutes.
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