Turkish Fruit Butter

- Total Time
- 2 hours 30 minutes
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Ingredients
- ¾cup sugar
- 1cup water
- 1½pounds chopped fruit
- 1tablespoon honey
- 1teaspoon lemon juice
- ¼teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1pinch ground cloves
Preparation
- Step 1
Combine ¾ cups sugar, 1 cup water and chopped fruit in a saucepan; bring to a boil.
- Step 2
When fruit is tender, cool slightly and purée.
- Step 3
Cook off liquid, stirring, up to 2 hours.
- Step 4
Add 1 tablespoon honey, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg and a pinch of ground cloves. When thick, cool and serve.
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Comments
Fruit butters are most easily cooked down in a low oven (not stirring for hours, while getting splattered with hot stuff.) I use a large enameled pot with the lid off at 170-200 F. I stir it occasionally. And all that sugar is not needed.
Fruit butters are most easily cooked down in a low oven (not stirring for hours, while getting splattered with hot stuff.) I use a large enameled pot with the lid off at 170-200 F. I stir it occasionally. And all that sugar is not needed.
It looks like this recipe is missing a quantity for chopped fruit.
Thanks, Anne. We've updated the recipe.
Looks great but the recipe as written is confusing. Do I bring the ingredients to a boil, cool slightly, puree, then return the whole thing to the pan and reduce for for up to two hours?
That is how I understand it, FWIW.
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