With beautiful fruit fresh off the tree, here’s a great way to savor some of its wonderful flavor in the cool months ahead. This recipe comes from amy father’s friends (who prefers not to be named). The yellow Shiro plums in her yard are truly amazing.
She brings a real warmth to her preserve by infusing the fruit with allspice, cloves and cinnamon. It create a nice depth that works beautifully with the sweetness of the fruit. Try this with other fruits, too.
Spiced Plum Preserve
- 2- 3 bags of plums – enough to make 6 cups processed fruit
- 1 box pectin
- 7-8 cups of sugar
- 4 teaspoons of lemon juice
- a dash of salt
- 1/2-1/2 teaspoon each: allspice, ground cloves and cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon butter
Preheat the oven to warm
Put the sugar in two bowls and let it sit in the oven to warm.
Wash the plums.
Simmer them in water for 10 minutes.
Follow package directions to prepare the pectin.
Drain the plums.
Remove the skins and pits.
Process them through a food ricer, looking for about 6 cups of fruit.
Take the sugar out of the oven.
Raise the temperature to 250 degrees.
Add the rest of the ingredients to the plums and stir through.
Place clean preserve jars in the oven and let them heat for 30 minutes.
Fills the jars and seal.
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