Fig Conserve
- Title
- Fig Conserve
- Subject
- figs
- sugar
- lemon juice
- pineapple
- orange
- walnuts
- Description
- FIG CONSERVE
5 cups figs
4 cups sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
3 cups drained, crushed pineapple
1/4 cup thinly sliced whole orange
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
Treat black figs with soda. Chop figs and mix with
sugar, lemon juice, pineapple and orange. Cook about 15
to 20 minutes or until thick. Add walnuts, bring to boil,
ladle into hot, sterilized jars and seal immediately. Yields
7 to 8 half pints.
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# Fig Conserve
*Recipe by Elizabeth Gillenwater*
## Ingredients
- 5 cups figs
- 4 cups sugar
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice
- 3 cups drained, crushed pineapple
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced whole orange
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
## Instructions
1. Treat black figs with soda.
2. Chop figs and mix with sugar, lemon juice, pineapple, and orange.
3. Cook about 15 to 20 minutes or until thick.
4. Add walnuts and bring to a boil.
5. Ladle into hot, sterilized jars and seal immediately.
Yields 7 to 8 half pints. - Creator
- Alice Yetka, Martha Yetka
- Source
- RCA0006 - The Yetka family collection that started the project (eBay)
- Date
- 1960s
- Contributor
- Elizabeth Gillenwater
- Rights
- Personal/Family
- Format
- Clipped recipe
- Identifier
- RCA0006-20260609-0216
- Coverage
- Oregon, US
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Tags
Citation
Alice Yetka, Martha Yetka, “Fig Conserve,” Recipe Card Archive, accessed June 28, 2026, https://recipecardarchive.com/items/show/1599.