Rosy Watermelon Rind Preserves
- Ready In:
- 12hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
9 pints
- Serves:
- 60
ingredients
- 1 large firm watermelon
- 1 cup pickling salt
- 4 cups cider vinegar
- 2 cups strained red cherry juice (from fresh cooked or canned cherries)
- 12 cups sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 -5 cinnamon sticks, broken into 8 to 10 pieces
- 2 tablespoons whole cloves
directions
- Remove rind from watermelon.
- Peel off outside skin.
- Cut rinds into three inch strips (about 12 cups).
- Place strips in large jar and cover with cold water.
- Add the cup of salt.
- Let stand overnight.
- Drain off all the water.
- Place watermelon rind in 2 quarts of fresh water in a large sauce pan.
- Boil 10 minutes and then strain.
- In a 6 quart kettle bring vinegar, cherry juice and sugar to a boil.
- Add ground cloves and ground cinnamon.
- Spiced cooked rind with cloves.
- Drop cooked rind into hot syrup and cook until syrup is thickened.
- Add a piece of cinnamon stick into hot pint jars.
- Fill with boiling hot preserves and syrup.
- Adjust lids.
- Process in a boiling hot water bath (212F) for 15 minutes.
- Remove jars and let cool in a draft free area.
- Makes 8-10 pints.
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United States
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