Apple Pear & Walnut Conserve Recipe

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Fruit and walnuts pair beautifully in this homemade spread. It’s wonderful on toast, pound cake…even scoops of vanilla ice cream.

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Apple Pear & Walnut Conserve Recipe

Prep: 30 min. Process: 10 min.

Yield: 64 Servings

30 10 40

Ingredients

4 cups finely chopped peeled tart apples
4 cups finely chopped peeled ripe pears
3 clementines, peeled and chopped
1/2 cup lemon juice
2 packages (1-3/4 ounces each) powdered fruit pectin
6 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup chopped walnuts, toasted

Directions

In a Dutch oven over medium-high heat, bring the apples, pears, clementines and lemon juice to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes or until fruit is tender, stirring occasionally.
Stir in pectin. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Stir in sugar and cinnamon; bring to a full rolling boil. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Remove from the heat; skim off foam. Stir in walnuts. Ladle hot mixture into hot sterilized half-pint jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles; wipe rims and adjust lids. Process for 10 minutes in a boiling-water canner. Yield: 8 half-pints.

Editor's Note: The processing time listed is for altitudes of 1,000 feet or less. Add 1 minute to the processing time for each 1,000 feet of additional altitude.

Nutritional Facts 2 tablespoons equals 95 calories, 1 g fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, trace sodium, 22 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as Apple Pear & Walnut Conserve in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2012, p59