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Canned Loquats
 
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Prep Time: 25 Minutes
Cook Time: 0 Minutes
Ready In: 25 Minutes
Servings: 12
This is a good recipe for using loquats if you are lucky enough to have access to a tree. You can fill these with a mixture of cream cheese, OJ concentrate, and grand marnier...piped into them...a simple classy hors d'oeuvre!
Ingredients:
8 lbs loquats
3 cups sugar
4 cups water
1/3 cup bottled lemon juice
Directions:
1. wash and cut off stem ends off fruit.
2. Cut in half and remove seeds.
3. As you prepare fruit add it to some lemon-water.
4. Make syrup by cooking water, sugar, and lemon juice together until it is ready to boil.
5. Drain fruit and rinse.
6. Drop fruit in syrup and cook for 2 minutes.
7. Pack into hot jars, cut side down, and fill to 1/2 inch with hot syrup.
8. Release air-bubbles and add more liquid if necessary.
9. Clean rims and seal.
10. Process pint jars in a water bath canner for 15 minutes and quart jars for 20 minutes.
By RecipeOfHealth.com