Karin's plum jam

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 5 kg plum(s), ripe
• 200 g brown sugar
• 800 g white sugar
• 5 cinnamon sticks
• ¼ tsp clove powder, amount to taste
• ½ rum flavoring
• 3 tbsp lemon juice, to taste

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 4 hours 30 minutes; Total time approx. 5 hours

Wash the plums and place them in a large pot. I use a goose roasting pan, which fits perfectly with the 5 kilos. Add the sugar and spices and mix well with your hands. Set aside for 2 hours to allow the juices to drain. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees fan-assisted oven. I place the pot with the prepared plums in the oven immediately. Some recipes suggest leaving the oven door slightly open for the first hour. I don’t find this works; the oven then cools down again. That’s a waste of energy and not necessary for this recipe. Instead, you can put the lid of the roasting pan on at a slight angle. It took me 4.5 hours to make the puree. I got 6.5 500 ml jars out of the 5 kilos of plums.