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Plum Jam With Walnuts And Brandy
A rich and flavourful grown-up jam perfect for the cheeseboard or on hot buttered crumpets too
Ingredients
- 450 g plums ripe red plums stoned
- 4 tbsp water
- 8 prunes ready to eat prunes chopped
- 350 g white sugar
- 50 g muscovado sugar
- 75 g walnuts chopped
- 2 tbsp brandy
Instructions
- Roughly chop the plums (not too small, just quarters will do) and cook them in the water until tender, this should take about 10 minutes.
- Stir in the chopped prunes and add all the sugar.
- Stir well to combine and once all sugar has dissolved raise the heat to a boil and add the walnuts.
- Once the setting point has been reached (see my post on setting points for jam making) stir in the brandy and then remove from heat.
- Carefully ladle into sterilised jars.
Notes
Calories given for a serving approximately 1 tablespoon. I got 2 x 250ml jars of jam from this recipe.
Perfect on a cheeseboard or antipasti platter
Nutrition
Calories: 71kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 0.5gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.2gSodium: 1mgPotassium: 48mgFiber: 0.5gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 63IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 5mgIron: 0.1mg
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