Holiday HP Sauce

This is great canned! It is very similar to the "real" stuff. I always have an abundance of apples and plums in season and it's a great way to use them up. The original recipe called for 4 1/2 cups of sugar but I found it too sweet so I reduced it. It can be used on meat, eggs, and for a dipping sauce.

• Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
• Yields: 8 pints

Ingredients

• 12  cups apples, chopped
• 12  cups plums, chopped (blue)
• 2  onions
• 3  heads garlic
• 1⁄4 cup pickling salt
• 3  cups white sugar (see note above)
• 6  cups malt vinegar
• 2  teaspoons ginger
• 2  teaspoons allspice
• 2  teaspoons nutmeg
• 1  teaspoon cayenne

Directions

1. Cook fruit, onions, and garlic. Press though sieve, puree in a blender, or use a berry press.
2. Add spices and boil down until fairly thick (this can take quite awhile).
3. Process in hot water bath for 15 minutes.