Carrot Cake Jam - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 1/2 cups grated peeled carrots
    1 1/2 cups cored peeled pears
    1 3/4 cups canned pineapple, including juice
    3 tablespoons lemon juice
    1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    1/2 tsb ground nutmeg
    1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
    1 (1 ounce) package dry pectin
    6 1/2 cups sugar
Preparation
    In a large saucepan, combine carrots, pears, pineapple with juice, lemon juice, and spices.
    Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring frequently. Reduce heat, cover and boil gently for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
    Remove from heat and stir in pectin until dissolved. Bring back to a full boil, add sugar all at once, bring back to another boil and boil hard for 1 minute.
    Remove from heat, skim off foam. Ladle into prepared jars with 1/4 inch headspace.
    Process jars in a BWB for 5 minutes for sterilized jars, or 10 minutes for unsterilized jars.

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