# Pineapple Crack

This is a canning recipe for pineapple crack, a sweet and spicy condiment that can be used on crackers with cream cheese, as a marinade, or on tacos.

- Total time: 10 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- finally chopped pineapple
- 2 diced jalapenos
- lemon juice
- pectin
- sugar
- vinegar

## Instructions

1. Finally chop up your pineapple; a blender can be used but might be overkill.
2. Add diced jalapenos and lemon juice.
3. Give the mixture a good stir.
4. Add in your pectin.
5. Warm everything up over medium high heat until it starts to boil.
6. Add your sugar.
7. Bring the mixture to a hard boil for a full minute to activate the pectin.
8. Add to your jars, leaving quarter inch of head space.
9. Wipe your rims with vinegar.
10. Add on your flats and rings fingertip tight.
11. Process in a steam canner or water bath for 10 minutes.

## Equipment

- blender
- jars
- flats
- rings
- steam canner
- water bath

## Tips

- It's important to boil for the full minute because that's what's going to activate the pectin and get everything to gel together.
- You can always deseed the jalapenos or just drop it down to one jalapeno for less heat.
- Wipe your rims with vinegar before adding on your flats and rings fingertip tight.
- Leave a quarter inch of head space in the jars.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89Nbboh/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/8e5ad1d4-abdf-48d0-ab4f-c62a0de1224a
- Extracted: 2026-02-06

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