Elin's Pickled Pumpkin

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 4 pounds peeled and diced pumpkin
• 5 cups sugar
• 5 cups distilled vinegar
• 4 cinnamon sticks
• 15 whole cloves

Recipe

Preparation Time: 50 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 14 hrs 5 mins


• place the pumpkin in a large, deep bowl.
• in a large saucepan, mix the sugar, vinegar, cinnamon sticks and cloves. boil 5 minutes. pour the hot liquid over the pumpkin in the bowl. cover and set aside 8 hours, or overnight.
• strain the liquid into a large saucepan. boil 5 minutes. remove the cinnamon sticks and cloves, leaving a few bits for decoration. place the pumpkin back into the liquid and return to boiling. boil 5 minutes, or until pumpkin is transparent but crisp. allow the mixture to cool. transfer to sterile jars and refrigerate.