Pour milk grated watermelon rind and sugar into a saucepan and while stirring occasionally simmer over medium heat for about 30 minutes until the watermelon rind pudding has thickened and the rind is tender. I did cut back on the sugar originally it calls for 2 parts fruit to 1 part sugar which is a bit much for my liking.
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1 1 2 2 quarts watermelon rind.
Watermelon rind preserves great depression. Place pot on stove and add lemon slices and allspice if desired. Place rind in a large pot and cover with the sugar until the fruit doesn t show. I experimented with watermelon rinds and found that the basic recipe works just as good.
Cut into 1 inch slices then slice into 1 inch cubes. Trim green peel and flesh from the white watermelon rind. 1 4 c lemon juice.
Watermelon rind preserves after making homemade blueberry sauce low sugar apricots in jars simple apricot jam homemade creme de cassis and candied cherries i finally got to making some delicious watermelon rind jam or candied watermelon rind in syrup. A few millimeters of pale pink watermelon clinging to the rind makes the preserves absolutely gorgeous like rose tinted quartz. This is great stuff.
This is an old time recipe that my mother and grandmothers used to make pear preserves. My great great grandmother had a cookie recipe that you make with these preserves and they worked out perfect. And for one of the previous reviews these preserves aren t supposed to jell everything is supposed to stay runny and syrupy.
Cut rind into approximately 1 inch pieces. Combine sugar lemon juice and 7 cups water. 1 medium very thinly sliced and seeded lemon.
They used whole cinnamon sticks and cloves but i ve used ground and they taste good too. Add prepared watermelon rind and boil gently for 30 minutes. Add sliced lemon and cook until the melon rind is clear.
1 1 2 quarts water. Cover with plastic wrap. A 6 pound slice of a larger whole melon with a medium thick sliced rind should yield 8 cups of peeled rind and make 2 pints of preserves.
To make preserves sterilize canning jars. Pack hot preserves into hot jars leaving inch headspace. I love watermelon rind preserves and i never could find a good recipe for them.
Grate the watermelon rind or puree the diced rind in a food processor or with an immersion blender. Aromatic and sweet watermelon rind jam or candied watermelon rind. Watermelon rind preserves recipe.
Peel green skin off the watermelon but leave a little of the red pulp on rind. 1 1 2 quarts prepared melon rind 2 tablespoons slaked lime or 4 tablespoons salt 4 quarts water divided keeping 2 quarts cold 1 tablespoon ground ginger 4 cups sugar 1 4 cup lemon juice 7 cups water 1 lemon thinly sliced.
