Plum Jam

Vividly Colored Plum Jam

Last Sunday morning's project was making plum jam. We had a huge basket of plums that we picked on Saturday from an overflowing tree up by the winery. Here's what I ended up putting in:

12 cups pitted and cut up (8ths) Plums
6 Cups Granulated Sugar
3 Packages Low Sugar Pectin

I brought the whole thing to a boil, let it roll for 3 or 4 minutes, then into the jars it went. Finally, the jars spent 12 minutes in a hot water canning bath. The color of this stuff is just amazing! It ended up tasting pretty tart. Good, but quite tart. I think there must have been a bunch of citric acid in that low sugar pectin. Lesson learned?

Useful stuff for this project:
Granite Ware 9-Piece Enamel-on-Steel Canning Kit
Back to Basics 286 5-Piece Home Canning Kit

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Matt & Ashley

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