Plum Jam

Name: Plum Jam
Yield: Yield—approx. 5 lb.
Ingredients: water (¼ pt. for ripe, juicy dessert plums, ¾ pt. for cooking varieties); water (¼ pt. for ripe, juicy dessert plums, ¾ pt. for cooking varieties); 3 lb. sugar; 3 lb. plums

Preparation info

Yield—approx.
5 lb.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mrs Beeton's All About Cookery

By Isabella Beeton

Published 1871

About

Ingredients

3 lb. plums
3 lb. sugar
¼–¾ pt.<

Preserve
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Proceed as for Greengage Jam. If desired, a few of the raw plums may be stoned; crack the stones, remove the kernels, blanch them by dipping in boiling water and add the halved kernels to the pan.