Recipe: Appetizing Preserved Plums

Preserved Plums.

You can have Preserved Plums using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Preserved Plums

1. Prepare of Ingredients for preservatives.
2. It's 2-1/2 pound of plums.
3. Prepare 1 quart of jar sterilized with lids.
4. You need 2 pint of jars sterilized with lids.
5. Prepare 4 teaspoons of lemon juice.
6. Prepare As needed of water for cooking plums.
7. You need 4 tablespoons of canning salt.
8. It's of Simple syrup.
9. Prepare 2 cup of sugar.
10. It's 1 cup of lemon juice.

Preserved Plums step by step

1. Bring a quart of water to boil. Boil the lids for 3 minutes turn off heat and let rest. If you have a keep warm setting on your stove, add jars to a pan and set in oven till needed. If not turn oven on to 150°Fahrenheit. Wash the plums, poke 2 holes with a knife on both sides. Now add to a pot and just cover with water. Boil for 30 minutes..
2. Reserve 4 cups water used for boiling plums. Add lemon juice and sugar and simmer until sugar is dissolved. Bring to a boil. Put the warm jars in a bowl with paper towels in bottom. Add the plums into the jars. Really press them in. Add salt a teaspoon of salt per pint jar. 2 teaspoons salt to a quart jar. Same with the lemon juice..
3. Add the syrup to about 1/2 inch from the top of rim. Add the lids make sure to wipe the rims before adding. Place in a canning pot with a rack in bottom. Process for 30 minutes keeping water 1-2 inches above the tallest jar. Let cool on a towel away from drafts for 24 hours. I covered mine with a kitchen towel. Check the lids to make sure the sealed before storing. I hope you enjoy!!!.

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