LUSTY CHERRY PLUM JAM

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A full bodied jam, tangy and sweet and spicy: a sultry summer's eve in a jar! Kind of wung this one: made up from available ripe ingredients.

Provided by manon

Categories     Cherries

Time 4h

Yield 7 pints

Number Of Ingredients 10

5 lbs black cherries
10 black plums (5 ripe, 5 not quite ripe)
5 cups sugar
4 tablespoons rose water
2 tablespoons red wine (i like a shiraz)
1 teaspoon cardamom
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
4 tablespoons lemon juice
1 pinch salt

Steps:

  • Pit all the fruit (plan a couple of hours or enlist friends/family in helping!) into a non reactive bowl, along with the salt, sugar, rosewater, spices and wine.
  • Let sit overnight.
  • Simmer the mixture for 40 minutes,
  • skimming the foam off the top.
  • spoon into jars, this made 7 pints for me.
  • steam process for 10 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 809.7, Fat 1.1, SaturatedFat 0.2, Sodium 22.6, Carbohydrate 207, Fiber 8.5, Sugar 194, Protein 4.2

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