Sweet and Tart Cherry Ketchup

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Sweet and Tart Cherry Ketchup

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds sweet cherries, stemmed and pitted
  • 1 cup red wine vinegar of at least 5% acidity
  • 2 T sweet red wine or grape juice
  • 1/2 pound brown sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp ground mace
  • 1 tsp mustard seed
  • 1 dried chile pod
  • 1/2 tsp green peppercorns
  • 1/2 tsp whole allspice
  • 1 nutmeg, cracked (tap carefully with a small hammer)

Instructions

Combine in a large pot the cherries, vinegar, wine, sugar, salt, and mace. Tie the remaining ingredients in several layers of cheesecloth; add this to the pot, and cover it. Bring the mixture to a boil over hight heat, then reduce the heat and simmer util the cherries soften--10 to 15 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer the cherries to a fine sieve and push them through, or to a food processor or blender and puree them. Return the pureed cherries to the pot with the cooking liquid and tied spices. Continue simmering until ketchup thickens--about 1 hour. Remove spices. Ladle the ketchup into three sterilized, still-hot half-pint jars. Wipe rims and cap immediately with still-hot lids, plus rings, and process 15 minutes in a boiling water bath. Makes 3 cups.

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