Name: Apple and Plum Jam recipe by Drashti Dholakia at BetterButter
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 2 medium sized apples (or about 1.5 cups chopped apples); 3 plums; 1/2 cup Sugar; 1 teaspoon Lemon juice

ABOUT Apple and Plum Jam RECIPE

Jam is probably the best way of preserving the goodness of fruits and what better than a homemade jam, without preservatives. Apples and plums are high in Pectin. Pectin is a naturally occurring carbohydrate in fruits that is concentrated in the fruit's skin and the core. When cooked, Pectin solidifies to a gel, causing fruit preserves to set.

Instructions

Wash, peel and chop apples. Wash and slice the plums to get rid of its seed.
Take chopped apples, plums and sugar in a microwave safe bowl. Cover them and microwave for 10 minutes, until apples and plums are soft and sugar gets completely dissolved.
Take the mixture out and cool for a few minutes. Blend it to a pulp in a blender/mixer. You may either blend it completely or may also leave few chunks of apples & plums.
Transfer the pulp in the same microwave safe bowl. Cook for 5 minutes. You will notice that jam has thickened (no need to cover). Stir once in between.
Now add lemon juice and mix well. Again microwave for 5 minutes. There will be a frothy layer and colour of the jam would become much darker.
To check whether jam is ready or not, put about a teaspoon of jam in freezer section of the refrigerator for 5-10 minutes.
It should turn out to be thick and consistency should like be of a jam. Spread it on a plate, if it is watery cook for few more minutes.
Allow the jam to cool completely.
Store it in a sterilized jar in refrigerator.

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