Comments on: Victoria Plum Jam

By: danny kaye

danny kaye — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:32:35 +0000

thank you just making it now got a plum and apple tree in the garden
so having a go now

By: Joy Cunningham

Joy Cunningham — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 10:07:49 +0000

I couldn’t believe how easy this was and it was really delicious.

By: Lynda

Lynda — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:45:05 +0000

Hi Wendy

I have made this jam this afternoon and it is the best recipe i have come across. Mind you, i didn’t put as much sugar in as you quoted, just put 1 kilo in instead, added a cooking apple and it’s skin (as the skin has pectin in it) and cooked it about 20 mins longer. The colour is superb. It tastes great too. Thank you very much.

Lynda

By: Josie

Josie — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:17:50 +0000

Thank you for this lovely recipe, we have just come down from our field with about 18/20lb of victoria plums, yummy, so buy my sugar later and jam make Saurday, whippee. Hope it turns out as good as yours looks.

By: Audrey

Audrey — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:14:22 +0000

Thanks a lot – the jam turned out pefect but I used granulated sugar but heated it before adding after the first boiling. Second lot today and I used apple pectin (home cooked) instead of lemon and it is all just yummy.
If you have plenty of fruit Pectin: Apple(cooking or crab) pectin stock 2 lbs -add 1 – 1/2 pints water. Stew gently 3/4 hour.
Gooseberries 2 lbs- add 1 – 1 1/2 pints water. Stew gently 1/2 hour.
Redcurrants 3 lbs- add 1 – 1 1/2 pints water and Stew gently 1/2 hour.
Strain through jelly bag or sieve. Use 1/4 pint to 4 lbs fruit. Add at beginning.
I freeze 1/4 pints and it is so easy to add at the start.
Bye for now.

By: Sares

Sares — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:31:56 +0000

Marvellous recipe and thank you Wendy. 4 kilos of plums make roughly 3 litres of jam.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:24:36 +0000

Sadie – Oh dear. I really don’t remember at all. Think it was perhaps 5 or 6 jars but I’m not sure. Sorry! Thank you for the kind word about my blog.

By: Sadie

Sadie — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:24:15 +0000

I stubbled upon this recipe while trying to find something to do with a massive amount of plums I got from my fairly young plum tree this year.
I have not made jam before & your recipe looks straight forward enough, I have been & got the sugar & lemon but before I start are you able to tell me roughly how many jam jars you got from your 1.5kg plums?

Great blog by the way, so glad I stubbled upon it.

Thank you in advance.

Sadie xx

By: Elra

Elra — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:22:42 +0000

I saw your entry from Antonia “British Food Fortnight” and I just have to come by and say hi.

I never had and made plum jam before, judging from your recipe, it doesn’t seem to difficult to make. I certainly tempted to try your recipe. Cheers.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:12:09 +0000

Antonia – Ah, well. Next competition then.

Helen – Lol!