Homemade Plum Jam recipe

ingredients

6 lb. plums
1 pint water
6 lb. sugar

method

1. Cut the washed and drained plums in half, and remove the stones.

2. Quarter the plums and add the water, in the pan.

3. Crack about 12 of the stones, remove the kernels and blanch in boiling water for 5 minutes before splitting them in half.

4. Add to the pan. Simmer until the fruit is pulpy, stir in the sugar and boil rapidly until setting point is reached

5. Remove from the heat, skim, pot, cover, and label.

serving amount

yield 10 lb.


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2 comments
Plum jam made easy
posted by Helen Swan @ 03:58AM, 9/12/07
My husband tried this with great success. He used jam sugar though your recipe doesn't specify this. The plums were Victoria plums and the jam is delicious.
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posted by Gordon @ 07:39PM, 12/30/07
I will be trying this recipe soon I just wondered if I need to Refrigerate the jars after they are sealed with the jam?

Answer : no, just let them cool.
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