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Spiced Apple Pear Jam
Fresh from the orchard! Preserve the best of autumn with a batch of spiced apple pear jam.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Additional Time
10 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Servings: 6 half-pint jars of jam (maybe slightly more)
Calories: 51 kcal
Course:
Condiments
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 3 cups peeled, cored, and quartered pears (any variety will work)
- 1 cup peeled, cored, and quartered apples (any variety will work)
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon allspice
- ⅛ teaspoon ginger
- ⅛ teaspoon cloves
- Pinch of nutmeg
- 1.75 ounce package dry fruit pectin or ½ cup Dutch jel pectin
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 5 ½ cups sugar
- 6-7 half-pint canning jars and lids, sterilized
Instructions
- In a food processor, pulse pears and apples until fruit is chopped into very small pieces. Transfer the fruit to a large Dutch oven or other heavy-bottomed pot. Stir in lemon juice, cinnamon, allspice, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, pectin and butter.
- Bring to a rolling boil over medium-high heat. Add sugar and stir to mix well. Return to a rolling boil, then boil for exactly 1 minute. Remove from heat; skim off foam with a metal spoon.
- Ladle jam into hot sterilized jars, leaving ¼-inch headspace. Wipe rims clean with a damp cloth; add lids.
- Process in a boiling-water bath for 10 minutes. Transfer jars to a towel and cool completely. Check for seals and refrigerate any jam that did not seal properly.
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Notes
- Leave ¼-inch of headspace in each jar. Leaving the proper amount of headspace in a jar is important to ensure a vacuum seal. If there’s too little headspace, the jam may expand and bubble out when air is being forced out from under the lid during processing.
- The jam will not set immediately, so allow the jars to rest without interruption at room temperature until cool (or overnight).
- Overcooked Pectin: It’s important to boil the jam with the sugar for exactly 1 minute. If you overcook the pectin, it may break down and fail to gel.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1tablespoon
Calories
51kcal
(3%)
Carbohydrates
13g
(4%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Cholesterol
1mg
(0%)
Sodium
2mg
(0%)
Potassium
6mg
(0%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
12g
(24%)
Vitamin A
6IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
1mg
(0%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6half-pint jars of jam (maybe slightly more)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 51
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1tablespoon | |
| Calories | 51kcal | 3% |
| Carbohydrates | 13g | 4% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 1mg | 0% |
| Sodium | 2mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 6mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 12g | 24% |
| Vitamin A | 6IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 1mg | 0% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.