Brandy And Spice Peach Preserves Lisa Sizemore Recipes

BRANDY AND SPICE PEACH PRESERVES - LISA SIZEMORE

Steps:

• In large heavy pot, combine peaches and sugar.
• Place all spices in cheesecloth and drop into pot with peaches.
• Add lemon peel and brandy.
• Simmer, stirring occasionally, until fruit becomes transparent, approximately 1 and 1/2 hours.
• Skim foam from top as needed.
• Discard spices; ladle fruit into hot sterilized jars and seal at once.
• Simmer jars for 10 minutes in water bath.

PEACH PRESERVES

Steps:

• Use equal weight of fruit and sugar, before it's been peeled.
• Wash, peel and stone peaches. Cut into thin slices.
• Put into a casserole or Dutch oven with the sugar and a little salt, add lemon juice if desired, or do it while it cooks, or not at all.
• Sit all night with a cover.
• Bring to a gentle simmer and cook for an hour or more until the fruit is clear and the juice is syrupy.
• Pack into sterilized jars and process 7 minutes.