BALL BLUE BOOK PEACH OR PEAR JAM

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Homemade peach or pear jam. Recipe taken from the Ball Blue Book of Preserving. Yields about 8 half-pints (I got slightly more).

Provided by BecR2400

Categories     Pears

Time 1h

Yield 8 half-pints

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 quart peaches (peeled, pitted or cored, and finely chopped, 4 cups equals 1 quart or about 5 pounds peaches or pear) or 1 quart pear (peeled, pitted or cored, and finely chopped, 4 cups equals 1 quart or about 5 pounds peaches or pear)
7 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 (3 ounce) envelope liquid pectin

Steps:

  • Combine fruit, sugar and lemon juice in a large saucepan. Bring slowly to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves.
  • Stir in liquid pectin. Return to a rolling boil. Boil hard 1 minute, stirring constantly.
  • Remove from heat. Skim foam if necessary.
  • Ladle hot jam into hot jars, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Adjust two-piece caps.
  • Process 10 minutes in a boiling-water canner. (Note: Add appropriate additional processing time for high altitudes).
  • Recipe variation:.
  • Add 1 teaspoon whole cloves, 1/2 teaspoon whole allspice and 1 cinnamon stick tied in a spice bag to jam during cooking. Remove spice bag before filling jars.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 761.9, Fat 0.2, Sodium 0.1, Carbohydrate 196.4, Fiber 1.5, Sugar 194.7, Protein 0.8

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