Spicy Ground Cherry Preserve!

Ground cherries are a favorite in our home, so this year we took it upon ourselves to grow a bunch of them...or should I say a bush of them!  We have an endless supply of ground cherries at the moment and I wanted to preserve them for winter.  While using google to search for canning recipes I was very frustrated to find that unless you want jam or jelly there are not many recipes out there, so I took to the kitchen and created my own spicy ground cherry preserve as our family loves a bit of heat in our meals.  I thought this would be a great recipe to share with everyone as its not over spicy but great on pork and other meats as well as crackers!
You will need : 8 cups of ground cherries, husked and pureed
                       5 cherry bombs, chopped
                       3 chili peppers, chopped with seeds
                       1 cinnamon stick
                       1 garlic clove, minced
                       1/4  cup lemon juice
                        5 1/2 cups sugar
                        1 package liquid pectin

In a medium saucepan combine the first 6 ingredients, stirring frequently over medium heat until reaching a boil.  Add in 5 1/2 cups of sugar and continue to stir often to prevent sugar from burning to the bottom of your saucepan.  Bring to a rolling boil.  Remove from heat, add in liquid pectin and stir for 5 minutes. Ladle  into prepared jars and process in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes.

This will make roughly 3 pints or 6 1/2 pint jars.  Enjoy!

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