Quantity: 8 to 9 half-pints
Jar size: half-pint or pints
Ingredients:
3½ cups finely chopped damson plums (about 1½ pounds plums)
1 cup finely chopped oranges (1 or 2 oranges)
Peel of ½ orange
2 cups water
½ cup seedless raisins
1 package powdered pectin
7 cups sugar
½ chopped nuts
Instructions:
1. Sterilize canning jars and prepare two-piece canning lids according to manufacturer's directions.
2. Sort and wash plums, remove pits. Chops plums fine.
3. Peel and chop oranges. Shred peel of ½ orange very fine.
4. Combine orange and peel, add the water, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes.
5. Measure chopped plums into a kettle.
6. Add orange, raisins, and pectin and stir well.
7. Place on high heat and, stirring constantly, bring quickly to a full boil with bubbles over the entire surface.
8. Add sugar, continue stirring, and heat again to full bubbling boil. Boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
9. Stir in nuts.
10. Remove from heat; skim off foam. Fill hot conserve immediately into hot, sterile jars, leaving ¼ inch headspace.
11. Wipe rims of jars with a dampened clean paper towel; apply two-piece metal canning lids.
12. Process in a boiling water canner according to the recommendations. Let cool, undisturbed, 12-24 hours and check for seals.
Processing time:
Processing Times for Boiling Water Canner
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Style of Pack |
Jar Size |
0-1000 ft |
1001-6000 ft |
Above 6000 ft |
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Hot |
Half-pints or Pints |
5 min |
10 min |
15 min |