Cardamom Vanilla Yellow Plum Jam
Ingredients
- 460 g ripe yellow plums
- 250 g jam sugar *
- 1 tsp freshly ground cardamom
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Wash the plums.
- Slice the plums and take out the pits.
- Add the plums and jam sugar to a pot. Cook the mixture on medium heat and stir frequently.
- Meanwhile, take the cardamom seeds and grind with a mortar and pestle until it's finely ground. Then add the cardamom to the jam.
- Once the fruit has softened a bit use a potato masher and mash the fruit.
- Add the vanilla and keep stirring the jam often until the water has reduced and the plums are very soft. This should take about 10-15 minutes total, depending on how thick you like your jam or how much water content is in the plums.
- The jam is ready when it has thickened. Remove from heat. If you don't like peel in your jam you can use a sieve and strain the peel from the jam, but I didn't think it was needed. All the fruit pieces become so soft.
- Store this jam in a clean, tightly sealed container. Enjoy!
Notes
*This qualifies as a ''lightly'' sugared jam, but if you like your jam to be sweeter, you can carefully taste test and add more sugar if needed.