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spiced peaches in peach wine

Recipe by
Baby Kato
Beautiful Shore Country, NB

These wonderful peaches make a great Christmas Gift. A little bit of summer during the cold dreary winter. Well worth the extra effort. Enjoy!

yield 6 serving(s)
prep time 1 Hr
cook time 25 Min
method Stove Top

Ingredients For spiced peaches in peach wine

  • 24
    large peaches
  • 4
    cups peach wine
  • 2
    cups white sugar
  • 1
    cup brown sugar
  • 1/4
    cup lemon juice, bottled
  • 6
    whole cinnamon sticks
  • 12
    whole cloves
  • 2
    pieces candied ginger, finely shredded

How To Make spiced peaches in peach wine

  • 1
    Peel peaches, leave whole and place in acid solution, while you finish peeling all the peaches.
  • 2
    In a large pot, cook wine, white & brown sugars, lemon juice and one cinnamon stick.
  • 3
    Stir until all sugar is dissolved and mixture begins to boil.
  • 4
    Remove the cinnamon stick and reserve the syrup.
  • 5
    Rinse the peaches.
  • 6
    Stick two cloves into each peach and add the peaches to the reserved syrup, heating the peaches until slightly softened.
  • 7
    Remove from heat and allow peaches to sit in syrup overnight at room temperature.
  • 8
    Next day, remove the cinnamon and cloves from the peaches.
  • 9
    Slice the peaches into thick wedges and place back into the syrup.
  • 10
    Next add the shredded candied ginger into the peach mixture and reheat the peaches.
  • 11
    Once the peaches are hot, pack tightly into hot sterilized jars, make sure to add 1 stick of cinnamon to each jar.
  • 12
    Cover the peaches completely with hot syrup, make sure to release any air bubbles, adding more syrup if necessary.
  • 13
    Clean the rims and seal the jars.
  • 14
    Process quart jars for 25 minutes in a water bath canner.
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