Jalapeno plum jam

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mike w

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Oct 13, 2014
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Virginia
We moved to a new house and lo and behold there are three plum trees and an apple tree on the property! Since the plums are ripening, I was able to pick enough for a batch of jam.
I found a recipe for a chipolte pepper and plum jam but the commissary doesn't carry the canned chipotles any more so I modified it with four jalapenos.

The recipe is
8 cups of pitted plums
6 cups sugar
4 minced jalapenos seeds removed
1 orange zested and chopped minus the pith and rind.
(Original recipe was 4 chipotles in adobo, no seeds, and 1Tbsp adobo)
I boiled the mix until it hit 218F and started to gel and then transferred the jam into sterilized pint jars.

My three year old likes it so I guess its good :)
I think it will go well with this cheese I smoked also.

Lessons learned:
Don't make jam in flip flops
Use a long handled wooden spoon
218F jam is really HOT and burns on exposed skin ;)
Wear an oven mitt when stirring

Thanks for looking!
 
Thanks, I'll keep any wood if I have to trim the trees. They are pretty small. I'm glad they have fruit. I don't know if I will get any apples. They aren't very large yet. About the size of crabapples.

BTW plum should be a good smoking wood. Of course apple is a favorite of many, a nice light flavor similar to maple.
 
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