Catherine Love~ Ramblings from my Heart and Home

Plum-Honey Preserves

16 medium red or purple plums- slightly underripe, or a mixture of underripe and fully ripe plums

1 cup mild-flavored honey

Use a 6 to 8 quart enamel or stainless steel pot.  Pit plums and cut into large chunks, working over the pot to catch the juices.  Stir in honey.  Bring to a boil over low heat, stirring frequently.  When mixture looks soupy, increase the heat and bring to a full rolling boil.  Skim off foam.  Stir slowly for 15 to 20 minutes, or until it becomes translucent and slightly darker.  It will feel thicker when stirred and thicken further as it cools.

To can:  Pour into hot, scalded half-pint jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace.  Seal and process for 10 minutes in a boiling water bath.

Yield: 2 half-pints

from Preserving Summer's Bounty -A Rodale Garden Book

I really enjoyed this book, by the way ; lots of easy recipes and tips for all sorts of ways to preserve the harvest. 

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6:14 PM, Friday, June 22, 2007 .. Posted by jocelyndixon

Hello!
You have a ton of good posts for the Carnival of Homesteading! I'd love to put you in! Please, submit a few of your *great* posts! I am hosting the carnival this week!! and if you'd like to host it, go here: http://www.homesteadblogger.com/HomesteadingCarnival/57544/
and email me!

Thanks a bunch!
Jocelyn

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9:23 PM, Friday, June 22, 2007 .. Posted by stitchnchick

Oh, that sounds lovely! I'll have to try this one. Thanks for sharing.

Amy

Plum-Honey Preserves

10:54 PM, Friday, June 22, 2007 .. Posted by Musketman

mmmmmm, sounds yummy, now where are those buscuits at?
~Randy

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12:14 AM, Sunday, June 24, 2007 .. Posted by Dalyn

Yum!