Plum and Orange Jam Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 orange
• 2 lb plums
• ½  cinnamon stick
• 10 ml lemon juice
• 1 kg sugar
• 1 sachet pectin powder

Method:

1. Peel orange, put juice, peel and pulp in pan-simmer for 10 minutes then put to one side.
2. Put plums into large jam pan, pulverise until a smooth a puree as you like. Add cinnamon stick, lemon juice and contents of orange pan.
3. Bring to almost boil  (until plums all broken down) and add sugar and pectin.
4. Bring to boil and boil hard continuously stirring for 4 minutes only. (Longer if your brand of pectin needs a longer boil-check on pack)
5. Remove cinnamon stick and jar as usual.

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