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Plum Jam

Name: Plum Jam
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1kg sour red or purple plums; 1kg Chelsea Jam Setting Sugar

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Preparation

15 mins

Bake

5 mins

Difficulty

Easy

Servings

Enjoy the delicious taste of plums in your own homemade jam! Plum Jam is a classic spread bursting with the deep, rich flavour of ripe plums. With just the right balance of sweet and tart, it’s perfect for slathering on toast or adding to desserts. Simple to make, it captures the taste of summer in every spoonful!

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Ingredients
Method

Ingredients

1kg sour red or purple plums
1kg Chelsea Jam Setting Sugar

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Reviews

9

What did you think of this recipe?

Serena

Excellent and tasty

Fiona

Turned out great.

Abby H

Love this recipe - makes for such an easy jam recipe to make with the kids! Very delicious, a bit sweet but I added some extra plums and blitzed it for a smooth jam! So yummy.

Tracey Smith

How could I substitute the jam setting sugar? CHELSEA: You can swap jam setting sugar for regular sugar and add pectin separately, just make sure you follow the pectin packet instructions.

Paul Leighton

Too much sugar to fruit . Better ratio. 2 :1 fruit to sugar .

Graham Willers

Way too much sugar! What a surprise that a sugar company would recommend more than double the required aqmount of their product.

Rosie

Loved this recipe. I actually had no idea that you could make jam this simply - thanks fort the video! Rosie

Annie

I also used 1.3kgs of pitted plums. Too sweet for my liking. Would double the plums next time to 2kgs plums 1kg sugar.

Sugar Pie

Yes I think the sugar ratio needs to be 800g sugar to 1kg of fruit, that's from a Grandmas point of view and years of baking and jamming, lovely ideas all the same

Method

Wash plums and remove any stalks. Slice each plum into roughly 8 pieces, discarding the stones. Place in a large bowl or food processor and mash or process until coarsely crushed.

Combine with Chelsea Jam Setting Sugar in a large, heavy based pot. Stir over medium heat for a couple of minutes or until sugar dissolves.

Increase heat and bring to a full boil (a boil that cannot be stirred down). Boil rapidly for 4 minutes (removing any foam with a spoon).

Test a small amount of jam on a cold saucer (the surface should wrinkle when a spoon is pushed through it). If the surface doesn't wrinkle, return to the boil for 1-2 minute intervals and test again.

Ladle hot jam into warm sterilised jars and seal with a lid.

Set aside to cool, then label, date and store in a cool dark place. Refrigerate after opening. Makes approximately 4 cups.