Ground Cherry Sauce

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Servings: 32
Yield: 32 servings

Description

Cooked with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and vanilla, ground cherries or Cape Gooseberries can be used as a sweet topping, sauce, or as an addition to pies.

Ingredients

1 cup water
1 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
4 cups ground cherries, husked

Directions

1 Place the water, sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves in a pan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, and stir in the cherries. Reduce heat, and simmer until cherries are transparent. Pour into resealable freezer bags and freeze, or pour into hot jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Adjust caps. Process for 15 minutes in a boiling-water bath.