Simple Dried Fruit Conserve

Name: Simple Dried Fruit Conserve
Yield: Makes about 4 half-pint jars
Ingredients: ½ cup walnut halves, toasted and coarsely chopped; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional); 2 cups pomegranate or cranberry juice; 1½ cups sugar; 1 pound mixed dried fruit, diced if large (about 3 cups); 1 small navel orange, diced; 2 cups pomegranate or cranberry juice

Preparation info

Makes about
4
half-pint jars

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Canning for a New Generation by Liana Krissoff

By Liana Krissoff

Published 2010

About

Spoon a few pieces of syrupy fruit onto a cheese plate, or open up a few jars and mix them with shredded fresh apple for a quick, meatless mincemeat filling. Experiment with different combinations of dried fruits—raisins, prunes, apricots, peaches, nectarines, pineapple (low-sugar, if possible), guava, papaya, mangoes . . .

Ingredients

2 cups pomegranate or cranberry juice
1½ cups sugar
1

Preserve
Gluten-free
Vegan
Winter

Method

Prepare for water-bath canning: Sterilize the jars and keep them hot in the canning pot, and put the flat lids in a heatproof bowl. (details.)

Put the pomegranate juice, sugar, dried fruit, and orange in a wide, 6- to 8-quart preserving pan. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring. Lower the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, f