Raspberry And Currant Preserves Recipe 1

Ingredients for Raspberry And Currant Preserves Recipe 1

• 6 lbs. currants
• 6 lbs. sugar
• 8 quarts raspberries

Instructions

1. Pick over, wash, and drain currants.
2. Put into a preserving kettle, adding a few at a time, and mash.
3. Cook one hour. Strain through double thickness of cheese-cloth.
4. Return to kettle, add sugar, heat to boiling-point, and cook slowly twenty minutes.
5. Add one quart raspberries when syrup again reaches boiling-point.
6. Skim out raspberries, put in jar, and repeat until raspberries are used.
7. Fill jars to overflowing with syrup, and screw on tops.