Nectarine-Cardamom Preserves

Name: Nectarine-Cardamom Preserves
Yield: Serves 32 (makes two 1-cup jars)
Ingredients: 1 pound ripe but firm, nectarines, pitted and cut into ½-inch pieces (3 cups); 1 cup, sugar; 3 tablespoons, bottled lemon juice; ½ teaspoon, ground cardamom

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For quick preserves that would shine on the breakfast table, we turned to sweet nectarines and fragrant cardamom.

SERVES 32 (makes two 1-cup jars)

TIME 40 minutes, plus 2 hours cooling and 12 hours setting

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