Sunday, October 19, 2008

PEACH JAM


you need

4 cups hard peaches,(peeled.seeds discarded and cut 1/2"
chunks
3 1/3 cup sugar
2 cups water
1/2 lemon rind
1 lemon juice


Prep

Place the peaches,sugar and water in a large cooking pan.
cover the lid and leave overnight(do not put in fridge)
Following morning cokk until the sugar totally disolves
over medium heat.
take the peaches out with a wooden spoon and place on a plate.
lower the heat and cook the syrup for about 25-30 minutes
untilthe syrup becomes very thick.
Add the peaches ,lemon rind and lemon juice,stir.
Cook about 7-8 minutes(do not stir too much,we do not want to see
crushed peaches,right?)
Take the pot from the stowe top and remove lemon rind.
por peach jam in to a clean,dry and hot jar while still hot.
(JAR has to be hot , if you dont want to cover yoursef with jam)
then close lid.

that's it

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