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Plum Preserves with Raisins

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Plum Preserves recipe with raisins

I had abundant Plums thanks to our landlord’s hard work. I was of the opinion that I could be a gardener easily – I mean how hard can it be to grow couple of plants right! Guess I was wrong! The number of calculations, rotations, soil types, placement of plants etc that our landlord takes care of threw my dream haywire! I did learn a bunch of gardening skills from him though – and on top of it what more we get to reap his efforts!!!

Plum Preserves with Raisins recipe

I was quite busy trying out various recipes with plums and what better way to use a bunch of fruits than to make preserves. I already made Plum Jam the first thing when the season started, hence I thought I will try something else this time since my jam got over a long way back! I am not able to recall exactly from where I adapted the recipe from, but this one is good. I know I made a bunch of changes – the original one used LOTS of sugar which I cut by half. I used more citrusy flavors and this preserve uses raisins which was what caught my fancy – try it, you will like it too.

Plum Preserves recipe with raisins

    Ingredients

  • about 4 pounds of plums
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 3/4 cup orange juice
  • 1/3 cup lemon juice
  • zest of one orange and lemon
  • handful of raisins

Method

Discard the pits of the plums and chop them coarsely

Plum Preserves with Raisins recipe

Bring sugar, orange, lemon juice along with the zest to a boil

Plum Preserves with Raisins recipe

Reduce the heat and then add the raisins, honey and plums.

Plum Preserves with Raisins recipe

Keep simmering and stirring once in a while

Plum Preserves with Raisins recipe

until it starts thickening up

Plum Preserves with Raisins recipe

It takes approx 45min-1 hour. Follow the canning process as in this post and store the preserve.

Plum Preserves with Raisins recipe

I served it with some warm oatmeal scones.

Plum Preserves recipe with raisins

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12 Responses to “Plum Preserves with Raisins”
  1. carol
    January 1st, 2010 on 12:24 pm

    Hi,
    I have Governor’s plums near our new home and would love to try them in plum jam but I’m not sure how to do it. Should I just do a regular recipe and increase the sugar as the fruit is pretty tart? I cant find any recipe for these plums specifically.
    Thank you

    Hi Carol, I have never used Goverener Plums (never had it available anywhere). I have a regular Plum Jam recipe here http://chefinyou.com/2009/02/plum-jam-and-canning-jam-101/ which uses honey instead of sugar. Try that recipe – may be it might work. Your notes would be welcome since it might help others who are using these plum varieties. :) — DK

  2. Jennifer
    September 1st, 2009 on 8:53 pm

    I waited a little while to hear back, but I went ahead and used 3/4 cup of honey and no sugar. I have been tasting it along the way (still cooking) and I think it is way too sweet. If I make another batch, I will use only a 1/2 cup, maybe even less. It smells delicious and tastes great! I like mine a little more tart though.
    Thanks again for the recipe!

    Jennifer

  3. Jennifer
    September 1st, 2009 on 6:50 pm

    One more question:

    I am still prepping for this recipe, so I haven’t made it yet; when do you add the honey?
    Also, it seems like it would be really sweet with that much honey AND a whole cup of sugar, so I wanted to ask how sweet it really is with both.
    Ok, that was two questions!
    Thanks!

    Jennifer

    The questions are always welcome jennifer :) Sorry for skipping out on the honey in the steps. Have updated the same – it needs to be added along with the plums and raisins. Actually the sweetness is dependent on the fruit itself. Mine were not exceptionally sweet and somehow the honey and sugar dint make it too sweet either. You can of course reduce the sugar to 1/2 cup in the recipe if your plums are v sweet. The jam does not get affected by it though. I have also tried it without using sugar and using only honey instead – it still comes out pretty well..

  4. Jennifer
    September 1st, 2009 on 6:01 pm

    I am going to try this recipe tonight. I was wondering, do you have to refrigerate the preserves if you follow the proper canning process? I want to ship jars to some family in other states so I can’t refrigerate them. And if I don’t have to, do you know how long they will last?
    Thanks,

    Jennifer

    Refrigerating def. helps to prolong the life of the jam even for home made jams. Since I have always refrigerated, I dont have the exp. to tell you what would work here :( . I looked around the net for some info regarding this – see if this link helps to answer your query : http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/how/can_07/storing_jams.html

  5. Priya
    July 23rd, 2009 on 10:35 pm

    Looks very nice..I have never made jam, preserve at home. Will try your recipe sometime..

  6. singh b
    July 23rd, 2009 on 10:08 pm

    I think that is a awesome recipe b’coz two nutritives we are getting in a dish or that is very good combination of raisins and plums ……….. thanks for a such type of preserves

  7. nags
    July 23rd, 2009 on 9:56 pm

    i always feel making preserves is too much work. u make it seem easy though.. but am still lazy :D

  8. Pavani
    July 23rd, 2009 on 6:42 am

    Looks delicious. Adding raisins is a great idea. Love to try some.. now..

  9. roma
    July 23rd, 2009 on 5:13 am

    Nice work, DK. I want a spoon of that delicious jam straight in my mouth :-)

  10. Parita
    July 23rd, 2009 on 3:15 am

    Wow plum and raisins is awesome combination, i had used the same in my plum baskets too!

  11. CurryLeaf
    July 23rd, 2009 on 2:55 am

    Yum,YUm,YUM.Too delicious and tempting.
    PS:I know what you are posting for AWED:Britain.I will be posting my scones probably today. Enjoy the combo

  12. Divya Vikram
    July 22nd, 2009 on 10:33 pm

    Looks perfect with those scones.

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