Cooking Recipe Plum Nutty Jam

Recipe Ingredients

2 1/2 lb Fresh plums
1 1/2 ts Grated orange rind
1/2 c Orange juice
1 3/4 oz Powdered fruit pectin/1 pkg.
5 1/2 c Sugar
1/2 c Walnuts; finely chopped

Directions

Remove and discard pits from plums (do not peel). Chop plums into 1/2"
pieces. Combine chopped plums, orange rind and orange juice in a
large Dutch oven. Stir in powdered fruit pectin. Bring mixture to a
rolling boil, stirring constantly. Stir in sugar. Return to a
rolling boil; boil 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat;
skim off foam. Stir 5 minutes. Stir in walnuts.

Quickly spoon hot mixture into hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/4"
headspace. Remove air bubbles; wipe jar rims. Cover at once with
metal lids, and screw on bands. Process in boiling-water bath for 15
minutes.

From Deb Williams in _Pot Luck_ by The Village Green/Temple, NH. In
_America's Best Recipes: A 1989 Hometown Collection_. Birmingham, AL:
Oxmoor House Inc., 1989. Pg. 280. ISBN 0-8487-0765-6. Electronic
format by Cathy Harned.

Categories matching this recipe

jelly ,Canning ,Harned ,Fruits ,Jam ,Nuts