Tutti-Fruitti Jam with Powdered Pectin
Source of Recipe
Brenda-Lee Olson
Recipe Introduction
from Foods Down Under
List of Ingredients
3 cups chopped or ground pears (abt 2 lbs pears)
1 lrg orange
3/4 cup drained crushed pineapple
1/4 cup chopped maraschino cherries (3-oz bottle)
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 box powdered pectin
5 cups sugar
Recipe
Method :
To prepare fruit. Sort and wash ripe pears; pare and core. Chop or grind the pears.
Peel orange, remove seeds, and chop or grind pulp.
To make jam. Measure chopped pears into a kettle. Add orange, pineapple, cherries, and lemon juice. Stir in pectin. Place on high heat and, stirring constantly, bring quickly to a full boil with bubbles over the entire surface. Add sugar, continue stirring, and heat again to a full bubbling boil. Boil hard for 1 minute, stirring
constantly.
Remove from heat; skim. Pour immediately into hot, sterile canning jars to 1/4-inch from top. Seal, and process 5 minutes in boiling water bath.
This recipe yields 6 or 7 half-pint jars
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