Plum Jam

Ingredients

• ½ lb. of white sugar
• 1 lb. of fruit

Method

1. 1

   After weighing the plums, halve them and remove the stones.

2. 2

   Place on a large dish and sprinkle with sugar; leave for 24 hours.

3. 3

   Put into a preserving-pan and simmer gently for about 25 or 30 minutes, then boil quickly for ½ hour, skimming carefully and stirring with a wooden spoon to prevent sticking.

4. 4

   Adding some kernels from the plum stones improves the jam.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The white ribbon cook book (1894) by Kathryn Armstrong, page 113. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Plum Jam — Allow % lb. of white sugar to 1 lb. of fruit. It is difficult to give the exact quan- Preserves. 231 tity of sugar to be used in plum jam; in fact, it entirely depends upon the quality of the plums used; therefore your own judgment will be neces- sary. After weighing the plums halve them and remove the stones; then place on a large dish and sprinkle with the sugar; leave them thus for 24 hours; then put into a preserving-pan and let them simmer gently on the back of the stove for about 25 or 30 minutes, then boil very quickly for ^ hour, skimming carefully, and stirring with a wooden spoon to prevent the jam sticking. It greatly improves the jam to put some kernels from the plum stones into it. To Preserve Fruit in Syrup — To every lb. of fruit allow 1 lb. of lump sugar, ^ tumbler of cold water. Boil the water and sugar together until it thickens slightly, which will take about 3/2 hour if the sugar be good. Take off the scum as it rises. Add the fruit and boil for 3^ hour (rather longer if stone fruit), stirring very slightly, or the fruit will break. Take off the scum as it rises, but if both sugar and fruit be good there will be very little. Put into jars and tie over. N. B. — To keep well, fruit must be perfectly sound and dry when gathered. Currant Jam — Three-quarters of a lb. of white sugar

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