Canning and Preserving Recipes
Figs
Ingredients
- Figs (not too ripe)
- Water
- Sugar
- Corn syrup (optional)
- Few slices lemon
Instructions
- Wash figs thoroughly. Cover with water and boil for 2 minutes. Drain and use this water to make a thin syrup. Boil figs 5 minutes in syrup. If a sweeter product is desired, make a heavy syrup with water and sugar and combine equal parts of heavy syrup with corn syrup.
- Add a few slices of lemon to syrup and boil figs for 5 minutes.
- Pack into jars to within 1/2 inch of top with precooking syrup.
- Put on cap, screw band firmly tight.
- Process: Pints for 30 minutes in boiling water bath; quarts for 30 minutes in boiling water bath.