Mixed Fruit Cocktail — NMSU Extension
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lb slightly under-ripe seedless green grapes
- 3 lb peaches, ripe but firm
- 3 lb pears
- 10 oz maraschino cherries
- 3 cups sugar
- 4 cups water
Directions
Canning method
- Stem and wash grapes and hold in ascorbic acid solution.
- Dip peaches in boiling water 1 to 1 1/2 minutes, cool, peel, halve, pit, and cut into 1/2-inch cubes; hold with grapes.
- Peel, halve, core, and cut pears into 1/2-inch cubes; add to holding solution.
- Combine sugar and water and bring to a boil.
- Drain fruit, add cherries, and mix gently.
- Add 1/2 cup hot syrup to each jar, add mixed fruit and more hot syrup, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Wipe rims, adjust lids, and process in a boiling-water canner according to the source altitude schedule.
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Recipe Notes
Exact source: https://pubs.nmsu.edu/_e/E319/index.html