Grape Conserve - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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1/2 peck Concord grapes
2 oranges (juice and grated rind)
2 lemons (juice and grated rind)
1 c. chopped walnuts
1/2 tsp. salt
sugar
Preparation
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Wash the fruit; remove grapes from stems.
Remove skins from pulp.
Cook pulp until soft; strain to remove seeds.
Place the skins and strained pulp into a preserving kettle.
Extract the juice from oranges and lemons; add juices and rind to the grape mixture and cook about 1 hour.
Measure the sugar and grape mixture to equal amounts.
Add nuts and salt.
Continue to cook until thick.
Pour into sterilized jars.
Cool and pour melted wax on top.
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