Brandy and Spice Peach Preserves - Lisa Sizemore

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• Ready In: 30 mins
• Yields: 12 half pints

Ingredients

• 20  peaches, peeled, pitted and coarsely chopped
• 9  cups sugar
• 2  cinnamon sticks
• 1  whole nutmeg
• 2  tablespoons  whole  juniper berries
• 2  teaspoons whole cloves
• 2  teaspoons whole allspice
• 1  lemon, zest of
• 1  cup  good-quality brandy

Directions

1. In large heavy pot, combine peaches and sugar.
2. Place all spices in cheesecloth and drop into pot with peaches.
3. Add lemon peel and brandy.
4. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until fruit becomes transparent, approximately 1 and 1/2 hours.
5. Skim foam from top as needed.
6. Discard spices; ladle fruit into hot sterilized jars and seal at once.
7. Simmer jars for 10 minutes in water bath.