Concord Grape Conserve

Submitted by Diana Adcock

"This recipe is posted for the lucky person with a yard full of Concord Grapes!"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Yields: 4 half pints

ingredients

• 7 cups grapes, washed and stemmed
• 1⁄2 cup honey
• 1⁄4 lemon, seeded and sliced paper thin
• 1⁄2 cup raisins
• 1⁄2 cup coarsely chopped pecans

directions

1. Slip skins off grapes and reserve.
2. Bring pulp to a boil in a stainless or enamel saucepan.
3. Simmer over low heat until seeds are loosened.
4. Press Pulp through a food mill or ricer to remove seeds.
5. Combine grape puree, grape skins, honey, lemon slices, raisins and pecans.
6. Simmer over low heat to plump raisins, around 10-12 minutes.
7. Pour into hot, sterile jars leaving 1/4 inch head space.
8. Seal.
9. Process for 10 minutes in a boiling water bath.
10. Altitudes higher than 1000 feet see adjustment chart.

Reviews

[Anonymous]

Good recipe, but 1/2 cup honey doesn’t give you the right amount of sweetness. Taste it as it is cooking and add sugar as you think is necessary. I added 1/2 to 3/4 cup sugar. Also added thinly sliced organic orange rind.

 

[Samantha in Ut]

Time consuming but very good. I liked the lemon not cut too thin.