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Dulce De Calabaza (candied pumpkin Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 pumpkin or sweet patato cut into uniform pieces. (peeled with center removed)
Tsp quick lime (see note)
1 quart cold water.
Directions:
Directions:
Soak pumpkin overnight in lime water (water should cover pumpkin) To make lime water quickly dissolve in cold water).

The next day, remove pumpkin from lime water and wash 3 times in clear water. Cover pumpkin with warm water and bring to a boil, boil for 5 minutes.

Drain pumpkin and wash twice in clear water. Allow pumpkin to drain 1 hour.

Pierce each piece in several places with a fork. This allows the sugar to penetrate when cooking.

Weigh pumpkin and use equal amounts of sugar when cooking. Place pumpkin in a pot cover pumpkin with sugar. Moisten sugar with water and cook over heat until pumpkin becomes crystallized - approximately 3 hours at 300 º degrees F.

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