Wild Plum Jam Recipe

As you may remember I collected a couple of kilos of wild plums from our local park in September.  They were very ripe and we’ve been moving house, so I opted to freeze them and come back to them later.

Here’s the final recipe we settled on:

Ripe wild plum jam recipe:
Ingredients:
1kg/2lb of ripe wild plums
1kg/2lb of white jam sugar
½ pint/275ml of water
Method:

1. Wash (and discard any dodgy fruits) then simmer gently in a heavy bottomed or preserving pan.
2. Add the sugar and stir gently till dissolved. 
3. Constantly stir with a slotted spoon on a rolling boil for 10 minutes, and observe your kitchen becoming a sticky mess as you remove the stones as you go.
4. Test for a firm set
5. Continue to boil rapidly and test at five minute intervals.
6. Put into sterilised jars and follow the normal rules.