Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Making Pineapple Jam

 I found the original recipe from Noreen at Noreen's Kitchen at this link: 

Pineapple Jam Recipe


Here is the recipe too.


2 large cans of crushed pineapple + enough water to equal 6 1/2 cups

6 cups of sugar

2 boxes of pectin (approximately 9 tablespoons plus a little extra)

1 Tablespoon of butter (this helps with foaming)


Start with your pineapple in a heavy bottomed pot.  Mix 1/4 cup of the sugar with the pectin in a bowl, then add this mixture to the pineapple.  Adding a small about of the sugar here helps prevent the pectin from clumping up.  

Bring this to a rolling boil that you can not stir down.  

Add the rest of the sugar and the butter.

Bring this back up to a rolling boil that you can not stir down and boil for 1 minute stirring constantly.

Turn off the heat.  This is where you decide how to preserve the jam.  I canned mine so it would be good for longer period of time.  

Fill the hot jars with hot jam to a 1/4" of headspace.  I added the filled jars to the water bath canner, then brought the water up to a rolling boil.  

Once it was up to a rolling boil, I let it process for 5 minutes + the altitude adjustment.  For me this is another 5 minutes since I am over 1000 feet in altitude.  

After the time was up, I let them sit in the canner, with the heat off, for an additional 5 minutes.  Then removed them to sit on a towel on the counter until the next day.  Then I tested to make sure all the jars sealed, made labels for them and put them in my pantry to use.  

What is your favorite use for pineapple jam?  I have tried it in PB&Js, yummy, and think it would make a good cover over ice cream.  Kinda banana split like.  

Watch the video here:


See ya soon!

Danielle


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