Recipe#27009

Title: TUTUM RECHEL (Pumpkin preserve)

Naomi Johnson

3 lbs. pumpkin
5 cups sugar
2 tbsp. powdered lime* (mixed in 2 qts. cold water)
1 stick cinnamon
4 whole cloves
juice of half lemon 
Cut pumpkin, remove seeds and skin; then cut into 3 to 4 inch slices a quarter inch thick. Soak the 
slices in 1 gallon of water with the lime solution. Leave overnight. 
Following day drain and wash pumpkin. Bring sugar and water to a boil. Add pumpkin, cinnamon, 
cloves and lemon juice. Cook 3 to 4 hours. Cool. Bottle and refrigerate. 
Makes approximately 2 pints 
*may be purchased at drugstore