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Pineapple Preserves

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  • Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.

Ingredients 4 ingredients

  1. a teacupful of water
  2. Cut
  3. White sugar
  4. Pineapples

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Pineapple High in vitamin C · High in manganese

    High in vitamin C · 59 mg per 100 g, 73% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
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    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
    • Vitamin C increases iron absorption.

    Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet

    High in manganese · 0.9 mg per 100 g, 43% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Manganese contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Manganese contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
    • Manganese contributes to the normal formation of connective tissue.
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    • Manganese contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

    Manganese is a mineral that your body needs to stay healthy. Your body uses manganese to make energy and protect your cells from damage. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Pineapple, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Twist off the top and bottom and pare off the rough outside of pineapples;
  2. then weigh them and cut them in slices, chips or quarters, or cut them in four or six and shape each piece like a whole pineapple;
  3. to each pound of fruit, put a teacupful of water;
  4. put it in a preserving kettle, cover it and set it over the fire and let them boil gently until they are tender and clear;
  5. then take them from the water, by sticking a fork in the centre of each slice, or with a skimmer, into a dish.
  6. Put to the water white sugar, a pound for each pound of fruit;
  7. stir it until it is all dissolved;
  8. then put in the pineapple, cover the kettle and boil them gently until transparent throughout;
  9. when it is so, take it out, let it cool and put it in glass jars;
  10. let the syrup boil or simmer gently until it is thick and rich and when nearly cool, pour it over the fruit.
  11. The next day secure the jars, as before directed.
  12. Pineapple done in this way is a beautiful and delicious preserve.
  13. The usual manner of preserving it by putting it into the syrup without first boiling it, makes it little better than sweetened leather.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Wooden spoon
  • Slotted spoon
  • Kettle