Doing it old-school - Plum Jam

There is an old Plum tree in the back of my parents garden and since last week it has started producing some lovely sweet yellow plums (red skinned). We have a community of regular local birds so every morning I have been getting up and going to the garden to do some 'plumbing'.

I have collected quite a lot and it did involve some tree-climbing which was fun! However my family as I mentioned before do not eat sugar and this includes fruit sugar so it could potentially be wasted... Then I thought I could make it into some jam and give it to my fellow wolverine bloggets for an early Christmas present.

Good old fashioned Plum jam - Easy & cheap ;)

This recipe makes approximately 2x 300mls Jars

Ingredients:

900g Plums (whole & washed)
700g White sugar (warmed)
1 1/4 cups Hot water

Method:
1. Place plums whole into large heavy based saucepan - The larger the better really! Add water and simmer lightly for around 20 minutes.
2. At the same time put the sugar in a flat oven tray and warm on a low temperature (100 degrees celsius) for 10 minutes
3. The plums should start to fall apart - start removing stones from the mixture
4. Add the warm sugar to the plums and stir slowly until all sugar has disolved.
5. Turn up the heat till the mixture starts to boil rapidly and do not stop stirring
6. Boil and stir for around 10-15 minutes
7. Test the consistency of the jam by drizzling a bit on a pre-refrigerated plate and put in the fridge for 2 minutes.
8. Take out of the fridge and run your finger through it to see if it is thick enough for your liking
9. Once at the consistency you want - Pour into steralised warmed jars and seal with the lid
10. Cool and label :)

Blogged by: Megan