Strawberry-Orange Preserves

Name: Strawberry-Orange Preserves
Total time: 6 min
Yield: About 3 cups
Ingredients: 4 cups fresh strawbrries, washed, hulled and quartered; 4 tablespoons water; 6 ounces ( 3/4 cup) undiluted defrosted orange-juice concentrate; 2 envelopes unflavored gelatin

By Marian Burros

Total Time: 6 minutes
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Ingredients

Yield:About 3 cups

4cups fresh strawbrries, washed, hulled and quartered
4tablespoons water
6ounces ( ¾ cup) undiluted defrosted orange-juice concentrate
2envelopes unflavored gelatin

Ingredient Substitution Guide

Preparation

Step 1
Cook berries and water in a covered nonreactive pot 3 minutes. Uncover and mash fruit a little with a fork.
Step 2
Sprinkle gelatin on the orange-juice concentrate and let the gelatin soften. Stir into the hot fruit mixture and cook, stirring, over low heat until gelatin dissolves completely.
Step 3
Cool and spoon into jars. Refrigerate or freeze. Refrigerated perserves will last a couple of weeks; frozen, they last months.

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