Plumberry Jam is the perfect summer recipe.
It uses fresh blackberries, plums and cooking apples from the garden or after a foraging trip. I love the added sharpness of the lemon in this jam recipe. It makes a delicious change to the usual sweetness you expect. Original recipe from Clippy McKenna’s book ‘500 Jams & Preserves’.
Ingredients
600g sugar
2tbsp fresh lemon juice
225g each of peeled & chopped cooking apples, de-stoned plums and blackberries.
3 tbsp. water
(The original recipe also adds fresh vanilla which I didn’t have. I didn’t add any vanilla essence despite its appearance in the picture!)
Instructions
- Gently boil the water, apple and plums in a pan. It will take about 10 minutes to go soft.
- Add the blackberries and lemon juice and cook until soft – 5 to 10 minutes.
- Once soft, add the sugar and stir until dissolved.
- Cook with the lid off so the mixture starts to reduce and thicken.
- Cook on a rolling boil. It will be ready in about 5 minutes.
- Check it has a jam consistency. Leave to cool a little before pouring into sterilised jars and seal.
As you can see it made three smallish jars. I’m eeking out the last jar, and can’t wait for the summer to make some more.
I also love marrow, ginger and cinnamon jam. It’s even more delicious than plumberry. Unfortunately, I don’t have any pictures to share of this, but I’ll do a post about it later in the year.
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Suzanne Rogerson Fantasy Author 
I have never made jam but this recipe seems so easy! Sounds delicious too 🙂
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It is very easy and delicious. It’s worth trying out as the ingredients are so easy to get hold of in the summer.
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I love the idea of a jam that is a little less sweet. This one sounds delicious. I’ll have to try it over the summer.
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I’m sure you’ll love it.
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This sounds wonderful, and I’m intrigued by the thought of marrow, ginger and cinnamon jam too. I enjoy making jam in small batches during the summer months – I might add this recipe to my list to try out. 🙂
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Both recipes are lovely and worth trying. You’ll have to let me know what you think. I’ll try and remember to post my marrow recipe when I get my first crop. I haven’t even planted the seeds yet, I think I better get on with it.
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Mmmmm, homemade jams and chutneys are the best 🙂
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I find because I’ve made it and seen the fresh, healthy ingredients going into it (not the sugar of course) that I trick myself into thinking its good for me. Whatever the calories its lovely, and I’ll be making a double batch this year.
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