I just love taking these 
and turning them into this!This was the first batch I made of plum jam from my plum tree.
Last year we got enough plums for fresh eating and I made some fruit leathers.
This year the tree is loaded and there are going to be plums for lots of things.
I may have to find some new plum recipes - anyone have a favorite they would like to share?
To make this plum jam I pretty much followed the directions on the Sure-Jell box (the lower sugar one). Except that instead of finely chopping the plums, I just quartered them and then when they were soft I used a hand blender to puree them.
To make this plum jam I pretty much followed the directions on the Sure-Jell box (the lower sugar one). Except that instead of finely chopping the plums, I just quartered them and then when they were soft I used a hand blender to puree them.
Plums contain a lot of pectin so you can make plum jam or jelly without adding any commercial pectin at all - but since I haven't done that in years, I stuck with the sure thing for my first batch.
It is so yummy!
2 comments:
Those plums look awesome! We picked 'wild plums' last year...yeah, not so sure I'd brave that again unless I saw those little beauties like yours. :)
Wow, those look delicious. I can't believe you made so many containers of jams! You must have a ton of plums on that tree. What a blessing!
On another note, I'd love to have a cane or two of your raspberry plant, if you ever have extras. Mine don't give any harvest to justify the space occupied.
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