Spiced Pumpkin Preserves

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Ingredients

  • 6 cups raw peeled pumpkin (1 1/2 in. cubes)
  • 2 teaspoons whole cloves or 1 tablespoon ground cloves
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup cider vinegar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 3 cinnamon sticks
  • 1/2 teaspoon allspice

Instructions

  1. Prick pumpkin chucks with a fork.
  2. Combine rest of the ingredients in a sauce pan and boil 5 minutes to make the syrup.
  3. Add fruit (in batches if necessary) and simmer until pumpkin is slightly tender.
  4. Spoon hot pumpkin in clean hot pint jars.
  5. Fill with hot syrup leaving 1/4 inch head space.
  6. (Prepare more syrup if necessary).
  7. Seal and process in a hot water bath for 15 minutes.
  8. *If you use whole cloves, spike the pumpkin pieces with them.
  9. **Try to even out the stick cinnamon among the jars.
  10. ***This recipe needs to age.
  11. Best if left.

Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)

340 kcal 17% DV
Protein Fat Carbs

Macronutrients

Protein 3.3g 7% DV
Total Fat 5.5g 7% DV
Carbs 86.2g 31% DV
Fiber 14.6g 52% DV
Sugar 50.7g 100% DV

Electrolytes

Sodium 157.8mg 7% DV
Potassium 619.5mg 13% DV

Vitamins & Minerals

Vitamin A 203.3mcg 23% DV
Vitamin C 10.9mg 12% DV
Calcium 355mg 27% DV
Iron 5.3mg 30% DV

* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).

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