Title: Loquat Freezer Preserves
Categories: Fruit Preserve
Yield: 1 Recipe

2 1/4	c	Prepared firm, ripe loquats
2	tb	Fresh lemon juice
5	c	Sugar
1		Pkg powdered fruit pectin
3/4	c	;water

Remove loquat seeds; peel fruit. Finely chop by hand or in blender, but do not puree. Stir lemon juice into loquats. Let rest 5 minutes. Add sugar, stir well and let rest 10 minutes.

Bring pectin and water to a boil in a small saucepan. Boil 1 minute. Add loquats and stir constantly 3 minutes. Spoon quickly into hot, clean freezer containers or canning jars, one at a time, and secure lids. Let sit at room temperature 24 hours, then move to freezer. Will keep in the freezer 6 months or in frig 3 weeks.

printed in Houston Chronicle, 4-22-98

typed and posted by teri 4/98

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