Recipe - Dried Fruit Conserve

1 One half cup Chopped dried apricots
1 1/3 cup Chopped dried peaches
1 1/3 cup Chopped dried pears
1 md Orange; unpeeled
Seeded/chopped
3 cup Water
2 cup Sugar
One half cup Raisins
1 tablespoon Lemon juice
One half teaspoon Ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon Ground cloves
One half cup Chopped pecans or walnuts

Recipe by: Southern Living Preparation Time: 0:30 Combine dried fruit,
orange, and water in a large Dutch oven, stirring well. Cover and cook over
medium heat 12 to 15 minutes or until fruit is tender. Stir in remaining
ingredients except pecans; bring mixture to a boil. Boil rapidly 10
minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in pecans. Quickly pour hot conserve
into hot jars, leaving 1/4inch headspace; wipe jar rims. Cover at once
with metal lids, and screw on metal bands. Process in boilingwater bath 15
minutes. Yield: 8 half pints.

Posted to MMRecipes Digest V4 #123 by novmom@juno.com (Angela [lynn]
Gilliland) on May 01, 1997