Duck sauce (chinese plum sauce)

Yield: 4 Pints

Ingredients:

3 md Bell pepper red
2 1/2 lb Apricots; stoned & -quartered *
2 1/2 lb Plum red; stoned & -quartered *
5 1/2 c Cider vinegar
2 1/2 c ;Water
1 1/2 c Sugar white
2 c Sugar light brown
1/3 c Karo light
1/2 c Ginger fresh; peeled & -chopped
2 tb Salt kosher
1/4 c Mustard seeds; toasted
1 md Onion; quartered
2 Chile serrano; seeded & -diced
5 Garlic clove; minced
1 Cinnamon stick

Instructions:

* weight before preparation Roast the peppers to remove skin; quarter lengthwise and devein. Set aside. Combine the apricots plums three cups of vinegar and water in a large non-reactive kettle and simmer until soft; about 25 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside. In another non-reactive kettle this one very large combine the remaining vinegar sugars and Karo and bring to a boil stirring. Add the fruit mixture ginger salt mustard seeds onion chiles garlic cinnamon and the skinned bell peppers. Simmer covered for five minutes then simmer uncovered for one hour stirring every so often. Remove the cinnamon stick. With a food processor pulse the mixture for a couple of seconds (this has to be done in batches; process a little longer if you like a less- textured sauce). Return to the kettle and boil gently stirring until the sauce has thickened about 15 minutes (the sauce will thicken some more as it cools). Ladle into sterilized jars either half-pint or pint. Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes (for half-pint jars) or 15 minutes (for pint jars). Allow to age in the jar for 2 to 4 weeks before using. Better than Store-Bought Witty & Colchie