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Plum Jam Recipe | |
American Jellies and Jams | |
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Ingredients:
6 cups of plums pitted and chopped (about 4 pounds)3/4 cup water 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 package powdered pectin (a package is 1.75 oz.) 7 cups sugar
Directions:
Combine plums, water, lemon juice, aand pectin in a large sauce pot. Bring to a rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Add sugar; return to a rolling boil Boil hard 1 minute, stirring constantly. Pour hot into hot jars, leaving 1/4 ince head space. Adjust caps. Process 10 minutes in boiling water bath. Brandied Plum Jam: add 1 cup brandy to fruit mixture. Plum Orange Spice Jam: add zest from 1 orange, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, and 1/2 tsp nutmeg to fruit mixture. Yield: about 8 half pints.
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