Peach Melba Jam

Name: Peach Melba Jam
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 7
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 7 Juice of half a lemon; 1 package low- or no-sugar needed powdered fruit pectin; 142 grams fresh raspberries; 828 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoons unsalted butter; 1 vanilla bean, split

Peach Melba Jam is a gluten free, fodmap friendly, and vegetarian condiment. This recipe makes 7 servings with 431 calories, 0g of protein, and 1g of fat each. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have vanilla bean, no-sugar needed powdered fruit pectin, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours.

Instructions

If you are going to preserve jam, prepare jars and lids: place 7 half-pint jars on rack in large pot.

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Jam

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Pot

Add enough water to cover jars, and bring to boil over high heat. Boil for 10 minutes, then turn off heat and allow jars to rest in the hot water. Meanwhile, put bands and lids in small saucepan and cover with water.

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Water

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Sauce Pan

Heat over medium heat until the water is simmering, then remove pan from heat and allow bands and lids to rest in hot water until ready to use.

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Water

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Frying Pan

Peel, pit, and slice the peaches.

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Peach

Transfer them to a blender or food processor and pulse just until they are coarsely chopped. Measure 4 cups of chopped peaches into a large, heavy-bottomed pot.

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Peach

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Food Processor

Blender

Pot

Put the raspberries in the food processor or blender and pulse until coarsely chopped. Measure 1 cup of crushed raspberries and add it to the pot with the peaches. Stir in lemon juice and vanilla bean.

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Vanilla Bean

Lemon Juice

Raspberries

Peach

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Food Processor

Blender

Pot

Combine 1/4 cup of sugar with the pectin in a small bowl. Measure remaining 3 1/4 cups of sugar into a medium bowl and set aside.

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Pectin

Sugar

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Bowl

Stir the sugar-pectin mixture into the peaches, add the butter, and bring the mixture to a full rolling boil over medium-high heat, stirring frequently. Stir in the remaining sugar and return to a full rolling boil. Boil hard for one minute.

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Peach

Butter

Pectin

Sugar

Remove the pot from the stove and skim any foam from the surface of the jam with a metal spoon.

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Jam

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Stove

Pot

Remove and discard the vanilla bean.

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Vanilla Bean

Ladle hot jam into hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Wipe rims of the jars, cover with lids, and screw bands on until just barely tight.

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Jam

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Ladle

Place jars on rack in pot and cover completely with water. Cover pot and bring to a boil over high heat. Boil for 10 minutes. Turn off heat, uncover pot, and allow jars to rest in water for five minutes.

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Water

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Pot

Remove jars from pot and allow them to rest undisturbed on countertop for six hours or overnight.

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Pot