Pumpkin Pineapple Autumn Glory Compote

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 5 cups cubed pumpkin, about a 3 lb pumpkin
• 1 large fresh pineapple
• 2 lemons, zest and juice
• 1 cup dried apricot, coarsely chopped
• 1 cup golden raisin
• 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• inch cinnamon stick

Recipe

• 1 prepare jars, lids and bands.
• 2 halve pumpkin, seed and remove rind. alternatively, use a melon baler to cut pumpkin from rind.
• 3 cut pulp into 3/4 inch cubes and measure 5 cups into a large stainless steel saucepan.
• 4 peel, quarter and core pineapple. cut pulp into 3/4 inch pieces. measure 5 cups and add to pumpkin.
• 5 tie broken cinnamon stick in a large square of cheesecloth, creating a spice bag; add to mixture.
• 6 finely grate enough lemon zest to measure 1 tbsp firmly packed and squeeze enough lemon juice to measure 1/2 cup.
• 7 add juice and zest to pumpkin mixture. stir in prepared apricots, raisins, sugar and water.
• 8 bring to a boil. stirring constantly, boil gently, uncovered, 2 minutes.
• 9 remove spice bag.
• 10 pack pumpkin mixture into prepared jars leaving a 3/4 inch headspace.
• 11 add hot liquid to cover mixture leaving a 1/2 inch headspace. using nonmetallic utensil, remove air bubbles and adjust headspace, if required, by adding more pumpkin mixture and hot liquid.
• 12 process filled jars for 25 minutes in a boiling water bath. adjust time
• 13 according to your altitude.