Plum Jam

My husband occasionally come's home with little gifts. Bits and pieces given to him by customers, it might be a loaf of bread from the local bread truck, eggs (handy when the chooks go off the lay) or something totally different and exciting like fresh local produce.

Last week when I was presented with a bag of oranges and plums he had been gifted by a customer, I started pondering over making Jam to use up the plums.

This is something I have never done, so I consulted a trusty google search. What I found was sugar free, slow cooked, strained, chunky, a bit of everything, a jam for every taste really. I read  through and decided to mix it up so to speak…. This recipe was adapted from Quirky Cooking's Strawberry Jam, I liked the idea of using Agar Agar as the setting agent as I had no lemons which were called for in most other recipes.

For this recipe you will need a Thermomix.

Plum Jam - Makes approximately 3 250g Jars

1000g Plums - mine were just ripening
230g White Sugar/Raw Sugar
1.5 teaspoons Agar Agar Powder

Cut the plums in half and remove the seeds.
Place halved plums in the Thermomix, mix at speed 4 for 10 seconds (Less time for a chunkier consistency).
Next add in your sugar and agar agar.
Set your temperature to 100 degrees and cook on Reverse Speed 2 for 15 minutes.
Pour Jam into jars (I sterilised by scalding clean jars with boiling water) wait until jam cools slightly before putting on the lids and turning jars upside down to seal the lids.

Jam can be kept in the fridge for approximately 1 month.