Sunday, October 9, 2011

Homemade Preserves! Yum!

So today I made home made preserves for the first time!!  We have a Pineapple Guava tree in our front yard.  For those of you who don't know...   Feijoa sellowwiana are originally from Brazil.  It is a cold hardy guava that grows as far north as middle Georgia and as far west as my front yard!  These evergreens have  glossy-green leaves that are silvery white underneath.

Mine look like this:

After inspecting a few online recipes, I created my own!  I used about 4 cups of the mashed guava fruit, 1/4 cup of fresh lemon juice, 4 cups of sugar in the raw and pectin!  We'll see how it turns out.  I have 7 jars of it.  Can't wait to taste it on toast in the morning!


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