Name: Plum jam recipe without pectin
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 100 min
Yield: 500 ml
Ingredients: 1 kg plum (pitted); 2 cups sugar

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A super simple recipe to absolutely delicious jam. It just tastes so good. This is a tarty Jam and is very easy to make.

Sugar:

Since, sugar is a natural preservative in a jam, you need to a certain amount of sugar. For a sweet jam you go beyond that amount and make it sweet. That’s why in ingredients, I have mentioned both measures for less and more sweet jam.

2 cup will give you sweet and tarty plum jam. And why not make a less sugar more pulp jam at home and ditch the store-bought jam.

3 cups will make it sweet jam just like the store-bought, of course better. If you are making jam for kids than add three cups sugar.

This Plum jam has rich color and spreadable consistency since we are not using pectin, it will be thick in the jar and not set like regular jam.

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Plum jam recipe without pectin

A super simple recipe to absolutely delicious jam. It tastes sweet and refreshing.

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Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 40 minutes

Servings : 500 ml

Calories: 80kcal

Author: Mariam Sodawater

Ingredients

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1 kg plum – pitted
2 cups sugar

Instructions

Sterilize two 300 ml jars and their lids in boiling water for 8 minutes. Remove jars and transfer on a clean towel and let it dry naturally.
Keep few plates for cold plate test in freezer.
Meanwhile, in a thick bottomed and wide based pot, take sugar and plum. Cook for 20 minutes on medium flame until soft.
Then mash plum with a potato masher. Cook further on slow flame for about an hour.
To test consistency put a large drop of jam on cold plate. Wait for 30 secs to cool then hold plate horizontally. If jam is flow through the plate immediately continue cooking for 10 more minutes. And if it sets then stop cooking. Jam is ready.

Notes

Storage: This recipe will make two regular jam jars (250 ml each). I recommend freezing one and storing another in fridge. Follow sterilisation process and always use clean spoon to serve the jam and do not linger your finger inside or around rim of jar. A little care and your jam will be good for many months.

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Plum jam recipe without pectin

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Sterilise two jars (300 ml each) in boiling water for 8 minutes. Also boil lids.

Dry on clean towel. Let air dry naturally. Also keep few plates in freezer for Cold Plate Test.

Do a cold plate to see jam is ready to set by putting large drop of hot jam on freezer cold plate and wait for 30 seconds to cook. This is a stage, I stopped but my jam doesn’t set absolutely, its thick and spreadable. It’s runny as shown above so you can cook further for thicker jam. This cold plate test will guide you what your jam would be when cool.