Plums, plums and more plums!

I have been quite busy over the last year especially with the children! Although over the last few weeks I have been picking some fruit locally. So far I have made the following;

Blackberry and crab apple jelly

Plum jelly

Plum jam

Damson jam (12 jars!) and

Crab apple jelly

What's next I wonder probably more apple as my neighbour has said I can have the apples from his tree when they are ready, in exchange for a jar a jam and an apple pie, quite a fair trade I think!

Yummy Jam

Well, here is the first of hopefully many recipes......

Plum and Cinnamon Jam

Ingredients;

2kg (4 1/2lb) plums
2kg (4 1/2lb) white granulated sugar
about a level tablespoon of ground cinnamon
3/4 pint of water

Firstly, I stoned and chopped the plums and put them into a large pan with the sugar and water. This was heated gentle over a low heat stirring until the sugar had dissolved (about 10-15 mins) . Once the sugar had dissolved completely, I then increased the heat and boiled rapidly until setting point was reached. I found this took about 30 mins, but do check at regular intervals. I used a cold plate to check for a set. Once a set had been reached, I turned off the heat and stirred in the cinnamon. I then potted into warm steralized jars and labelled once cooled. Enjoy !