Confiture Noire

Name: Confiture Noire (Preserves Made with a Variety of Fruits)
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: fresh figs (if unavailable, use dried figs or omit figs altogether); pears; fresh figs (if unavailable, use dried figs or omit figs altogether); fresh figs (if unavailable, use dried figs or omit figs altogether); lemon rinds; walnuts; melons; quince(s); ½ pound of sugar for each pound of fruit

Preserves Made with a Variety of Fruits

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cuisine of the Sun

By Mireille Johnston

Published 1990

About

Delicious preserves are made in Provence with interesting combinations of fruits, such as cherries with red currants and watermelon with orange and lemon, but the best is confiture noire, or black jam. This can be made in any proportion you want of the following fruits and nuts:

Ingredients

fresh figs (if unavailable, use dried figs or omit figs altogether)
pears
melons
quince(s)
lemon

Europe
France
Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Choose very ripe fruits. Place the whole figs in a heavy-bottomed pan, sprinkle with sugar and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and drain through a piece of cheesecloth. Bring the juice to a boil and add the peeled and quartered pears, quinces, and melons, and the shelled walnuts. Add sugar. Cook for 1 hour or more, or until the mixture is dark and sticky. Return the figs to the pan and cook f